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| Women swimming dropped from NWFP competitions |
| 2008-11-02 |
| PESHAWAR: The women’s swimming event has been dropped from the inter-provincial games scheduled to begin here from 9th of the current month. Other competitions in the four-day event include athletics, swimming, badminton, squash, volley-ball, judo, baseball, taekwondo, karate, football, kabadi, boxing, weight-lifting, wrestling, hockey and cycling. Arrangements and venues for the games were finalised during a meeting held here on Saturday. Provincial Minister for Sports Syed Aqil Shah, Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Secretary Sports Sahibzada Fazal Amin and other officials attended the meeting. Briefing journalists after the meeting, Sports Minister Syed Aqil Shah said women’s swimming competitions were not being held for some “inevitable” reasons. He said the age limit for the players would be strictly observed. No concession would be given in this regard, said the minister. Talking to media persons, Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the games would prove a respite for the violence-weary people of the province. “The games will pass on a positive message to the world that the wave of violence and terrorism is not long lasting and that the people of NWFP will overcome it with their love for peace and non-violence,” said the minister. This would also prove a psychological blow for those involved in terrorism and militancy, he added. He said NWFP people were peace-loving and the games would prove that to the rest of the world. Mian Iftikhar said players were the peace envoys of a country, a province or an area and the upcoming event would bring a positive change in the atmosphere of this violence-wracked province. Earlier, the meeting decided that besides cycling and baseball, rest of the competitions would be held in Peshawar. Venues have been selected in Mardan, the hometown of NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti, for the two events. The games will be formally inaugurated by the chief minister while Governor Owais Ghani would give medals to the successful players on the concluding day, officials said. Each group of players will have five liaison officers. During the opening ceremony, one player in each group will carry the national flag. Besides medals and certificates, cash prizes will also be given to successful players. Officials said uniform, kits and other necessary items would be given to players on November 6 |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #2 Not only is they icky, but they gots...parts. The horror! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-11-02 09:50 |
| #1 "were not being held for some “inevitable” reasons" = "cuz wimmins are icky" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-02 08:03 |