PISQ hosts inter-school football tournament

Sporting events constitute an important part of a school’s curricula. They work as an alloy and not only support but also enhance learning ability of the students. PISQ, being cognizant of the importance of this physical activity, aptly arranges for its students to take healthy part in such events. Continuing its last year’s tradition, PISQ held the 2nd Quaid-e-Azam U 12 Inter-School Football Tournament on December 3 and 4, 2018.

Nargis Raza Otho, principal PISQ and Muhammed Ali Karatosun, principal Turkish school graced the opening day of the tournament. The programme started with the lining up of all the teams present. This was followed by the recitation of Quran and oath taking by Sarim, a PISQ student, and then the national anthems of Turkey and Pakistan were played. The principal Turkish school inaugurated the event by cutting the ribbon and hitting the football. At this occasion, all vice principals of four wings of PISQ were also present. For this two-day event, the chief guest was Turki Hussein Alyazidi, manager Al Ahleh Football Club, Doha who honoured the teams with his presence on December 4, 2018 at the final match which started with the national anthems of Qatar and Pakistan.

This year, six teams took part in this event. Pool A comprised Al Jazeera Academy, Oscar Academy, and PISQ Green (host school’s team). Pool B had Turkish School, Stafford Sri Lankan School, and PISQ Blue (host school’s team).

The matches started on December 3, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in the PISQ’s football ground. The opening match was between PISQ Blue and Turkish School which was won by PISQ Blue by scoring four goals; whereas, Turkish School scored two. The second match was a walkover for Al-Jazeera School as Iranian School could not manage to come to play. The third match was played between Oscar Academy and PISQ Green where Oscar Academy was defeated by PISQ Green that scored 7 goals against zero. The fourth match was again a walkover for Stafford Sri Lankan School because the Jordanian School was absent. The first semi-final was between Al-Jazeera Academy and PISQ Green. Therein, Al-Jazeera bagged the victory scoring 4 goals against PISQ Green’s 2 goals. The second semi-final was played between PISQ Blue and Stafford Sri Lankan School. Here, PISQ Blue stood victorious with 4 goals against zero.

The final match was played on December 4, 2018 between Al-Jazeera and PISQ Blue. PISQ Blue won this match by scoring two goals. From PISQ Blue, Muneeb Ahmad scored the first goal followed by the second goal scored by Ahmad Nasir who nailed the victory for his team. The referees were Muhammad Anwar and Noor Hussain. The player of the tournament was Mohsin Hamza, PISQ Blue, who truly enthralled the spectators with his overall great football skills. The tournament ended with the distribution of certificates, medals, and trophies among the players, coaches, and captains of the participant teams.