By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) outfits have
excelled in badminton, basketball, boxing, cricket, football, and hockey and
table tennis events in the Inter-Varsities competitions during the past 12
months.
According to a report released by SSUET Sports Department, the university won a
couple of cricket tournaments and lost in the quarterfinals of the HEC
Inter-Varsities Cricket Championship held in Peshawar.
They won the IBA Cricket League Tournament for the third time in row and won
the UNICEF World Water Day Football Tournament.
The SSUET’s boys showed good potential by grabbing one silver and three bronze
medals in the Higher Education Commission Inter-Varsities Boxing Championship
held in Islamabad.
Zahid Abbas won the silver medal while Shariq Ali Chandio, Talah Mahmood
Siddiqui and Syed Ali claimed the bronze medals. The winners were honored by
the SSUET Chancellor, Jawaid Anwar, for coming up with outstanding performances
in fist-fighting.
The SSUET also performed well in the martial arts by grabbing two bronze medals
in the HEC Inter-Varsities Judo Championship.
The Sir Syed University won the Marine Academy Cricket Tournament thanks to
brilliant performance by wicketkeeper Waqas Mahboob.
The SSUET cricket team also won the IBA Inter University Cricket Tournament
last month by outclassing NUST in the final by 75 runs with captain Waqas
Mahboob having produced another outstanding performance.
The Sir Syed University team finished runners-up in the Inter-Varsities contest
held the under the auspices of Marine Academy.
“We are giving a lot of importance to physical activities at the national,
provincial and Karachi level and our players have produced creditable
performances,” Sports Director and former hockey international, Mubashir
Mukhtar, remarked.
He credited the SSUET management for fully facilitating and supporting the
athletes to perform well in various events and bring honor for the university.
As part of preparations of the good university team, several inter departmental
competition were conducted among the male and female students of the
university.
