Dear Friends,
It is for your kind information that IOC Olympic Solidarity Course for Coaches in Archery has concluded on 16 December 2018 in the Conference Hall of Punjab International Swimming Complex, Lahore. 25 x Coaches (18 x Male and 07 x Female) of affiliated units of Pakistan Archery Federation i.e. Punjab Archery Association, Sindh Archery Association, KP Archery Association, FATA Archery Association, Islamabad Archery Association, Pakistan WAPDA, Pakistan Police, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Customs and HEC attended the subject level-I Course.
Syed Muhammad Abid Qadri, Vice President POA graced the Closing Ceremony of the subject Course as Chief Guest. He commended the efforts of Lt Gen (R) Syed Arif Hasan, President, Pakistan Olympic Association for arranging such valuable courses for our Federations. He also expressed his gratitude to IOC Olympic Solidarity for allocating the subject course to Pakistan and World Archery Federation for deputing Mr. Mohammad Ziaul Hoque (World Archery Federation International Expert) to conduct this course.
Feedback/ views of the participants were sought one by one. The participants showed that they have learnt a lot from the experts and have shown their keen interest in organizing such more courses in future.
Mr. Muhammad Khalid Mahmood, Secretary General POA, Mr. Wisal Muhammad, Secretary General Pakistan Archery Federation, Mr. Manzar Shah, President Punjab Archery Association/ Course Director, Mr. Tariq Wahid Khan, Honorary Director, National Olympic Academy of NOC Pakistan were also present on the occasion.
Mr. Muhammad Khalid Mahmood, Secretary General POA expressed his special thanks to World Archery Federation, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of Pakistan and Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka for visa facilitation in favour of World Archery Federation International Expert.
Chief Guest awarded Participation Certificates to the Coaches of the Course and presented the souvenir to Mr. Mohammad Ziaul Hoque (World Archery Federation International Expert) from NOC Pakistan.
Submitted for information and publication please.
Best regards,
POA Secretariat