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FCCU Sports News: November 2024

Forman hosted a number of sports events in recent weeks including the Open Intramural Futsal Championship 2024 involving 26 teams. Kamil Shamshad, Head of Student Development, was Chief Guest, handing out trophies at the end of both the Men and Women’s Finals.

Forman also hosted the Lahore Board Inter Collegiate Swimming Championships 2024 on October 15; seven other schools participated, with our College team managed by M. Ahsan Umar swimming its way to a second place finish. The 4×50 Free Style Relay was especially dramatic, with Forman’s team including Dawood Ahmed, Abdullah Adnan, Sufian Umer and Zuhair Sultan finishing second.

Looking ahead, Forman will host the second Forman Women Fest from November 7 through November 15. Events include athletics, arm wrestling, badminton, table tennis and chess, among others.

Congratulations to the FCCU Cricket Team captained by Raheen Jarwar which secured two consecutive wins in the recent Pakistan Cricket Board All Pakistan Intervarsity Men’s Cricket Championship for 2024-2025 on their way to the championship game.

In the first game, Forman dominated Superior University, winning by nine wickets; Abdul Ahad was declared “Player of the Match” for his outstanding performance including taking four wickets. In the second match, FCCU defeated Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), emerging victorious by 133 runs thanks to Hammad Rafique’s stellar performance in taking two wickets and scoring 118 runs.

Although Forman lost in the Zone F Finals to Government College University, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to the team for representing Forman so well in what some have described as Pakistan’s “national sport”.

On October 25 our College students concluded Forman’s 137th Annual Athletic Competition. The two-day intramural event involved many sports including long jump, triple jump, high jump, hammer throw, shot put shotput, javelin, discus and various running events at distances ranging from 100 meters to 5,000 meters. Dr. Lubna Amer and Rehan Sohail attended as Guests of Honor while College Vice Rector Dr. Ivan Suneel distributed prizes including to M. Umer (Best Athlete), Sabtain Ali (Second Best Athlete), and Newton Hall (Overall Champions).