LAHORE - As many as 11,130 participants from nine divisions of the province turned up for Punjab Youth Festival (PYF) 2014 divisional level competitions on the fifth day where 1,139 qualified for the next round on Thursday.
Faisalabad division saw largest participation as 4,670 players featured in the various events and 118 met with success. Lahore division was at second in term of participation where 3,953 athletes took part in several events and 244 managed to grab a place in the next phase. Sahiwal division saw 685 athletes exhibiting their prowess and among them, 264 registered victories. In Rawalpindi division, out of 361 players, 87 returned successful. In Sargodha division, 126 athletes were seen in action out of which 46 were declared winners. In Gujranwala division, 142 players made it to the next stage out of 480 contestants while out of 157 players of Multan division, 48 were declared triumphant. Bahawalpur division saw 49 athletes winning their contests out of 177 while 141 players were successful in DG Khan division out of 521 athletes.
The full dress rehearsal to make the world’s biggest flag for the Guinness World Record (GWR) will be conducted here today (Friday) at the National Hockey Stadium.  In all, 30,000 students from different schools will try to make Pakistan’s flag to set a new world record. Talking to the reporters regarding the rehearsal, Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Director General Usman Anwar said that he was confident that the student would be able to break the record of Bangladesh set by 27,117 people.
“The students who are taking part in the attempt to break the world record are the national heroes and we will try to provide all the best possible facilities to them to form Pakistan’s biggest flag.” The GWR team has already arrived to monitor the events in which the new records will be attempted.