LAHORE - Dar Hockey Academy will take on the visiting Holland Veterans in their second match of the three-match series today (Wednesday) here at Johar Hockey Stadium (JHS).
The Sports Board Punjab (SBP) is holding the remaining two matches of the series as part of its Punjab International Sports Festival activity in collaboration with the Dar Hockey Academy while the third match of the series would be played on December 6. MNA Hamza Shahbaz Sharif will be the chief guest on the occasion while Deputy Speaker Punjab and Convener Sports Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan and Director General Sports Punjab Usman Anwar will be among the guests.
The Flying Dutch veteran hockey team that landed in the city on December 2 played a 2-2 draw against Aitchison College team. The visiting team comprises a number of Dutch greats like Van Pelete, who played three Olympics for Holland and won two Olympic gold medals, Dutch great Waltering, who is considered as one of the big name of world hockey and scored the final goal in the World Cup final in 1990 at Lahore, and Dutch greats Van Higfte and Kalsrey.