LAHORE - Director General (DG) Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Adnan Arshad Aulakh has announced establishment of the Punjab Badminton Academy at Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC). He made the announcement at the closing ceremony of SBP Badminton Coaching and Training Summer Camp at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall, here on Friday. Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Divisional Sports Officer Lahore Nadeem Qaiser, Deputy Directors Rauf Bajwa and Chand Perveen, Assistant Director Raees-ur-Rehman, Administrator Gymnasium Hall Mustafa Shah, senior badminton coach Zarina Waqar and a large number of male and female badminton players and their parents were also present. As many as 54 male and female players of U-12, U-16 and U-20 age group categories participated in the month-long camp of which M Hassan and Bisma Raza (U-12), M Ahmed and Saim Ali (U-16) and Linta Ali and Khadija Amjad (U-20) were declared the best performers in their respective age group categories. Aulakh also announced to give cash awards to top performers of the camp. The SBP DG said that the young badminton players would be provided the best facilities at the Punjab Badminton Academy. “We are also planning to set up badminton academies in other districts of the province.”  He said that SBP will continue to hold training camps of different games under the supervision of expert coaches in future. “This kind of training camps played a key role in unearthing fresh talent from grassroots level.