End Polio Now! Football Match

Rotary Club Rawalpindi

Rotary Club Rawalpindi organised an End Polio Now! Football Match at Pasban Sports Complex, Westridge III, Rawalpindi. The match was played between Al-Hamra Football Club and Westridge Football Academy on Sunday 7th October 2012. The Football ground was decorated with END POLIO NOW Banners and flags.

A large number of people from local community and members of Rotary Club Rawalpindi DGE Haji Iftikhar Ahmed, President Nosherwan Khalil Khan, Secretary Tariq Memhmood Akhter, Rtn. Munir Ahmed, Rtn. Abdul Mannan Khan, Rtn. Jamshed A. Abbassi, Rtn. Wasim Riaz and Rtn. Saeeda Rehman from RC Islamabad Midtown were present at the event. Rotaracts from Rotaract Club also participated in the match. It was a great event for the awareness of  POLIO Eradication Drive.

The match started at 5:00 pm with both teams attacking each other's goalpost. At Halftime the scores were level at 1:1. In the second half Al-Hamra Football Club team played better and scored the winning goal. Al-Hamra Football Club won the friendly END POLIO NOW! Football match by 2:1.

DGE Haji Iftikhar Ahmed, President Nosherwan Khalil Khan and others distributed prizes among the players and gave the winning Trophy to the Captain of Winning team. In his vote of Thanks, The DGE Haji Iftikhar Ahmed thanked all the team members and organizers for organizing a great event and the local community people for taking out time for the noble cause. The DGE emphasized that everyone should play its role in kicking Polio out of Pakistan by giving awareness to the people around and taking part in Polio Immunization activities.

Special Thanks to Rtn. Munir Ahmed and Rtn. Wasim Riaz for organizing such a wonderful event. Thanks to Rtn. Haji Gulzar Awan and Rtn. Taimur Khalil Khan for the refreshments.