RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) organized a cycle race on Sunday in connection with the activities of Rawal Shopping Festival in the city. More than 40 cyclists participated in the race and Owais Khan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) won the race by completing 23km distance in just 34minutes and 8 seconds with the average speed of 40.4km/h while Ghulam Hussain & Farman Ali secured 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
The race was started from Chamber via Mall Road/Peshawar Road reached Golra Mor and returned the on the same way finished at Chamber. President RCCI Syed Asad Mashadi, Former Presidents Sohail Altaf, Abdul Rauf Ch., Kashif Shabbir, Manzar Khurshid Sheikh, SVP Mian Humayun, VP Saboor Malik, Asad Malik, Ch. Iqbal, Executive Members and other members were also there.
Speaking on the occasion President RCCI Asad Mashadi said that Cycle Race was the important event of Rawal Shopping festival and beside positive public response it will help in promotion of sport activities in the region as well. He thanked Pakistan Cycle Federation for their cooperation in the event and hoped that both organizations will jointly hold such events to promote cycling in future.
He presented an amount of Rs. 50,000 and a trophy to the winner of the RSF Cycle Race Owais Khan and Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 to runner-up and third respectively. Earlier, Asad Mashadi in his speech said that Rawal Shopping Festival getting momentum with day by day and that’s why RCCI already announced the extension in the date of the festival on public demand.
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