Islamabad(Cliff News)A meeting of PTF Officials was held at S. Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex, under the chairmanship of Mr. Salim Saifullah Khan, President PTF. Khawar Hyat Khan, SVP PTF, Muhammad Khalid Rehmani, Secretary PTF , Shahzad Akhtar Alvi, Office Secretary, Col.(R) Gul Rehman, Director Security and PTF Complex, attended.To take the tennis to younger age groups, of 6 plus years, it was decided that the PTF will introduce “Lobbing Love – PTF Tennis 10” series National Ranking tournaments in the country’s tennis circuit. The events would be played 10 & under on full court, 8 & under and 6 & under on mini-courts. Modified soft balls will be used for all three events. International Tennis promoter and initiator of “Lobbing Love” in the USA, will sponsor the year-long Tennis 10 circuit.The coaching to young players (6 to 14 years of age) under PTF – JTI program will also be sponsored by Lobbing Love.It was further decided in the meeting that PTF /STA/PLTA will appoint Regional JTI (Junior Tennis Initiative) Coordinators at Karachi & Lahore to expand the program activities in these two cities.PTF will organize Yellow Badge national Umpiring course in the coming months to train and groom young Umpires for future national and international assignments. It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan Tennis Federation is holding 10 ITF and ATF events in the country this year. It is mandatory to have ITF-qualified Referees and Umpires in these events. PTF has already organized two ATF 14 & Under super series events this March at Islamabad, wherein three foreign players participated in those two events. Beside these two events, four ITF seniors and four ATT events are scheduled to be held at Islamabad, Lahore & Karachi during remaining months of the calendar year 2016.