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01/05/2017
School boys team of One Thousand Hockey Legs, which just finished its engagement at the Bengaluru 7th Hockey India Sub-Junior National Championship (Div B), can look back their performance with pride. With three wins and draw, they did the NGO proud.
Playing against State teams which mostly consists of semi-pro players, meaning core of the team are drawn from Sports Academies and Sports Hostel inmates, the amateurish boys of OTHL have won three of the five matches they played in their s...
24/04/2017
Playing their heart out, the school boys team of Citizen Hockey XI (One Thousand Hockey Legs) made a winning start at the 7th Hockey India Sub-Junior Nationals Championship (Div B) in Bengaluru today. Braving strong rival and hot weather, Citizen Hockey XI team led by defender Zainul Samar of YA Sarvodaya Bal Vidyala, Dr.Ambedkar Nagar, New Delhi, defeated state team of Himachal Pradesh 2-0.
Captain Zainul Samar struck the first goal in the first half while 2014 Sub-Junior sensati...
14/04/2017
Hockey Citizen Group, the NGO that brought me to hockey, gave me the responsibility of managing the One Thousand Hockey Legs XI team for the third Delhi State Sub-Junior Championship. I thank HCG wholeheartedly for e assignment on trainee-manager way. This gave me new experience as to how to handle the team, and what are the specific functions of Manager. Our team played well to reach the semifinal with good display against Army Pubic School and others. However, it found wanting in the ...
13/04/2017
State Championship provide an excellent opportunity for the hockey kids of each State to showcase their skills, and earn a certificate and medal which will help them move up in career pursuits. The competition atmosphere help up and coming kids to gain valuable experience. The twin benefits led us to field our strongest possible teams in the Delhi State Championships being underway at IIT hockey grounds.
Two One Thousand Hockey Legs teams from Delhi participated in the third...
31/03/2017
Annual General Meeting of Hockey Citizen Group was held in Bangalore on 31st March 2017. The following decisions were taken to REALIfurther the noble objectives enshrined in the Trust’s constitution.
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Heartful thanks to United Thalessary Sports Club, based in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman for their timely benevolence on the NGO to invite OTHL team for the Second Gulf Hockey Fiesta 2017 in which our team was the only from Non-Gulf nations. The AGM in particular expresses i...
21/03/2017
Various teams for the 2017 season announced, based on the performance, commitment, competency of kids who participated in the 3-month long Delhi OTHL Sunday Hockey League 2016. These teams will play round the year in various age group competitions. Their performance will be evaluated based on fighting spirit, commitment, and not giving up educationals needs.
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21/02/2017
Some of the boys are happily doing flag bearer jobs in the Hockey India League in Delhi. Some others are touring Sports Training Centres being run by Sports Authority of India to attend annual selection trials across India. But at the same time, eight boys of One Thousand Hockey Legs break a new ground for themselves, getting a lifetime chance to indulge in an overseas mela.
An OTHL team of 8 boys (age ranging from 14 to 18) took part in the second annual Gulf Hockey Fiesta 2017 h...
15/01/2017
The experiment of involving hockey kids on Sundays for a tournament and thus create property for future came to a grand finale today with the Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Janakpuri, beating Government Boys Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Ashok Vihar 3-0 at the picturesque Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, in the final of the Sunday Hockey League.
Delhi based NGO Hockey Citizen Group, which runs globally acclaimed One Thousand Hockey Legs Project, cocentualized and put...
12/01/2017
The experimental Delhi OTHL Schools Hockey League has reached its business end. The semifinals were held last Tuesday after three months of non-stop Sunday matches. In the first semifinal Ashok Vihar overcame stiff resistance of new powerhouse Ghittorni to enter the final.
In the second semifinal, Janakpuri set aside the challenge of Mahrauli school. Earlier, Maharauli school also overcame Saket in the Play Off.
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06/01/2017
International Hockey Federation (FIH) has listed One Thousand Hockey Legs as one of the three Global Projects of Asia for the year 2016.
FIH stated,
As part of our series looking at some of the standout Global hockey Projects from 2016, we look at some projects in Asia that have the potential to inspire others in 2017...
Project gathers pace in India
One Thousand Hockey Legs is a project based in India that introduces hockey to sch...
