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Bahrain: BHA to Host First Bahrain 6 A Side Hockey Tournament from Apr 30

  •   Wed, Apr 28 2010 12:28:49 AM

by Ronald D F D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network—Bahrain (CN)

Bahrain, Apr 27: The Bahrain Hockey Association (BHA) will host the Spectrum Advertising 1st Bahrain 6 A Side Open Field Hockey Tournament on Friday April 30 and Saturday May 1 at the St Christopher’s School Grounds in Saar, Bahrain, from 9 am to 6 pm.

The BHA has been promoting the development of field hockey as a sport in the Kingdom of Bahrain for the past 30 years and has an active team in place.

Teams have already confirmed from Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, and Doha.

Played on artificial turf, the tournament will feature competitions in men’s, women’s, and mixed categories. Entry is free for spectators. The grounds will also feature DJs, food stalls, and soft drink stalls apart from children’s activity areas for a fun-filled family day out.



Tournament partners include Spectrum Advertising, BMI, Clay Oven, Coca Cola, Champs, Gulf Weekly, Radio Voice, Design Grafix, Writer Relocation and ASTA Neon.

Bahrain, being one of the first GCC countries to introduce field hockey in the GCC, has always taken the first step in the game and is known as a pioneer of the sport in the Middle East.

The BHA members decided that the association needs to be revived to introduce more tournaments for teams within Bahrain as well as outside. An honorary committee was elected by the BHA comprising of Zarner Vaz (president), Rubert Castellion (vice-president), Anson Sequeira (general secretary), Jude D’Souza (assistant general secretary), Vincent Nelson (treasurer), and Mohammed Tahir Mir (umpires chairman). 
 
For details on the tournament, please email BHA at bahrainhockeyassocn@gmail.com or contact Jude D’Souza on 39658618 or Rubert Castellion on 39901820.

The Bahrain Hockey Association (BHA) group is now available online on Facebook and also at http://sites.google.com/site.bahrainhockeyassociation.

 
  

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  • Jude D'Souza, Bahrain

    Wed, May 05 2010

    Dear Sudhir,

    your enthusiasm is exactly as per our hockey committee in Bahrain. our tournament was organised in professional standards and left a positive impression on the players from GCC and Bahrain. all in all it was an amazing two days for hockey lovers and families that just enjoyed and participated in the event.

    We hope to start touring soon and interacting with all the teams in the GCC. this is our national game and we must do everything to save it even if we are not in our country presently.

    Please do check the Bahrain Hockey Association out on facebook for s and developments. Tournament pictures are up.

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  • Bulsam, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2010

    Hockey, football and volleyball other than cricket are the favourite out-door games of this region. Our Govt and corporate should join hands & develop the infra-structure for the same. They should also hire the best coaches to & train the upcoming young blood. With right training at right age in the right environment with right exercise will bloom many hidden talents of world standard from this region.

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  • sudhir, derebail/muscat

    Wed, Apr 28 2010

    Congrats, & all the best for taking the initiative to organise the first 6 A side hockey tornament,we in muscat have similar format tournaments for few a years now,its fun,n full of energy packed matches with teams like COORG,Tellicherry sports club,The Bombay Boys, the local teams....we had two teams from Dubai for the last tournament!i hope it will bring in a lot of hockey enthusiasts & in a small way keep our national game alive.Wishing u all the very best & hope u will have a great tournament!!

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  • CECILIA GONSALVES, Bondel / Bahrain

    Tue, Apr 27 2010

    Congratulations to the BHA for putting up such a fantastic tournament. Wishing the organisers and players of 1st 6 A Side Hockey Tournament all success. Let the best team win.

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