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HOCKEYYEAR BOOK

NEWSLETTEROctober 2007

Issue 2

Things are looking bright for Indian hockey.Yes, we are sad that we missed the BeijingOlympics, but we know single failure is notfinal. Our hockey can bounce back on thestrength of national passion. We have tothink afresh, re-orient priorities, policies andperception on processes and personalities sothat disasters of such nature doesn’t recur.Thankfully, the Indian Olympic Association isseized of the matters. With the IOA at thehelm, it is expected things will move onpurposefully. At Field Hockey Publications,we are coming out with our Hockey YearBook 2008 shortly. It will be totally a domesticaffair. We have also completely re-designedour popular website, stick2hockey.com, witha slew of new features such as playerprofiles, slide shows, newspaper search andmany more.

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Mark myWords

Field Hockey Publications brought out Balbir Singh Sr.’s Golden Yardstick. This bookwas released by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh on 2nd June 2008.

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International hockey year book makes global imprint

With the publication of ‘The InternationalHockey Year Book 2006’, author K.Arumugam makes an importantcontribution to the promotion of sport. Thisvaluable work retraces, through wordsand images, the most significantmoments of the last two years of regional,continental and world hockeycompetitions. It also provides up-to-dateinformative material, and serves as aneasily comprehensible reference guide.The many photographs capture for everthe exceptional feats, special emotions,and unforgettable memories, ensuringthat the year 2006 of this Olympic sportwill be safeguarded and will remain forgenerations to come. I trust that each ofyou will appreciate this book.

What the IOC PresidentSaid on the HockeyYear Book 2006

Foreword

Top:The International Olympic CommitteePresident Jacques Rogge introducesHockey Year Book 2006 during theMonchengladbach Men’s World Cup in thepresence of FIH President Els van BredaVriesman (right) and Author -publisherK. Arumugam. Right: The author presentsa copy of Hockey Year Book toChenchenko, President of RussianHockey Federation. On right is VineetArora, a Moscow based hockey promoter.

Els van Breda Vriesman, President ,Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) isa genuine Indian hockey lover. At herinitiative, the FIH is taking firm steps toimprove the lot of Indian hockey. The FIH,together with the International OlympicCommittee (IOC) and the Indian OlympicAssociation has put ‘Promoting IndianHockey Project’ apace last year. As a part ofthe project, legendary player-coach RichardCharlesworth is in India as Technical Advisor.It is desired Ric soon takes over the reigns ofsenior team coaching to give the team themuch needed paradigm push. She is alsoknown for her forthright views on men andmatters. Her strong views on Indian hockeyadministration helped in a big way to weedout undesirable elements from the IndianHockey Federation. In an interview to K.Arumugam, author Hockey Year Book, atKazan she firmly said, “If Indian hockey doesnot come up in my tenure, I will consider it apersonal failure”. 2010 World Cup in India isalso her proposal. India will never have a FIHpresident who is so committed to the welfareof our hockey.

Els: an Indian hockeylover, promoter

new faces to run our hockey

Ad hoc CommitteeChairmanSuresh KalmadiMembersRandhir SinghAK MattooRajiv MehtaConvenorMd. AslamAdvisorsN Ramachandran (Marketing)Bob Davidzon (Administration)Ric Charlesworth (Technical)

Selection CommitteePresidentAslam Sher KhanMembersAshok KumarAjit Pal SinghZafar IqbalDhanraj Pillay

Suresh KalmadiChairman, Ad hoc CommitteeIndian Hockey FederationC/o Indian Olympic AssociationB-29, Qutub Institutional AreaNew Delhi 110 016 (India)Tel. No. : +91 11 2685 2479-84Fax No. : + 91 11 2685 2386E-mail : ioa@nde.vsnl.net.in

Md. Aslam KhanConvener Ad hoc CommitteeIndian Hockey FederationC/o Indian Olympic AssociationB-29, Qutub Institutional AreaNew Delhi 110 016 (India)Tel. No. : +91 11 2685 2479-84Fax No. : + 91 11 2685 2386E-mail : ioa@nde.vsnl.net.in

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Aslam Sher Khan released theHockey Year Book 1998

Richard Charlesworth

Bob Davidzon

MS Gill

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India’s Rani Devi gets the Most Promising Playeraward in the first tournament he played in her career -Kazan Women Olympic Qualifier. Rani, a find of coachBaldev Singh, hails from Shahbad, Haryana.

quickies

India’s Prabhjot Singh receives Best Player of

the Tournament’ award at the Santiago (Chile)

Olympic Qualifier.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh releasesBalbir Singh Sr.’s Golden Yardstick’

A Bombay Hockey Association delegation led byDhanraj Pillay, meets Maharashtra Chief Minister,to press for extension of BHA ground lease.

quickies

Hockey Year Book publisher K. Arumugampresented each Kazan team member theirposters (which they show to the camera) ascoach MK Kaushik looks on.

Year Book Author K; Arumugam presenting a ChakDe India DVD to Russian Hockey Federation Chief.

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chak de! at Lakhan Majra

MenChina (Host)Korea (Asian Games Champion)Pakistan (Asian Games bronze medalist*)South Africa (Champion, All African Games)Canada (Champion, 15th Pan American Games)Netherlands (Champion, 11th EuroHockey Nations Championship)Spain (Silver, 11th EuroHockey Nations Championship)Belgium (Bronze, 11th EuroHockey Nations Championship)Australia (Champion of the 5th Oceania Cup)New Zealand (Winner, Auckland Qualifier)Great Britain (Winner, Chile Qualifier)Germany (Winner, Japan Qualifier)

Pool AGermany (1)Spain (4)Korea (5)New Zealand (10)Belgium (12)China (17)

WomenChina (Asian Games Champion and host)Japan (Silver, Asian Games**)South Africa (Champion of the All African Games)Argentina (Champion of the 15th Pan American Games)Germany (Champion, 8th EuroHockey Nations Championship)Netherlands (Silver, 8th EuroHockey Nations Championship)Great Britain (Bronze), EuroHockey Nations Championship)New Zealand (Champion, 5th Oceania Cup)Australia (Silver, 5th Oceania Cup)Spain (Winner, Azerbaijan Qualifier)USA (Winner, Kazan Qualifier)Korea (Winner, Baku Qualifier)

Pool ANetherlands (1)Australia (4)China (5)Spain (8)Korea (9)South Africa (12)

2008 Beijing Olympics hockey

Pool BAustralia (2)Netherlands (3)Pakistan (6)Great Britain (8)South Africa (13)Canada (15)

Pool BArgentina (2)Germany (3)Japan (6)New Zealand (7)Great Britain (10)USA (11)

how the 12 teams qualified this time

** extra quota based upon the WorldHockey teamrankings after Samsung World Cup 2006

* extra quota based upon the WorldHockey teamrankings after BDO World Cup 2006

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silver at the Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, a silver lining in the indian sky

India’s development team played superbly inthe 17th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh,Malaysia. Despite losing first two mathches, itwon the next four continuously beforelosingout to the full-pledged Argentina in thefinal on golden goal. India’s penalty cornerbattery of Sandeep Singh (above, right) andDiwakarram rattled their rivals. For the firsttime in 17 years, India defeated Pakistan --another full team in the fray -- in the AzlanCup. The team was trained by Ajay KumarBansal (left ) and his deputy RajeshChauhan. Striker SV Sunil (top, with the ball),was at his best. The team was accorded awarm welcome when returned home.

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Indiain 2008Belgium Test Series, Chennaidrew Belgium 4-4defeat Belgium 5-0defeat Belgium 3-2defeat Belgium 2-1lost to Belgium 2-3

16- 10Olympic Qualifier, Chiledefeat Russia 8-0defeat Austria 7-3defeat Mexico 18-1lost to Great Britain 2-3defeat Chile 4-1lost to Great Britain 0-2

39-10Australia 4-Nationslost to South Korea 1-4drew Australia 2-2defeat China 3-1lost to China 1-2lost to South Korea 2-5drew China 4-4lost to Australia 0-1lost to South Korea 3-4

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MedalsOlympic Qualifier SilverAzlan Shah Cup Silver

Task on handIndia’s immediate target is toqualify for the 2009 JuniorWorld Cup. India has tofinish reasonably at the 6thJunior Asia Cup (July,Hyderabad). Others in theIndian pool are Singapore,Malaysia and Japan. India isthe defending champion.

Azlan Shah Cuplost to New Zealand 3-4lost to Argentina 1-5defeat Canada 3-1defeat Belgium 6-4defeat Pakistan 2-1defeat Malaysia 2-1lost to Argentina 1-2

18-18Hockey Year Book 1998Hockey Year Book 2002Hockey Year Book 2003Hockey Year Book 2006Hockey Year Book 2007Golden BootGreat Indian Olympians 2000Great Indian Olympians 2004Nation’s Pride Dhanraj PillayOlympic Captain Dilip Tirkey

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city limouzines (india) extends helping hand to our girls as sponsors

City Limouzines (India) has been Indian women hockey team’s sponsor for last three years. For the first time in the sporting annals of India, asponsor pays each player, coach and supporting staff directly a monthly sum as does City Limouzines. A gesture worth emulating by othercorporates. Indian women hockey team is highly potential and is expected to peak during the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the World Cup.Opp: Kazan Olympic Qualifier winners USA on victory lap

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Indian men hockey team’s star striker Tushar Khandkar with hockey year book