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Hockey
| Hockey's birth place is Asia and Persia
is credited with having devised it about 2000 B.C. It is said that
Greeks and Romans played hockey but nothing is known about the nature
of the game that they played. The earliest mention of the present
day game dates back only to 1527, when the Galway Statutes included
'hokie'- the hurling of little ball with sticks or staves in a list
of prohibited games. Modern hockey, as created in England, resembles closely games once popular in the British Isles and there is no doubt that hockey's immediate fore-runners were the Scottish shinty, the English and Welsh bandy an the Irish hurling. The game has witnessed numerous refinements over the years. Among the earliest refinement was the prohibition of raising the stick above shoulder level. Hockey became popular in India when the British Regiments played the game in India and introduced it in the British India Regiments who quickly picked up the game. The first hockey club was formed in Calcutta in 1885-86 followed by Bombay and Punjab. The Bengal Hockey was the first Hockey Association in India founded in 1908. The second was formed in 1920 in Karachi by the name 'Sind Hockey Association'. In the Olympic games, India played hockey for the first time n 1928 held in Amsterdam. She reached the finals defeating Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland. In the final, India defeated Holland by three goals to nil. Contact for Enquires / Admissions : 91+9942899555, 9842430308, 9842226662; Email : generalbooking@gmail.com |
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