STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Balvinder Singh, President Sikh Progressive Front (SPF) along with other organising Committee members namely Manjit Singh Organising Secretary, Iqbal Singh, former National Player, Surinder Singh Wazir, Jaswinder Singh Kuku, P .P Singh National Umpire, Jasbir Singh, Janak Singh Former national Player, Ravinder Singh, M. S Reen International Umpire, Ravinder Singh Bitta Former national Player, and Paramjit Singh, Baljit Kour Hockey Coach & Soniya Coach while addressing media persons stated that SPF is organizing Invitational National Hockey Tournament namely “Sarbat Da Bhalla” sanctioned by Hockey India, dedicated to the 550th birth anniversary (Parkash Purab) of Sri Guru Nanak Dev from April 15 to 21, 2024 at K.K Hakku Stadium Jammu.
Singh stated that tournament is being organised to spread Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s teachings of love, peace, equality and universal brotherhood in a unique way by organizing a mega sports event.
While sharing detail of the participating teams, Singh said that out of a total 18 participating teams 8 teams from out the state are Punjab Police, SGPC Amritsar, Punjab & Sind Bank, Roundglass Hockey Academy, Bathinda XI, Y B Hockey Club Sujjanpur, HFB NCR Hockey Society, Army XI, Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala (RCF) Singh further stated that some reputed teams from J&K are J&K Police, Vijay Club, GNN Hockey Club, Power House Club Poonch, Sangar Sales Hockey Club Anantnag , Kashmir Wonderer Hockey Club, Bandu Rakh Hockey Club, Srinagar XI, Khalsa Club Gole Gujral. The tournament shall be played in knock out basis. The tournament will be supervised by the officials of Hockey.
Sikh Progressive Front appealed to the all peoples especially hockey Clubs, hockey lovers and students from various colleges and Schools to come witness & promote hockey and watch national and some international players in action at K.K Hakku Stadium Jammu from 15th April to 21st April 2024.