Bombay Gold Cup Hockey from April 15


March 20,2009

Mumbai

The Mumbai Hockey Association has finalised plans to conduct the annual Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, one of the most prestigious tournaments run in the country, from April 15.

“We have been given the dates ( April 15-29) by the IOA’s ( Indian Olympic Association) ad-hoc committee in charge of hockey. We have got confirmed entries from teams like Punjab and Sind Bank, Karnataka, Southern Railway, South Central Railway and Indian Overseas Bank,”its secretary Cdr. Kehar Singh said the India Juniors team that took part in an international tournament in Malaysia was among the top attractions for the tournament.

He also expected other top teams like Air India, last year’s winners Army XI, runners-up Bharat Petroleum, Punjab Police and Indian Oil to send in their entries along with Orissa’s Pompose XI. Singh made light of the City Civil Court’s order in the suit filed by P S Sujlana and Ranjit Dalvi against the current MHA managing committee that bars it from conducting any affairs except holding the elections.

“We have been told we can go ahead and conduct the elections. There’s nothing to stop us from promoting the game,”he explained.