Cairns Juniors Hockey Cup: Mota Singh school distributes prize money

“This is a good beginning, and I hope our boys pick up the threads and improve further,” said the beaming Mrs. Jyoti Aurora, Principal, SS Mota Singh Senior Secondary Model School, Janakpuri, New Delhi the other day.

“I thank Oil Major Cairn for providing such an excellent opportunity for our boys to play on synthetic turf for about a week, and the silver we won is a bonus”, the Delhi’s well-know educationist said.

The acclaimed principal was speaking on the glory of her team collecting biggest ever cash prize of Rs.50,000 for winning silver at the inaugural Cairns Juniors Hockey Cup 2015.

“The boys enjoyed the ambience the tournament very well. We gave our best and are happy to emerge with silver. We are further looking forward to next year’s edition. Boys are confident of doing even better next time”, said Gularia, Sports-in-charge of the sports conscious school. He himself was present to encourage his boys during the entire duration of the tournament.

SS Mota Singh, always a traditional hockey power in the Delhi Schools hockey circuit, won its both matches in the pool to reach the semifinals where it met in form team Modern School, Barakhamba Road. Modern School have won four major titles this year and was billed to come out clean in the knock-out. But it was not to be.

Mota Singh’s forwardline showed its glimpses of fighting spirit and won the semifinals 3-1 to lock horns with ever-improving GBSSS, J Block, Saket in the final.

Though the match ended 0-0 at regulation time, Saket emerged the champions of the Cairns Juniors Cup in the Juniors category.

Very thoughtfully, the organizers framed a prize money policy by which the total prize money of Rs.51,000 was divided equally among 16 players and two officials (Coach and Manager).

The principal and the management of the school were so grateful that they organized the event to present the cheques in front of hundreds of their school wards during specially convened assembly.

K. Arumugam, Event Executive and also Founder and CEO of Hockey Citizen Group, which runs the unique One Thousand Hockey Legs Program, was present on the occasion. This NGO organized the tournament successfully from 15th to 21st January at the centrally placed Shivaji Stadium, New Delhi.

It was Oil Major Cairns’ first major hockey initiative in the Delhi NCR Region.

The prize money of Rs.2.3 lacs is the highest for any inter-school tournaments in the Delhi NCR region.

About Mota Singh Sr. Sec. Model School

S. S.Mota Singh Model School was established in 1976 in Narang Colony, by founder Chairman, Sardar Prithipal Singh Bhasin, a visionary. The school is boused in a magnificient building with a huge playground and other facilities in A-4C Block, Janakpuri, New Delhi in July 1981 where at present till date it stands as a great temple of learning.

This school carries the legacy of a renowned school, S.S.Mota Singh Khalsa Higher Secondary School in Nila in Pakistan by Sardar Mota Singh Ji. It was in 1916 that the foundation of the school in Nila was laid,

because It was of Sardar Mota Singh ji’s spirit of service, firm determination and unlimited love for education, this school became famous far and wide. The deserving students from economically weaker sections were provided free books, stationary and other requisites. The service rendered by this school between 1916 to 1947 cannot be described in words. In order to implement the noble task of reestablishing the school left in Pakistan, S.S.Mota Singh (Nila) Charitable Trust was formed and it was registered in December 1975 in Delhi.