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| The Indian Asiad Hockey Team, 1966. |
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| The Surfer Player of the month. |
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The Photograph of the Month for May 2006 features the Indian hockey team playing Japan in the 1966 Asian Games hockey semi-finals in Bangkok. |
| The 1966 Bangkok Games resulted in the first ever Asiad gold for India, who did not concede a single goal in the entire tournament. India's match results were: |
- beat Malaysia 1-0
- beat Sri Lanka 3-0
- beat South Korea 5-0
- beat Japan 3-0 (semi-finals)
- beat Pakistan 1-0 (final)
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| The 1966 Indian Asiad hockey team had 3 Balbir Singh's - Balbir Singh (Punjab), Balbir Singh (Railways)
and Col. Balbir Singh (Services). The player kneeling on the ground in the photograph is Col. Balbir Singh (Services).
Balbir Singh (Services) joined the Army in 1965, and represented Services in the National Hockey Championship from 1965 to 1974.
He captained the Services team that won the Bombay Gold Cup in 1971.Balbir rose to the rank of Colonel in the Indian Army.
He was the third hockey player from Sansarpur, the nursery of Indian Hockey, to receive the Arjuna Puraskar, after Udham Singh and Jagjeet Singh. |
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About us and the Game
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| History of Surfers |
Huntington Beach Field Hockey Club was founded in 1987 by Olympian Kuldip Bhogal. Kuldip was not only a founder of the club, but also an inspiration to his friends that later joined the club. What gave this club its edge over the other local clubs was the involvement of the member’s families. It was not a ‘boys only’ club. As the members matured, their children took up the sport and it was not long before the club had its own children’s teams participating and winning the leagues and competitions. In fact, over the last few years, the United States National team has always had a HBFHC member as part of its squad. |
Today we may not have Kuldip Bhogal (he moved to the UK) in the club, but we do have founding members Moni Ahluwalia and Jag Reyatt to keep instilling the Hockey spirit, HBFHC way, in the club. |
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| History of Field Hockey |  |
| The origins of field hockey have been traced to ancient Egypt and Persia and even to the Aztec Indians. Certainly, stick-and-ball games that resemble field hockey have been played by many peoples all over the world, but there's no way to draw up a family tree incorporating all, or even most, of them. |
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Latest news
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- 2011 Phoenix Classic Field Hockey Champions
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- 2010 CalCup Social Champions
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- Surfer's Beach Party 2010
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- Guru Nanak Tournament-2010
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- Surfers Div-I Team grabs Gold by defeating LA Tigers
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Social activities
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| Surfers Fundraiser Party 2010. |
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Other important links
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| FHF - Field Hockey Federation. |
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| Hockey news from around the world. |
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| Learn more about the history of the game. |
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| IHF International Hockey Federation. |
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| The field hockey game rules. |
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