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Sikh Union Centenary Hockey Tournament: Roundglass scripts history with a golden debut overseas
87-year-old Avtar Singh Sohal was felicitated with life time achievement award at a gala banquet held to mark the year long centenary celebrations.
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Prabhjot Paul Singh - Mon, 11, May 2026
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Roundglass Hockey Academy celebrates the win / Prabhjot Paul Singh
Roundglass Hockey Academy, a premier field hockey academy of India, promoted by NRI Sunny Singh, and his father Sarpal Singh, added a golden chapter to the history of Kenya’s Sikh Union Club.
When the Nairobi-based Sikh Union Club, the oldest Club of Sikhs outside India, celebrated hundred years of its glorious contributions to world of Spirts, it had a team from its motherland, Punjab, win the centennial event.
Roundglass Academy defeated the hosts, Sikh Union Club, 4-1, in a pulsating final that reversed the result of the initial meeting between the two teams in the opener of the tournament.
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Roundglass Academy, who has Olympian Rajinder Singh as its Directer, mopped up an exciting 4-1 win over the pre-tournament favourite home team that has five India internationals on its rolls. The winners also ended with most promising player - Jobanpreet Singh- award.
Four India internationals - Pramod, Anuo Valmiki, Yuvraj Walmiki, Manpreet Singh - played a stellar role in getting their team to the gold medal match with a superb unbeaten run, including 4-1 win over ultimate winners Roundglass.
Interestingly, the medal rounds were played on a brand new deep glue surface, thanks to yeoman services rendered voluntarily by six-time Olympian Avtar Singh Sohal, a highly respected hockey icon and tallest Sikh Olympian from outside India.
In fitness of things, 87-year-old Avtar Singh Sohal was felicitated with life time achievement award at a gala banquet held to mark the year long centenary celebrations.
The hosts may have fallen at the final hurdle in the men’s section but they had the consolation of winning the coveted centenary year trophy in the Masters category. In a tough gold medal encounter marred by violent clashes, the home team win the encounter hands down 4-1 against Satellites Veterans.
Satellites also carried home the bronze medal in the men’s section defeating Sikh Union London in a tournament that also featured a team from Nigeria - Niger Flickers.
Matador Veterans from Malaysia under the stewardship of Olympian Sarjit Singh finished fourth as the team was plagued by injuries to its players.
London Gymkhana and Satellites from England with two teams each, Niger Flickers, Roundglass and two teams from the hosts, Sikh Union Club made the event memorable as a rich feast of vintage hockey throwing up new talent was witnessed in the weeklong event. Besides Jobanpreet of Roundglass, another talented player on view was Nirman Mudher, already a member of Kenya under 21 team.
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