A good player plays where the ball is; a great player plays where the ball is going to be. This is the mantra drilled into the minds of young hockey players by Canadian citizen and former international player, Kushwant Singh Bajwa.

“Eat, sleep, play hockey, repeat.” This motto defines the spirit at the New Gurdaspur Hockey Club, an institution fuelled by the passion of Bajwa and Rajesh Sharma, a hockey enthusiast and the club’s secretary.

The players practise at the Government College grounds, where the club also oversees the Gurdaspur District Hockey Association, responsible for player training and participation in state-level tournaments.

Bajwa is determined to preserve and build on Gurdaspur’s hockey legacy, a district known for producing numerous renowned players. These include pena

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