16/03/2021

There are occasions when the OTHL boys surprise themselves. Yes, unbelievable yet true, a testimony to our ground work, dedication and commitment. And how these menifest in our beneficiary boys.

Today, the Delhi State Sub-Junior Men's team left for Narwana in Haryana to take part in the 11th Hockey India National Championship. The Delhi State team have 18 players, out of which ELEVEN are our OTHL products!

They surprised themselves and us too. 

26/01/2021

As the new year dawns, we look forward it to be prosperous and gainful. At this time of writing, some activities of the Delhi schools have resumed. Classes started for 10th and 12 class students. Its a good sign that in the coming months, if not days, classes will start for sections too. As you all know, we start our work with 6th class boys and girls, that is our target age group for initiating our program is 11-year  olds.    

On this, I wish to bring four asp...

13/12/2020

Past eight months have been taxing and worrisome for all of us in the OTHL Family. Our stakeholder kids are still going through many forms of difficulties arisen due to ongoing pademic. The are vulnerable due to their social set up and financial status, but the COVID-19 has further devasted their lives. We could extend our help to the suffering famiiles, but our resources were meagre and insufficient. 

However, #sticktogether scheme of Olympian hockey ace Viren Rasquinha and h...

23/10/2020

You would have expected Surjo Dutt to take guard at the crease, given that he attended Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi, a nursery for cricketers, many of whom have gone on to bring honour to the country.

Or perhaps control the ball on the football pitch, considering his Bengali roots.

But closest to Dutt’s heart when it comes to sport is hockey and no surprise then that he wasted no time to become part of the effort of One Thousand Hockey Legs (OTHL) the moment he heard of the...

14/07/2020

Bhavdeep Virdi is a management professional working for an investment bank in England and has an engineering background.

He also wields a hockey stick with passion and aplomb and seems to combine everything in an off-the-pitch effort to boost the game he loves.

In 2014 he learned about OTHL after countless searches on the internet to find a hockey organization that cares for children.

“It was just what I wanted. You have so many bodies connected to the sport but here w...

25/06/2020

Sports builds character. Atanu Roy has no doubt about that.

A senior management executive and an engineer, Roy knows a thing or two about this version of ‘Game Theory’.

“Sports gives children a way and purpose in life,” he says. “Very often it guides youngsters to take the path away from harmful distractions and in the process change their very attitude to life,” the Kolkata-based Roy, 50, says.

Roy asserted his philosophy in his passionat...

22/06/2020

Former hockey captain and Arjuna Award winner Viren Rasquinha did something in the last week details of which will gladden everybody. He felt that Hockey had given him so much in life but was deeply saddened to see the severe impact of

OTHL Srs enter the semifinal of the VK Cup in Jhansi

04/03/2020

One Thousand Hockey Legs (OTHL) Seniors have entered the semifinals of the Vinod Khandkar All India Under-21 Cup in Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) today. Led by former National Hockey Academy player Sunil, the team beat formidable Tamil Nadu XI 4-1 in the quarterfinal today at the Major Dhyan Chand Astro Turf Stadium.  Yesterday, on the first day of their engagement, OTHL Sr overcame stiff resistance of Dholpur Rajasthan team in the cruelling shoot out. 

 

 

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