JFK Field Hockey Tournament
JFK Field Hockey Tournament


2008 Dates:
May 17 & May 18

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Tournament Registration Deadline is March 30, 2008

Hotel Registration Deadline is April 25, 2008


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We cordially invite you to the 44th Annual John F. Kennedy Memorial Field Hockey Tournament. Forty four years ago in dedication to international goodwill and promotion of field hockey, a local group of enthusiast and dedicated committee members started this tournament. The John F. Kennedy Memorial Field Hockey Tournament is the oldest field hockey tournament in the United States. Named in honor of President Kennedy, the tournament was held annually next to the Reflecting Pool at the National Mall in Washington D.C. until the turn of the century. Since then, national and international teams from all parts of the world have competed which include teams from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and North America. As was the ambiance of the tournament back then and still today, athletes and teams have united in a common goal of promoting the sport and international diplomacy through sportsmanship.
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________________________________________________ Tournament History

The JFK memorial Field Hockey Tournament (JFK) was largely the brainchild of Washington DC stalwart Ganga Dhillon, with unfailing support and loyalty of his friend and colleague D. Singh (Noble). In the early 1960s, local area leagues had started flourishing on the lush DC National lawns alongside the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial in cricket, soccer and field hockey. Messrs. Dhillon and Singh had the vision to take hockey to a new level, and based it on a dream that Ganga saw in Hamilton, Canada in 1964. Thus the concept of an annual premier tournament, the JFK, was born in 1965, becoming the year of fulfillment of that dream.
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UPDATES

2007 Tournament Winners:
Men: Toronto Lions

Toronto Lions Team - 2007 JFK Field Hockey Tournament Winners for men in 2007, Virginia Beach

2007 Tournament Winners:
Women:Ohio State

Ohio State: Women 2007 JFK Field Hockey Tournament Winners in Virginia Beach

2007 Tournament Umpmires
2007 Tournament Umpires

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