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We cordially invite you to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Field Hockey Tournament website. Forty-five 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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Rye Field Hockey Club (New York) & GOA Ladies (Toronto) Lift 2009 Men’s and Women’s JFK Trophies.

Rye FHC defeated Toronto Lions in a penalty strokes competition to win the 45th edition of the JFK Tournament after both teams decided not to play their final match in a torrential downpour.

Goa Ladies won over Red Rose in a tense final.
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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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