In its bid to promote hockey at grass root levels, the real estate major Wave Group embarked on a journey to host an exciting ‘Delhi Waveriders School Cup 2013’ presented by The Ponty Chadha Foundation. This first-of-its-kind hockey school tournament was flagged off on December 16, 2013 and came to a grand end on December 24, 2013 at the historical Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. The tournament was organised under the aegis of Hockey India (HI) wherein 32 schools across Delhi/ NCR battled against each other to win the Best Hockey School team in the city.
The closing ceremony was graced by the presence of Jitendra Singh (Honorable Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India), who presented the award to the winning team. The winning team is proposed to play an exhibition match against last year’s HIl runner up, at Major Dhyanchand National Stadium. This initiative was an endeavor to promote the national game and bring back its glory. The vision is to take this tournament to other cities as well, thus creating the best national level school hockey tournament in the country.