Английская Википедия:Bangalore Hi-Fliers
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The Bangalore Hi-Fliers were a Premier Hockey League (PHL) team, based in Bangalore, Karnataka. Initially known as the Bangalore Lions, the team was led by Tushar Khandekar. The Hi-Fliers won the PHL twice, in 2006 and in 2008, more than any other team.
History
Founding
The club was formed on the back grounds of inaugural Premier Hockey League in year 2005. It started off with many host of hockey superstars from India, Pakistan and Malaysia. Hi-Fliers is the only teams who in every edition of the PHL displayed tactical and strategic hockey. They have had a good mix of young and experienced players. In the first edition at Hyderabad, their squad had as many as seven members from the national team. They played well in the first leg but failed to maintain the same tempo in the second set of matches and finished a disappointing fourth in the first edition.[1]
Change Of Name and Rise
In the year 2006 ING Life Insurance became the official team sponsor of Bangalore Hi-fliers and the team was re-christened as Bangalore Lions in the second and third edition. Lions went on to win league in 2006[2] and in 2007 they finished third,[3] before going back to the original name in PHL - IV and again winning league.
Lions Era (2006-2007)
Team's name was changed to Lions in 2006, the team played brilliantly throughout and finished as the second team in the league to enter the best-of-three finals and pipped local favourites Chandigarh Dynamos to win the second edition. In the third final, Bangalore's Hariprasad scored a classic goal - that one effort earned him a place in the Indian team for the Asian Games and the World Cup. In the third edition, Bangalore failed to make it to the final by three points and finished third.[2][3]
2008
Team's name was again changed in 2008 and they were now called Bangalore Hi-fliers. Hi-fliers went on to win the league in 2008. The greatest strength of the team is their star penalty corner specialist Len Aiyappa. The bald-pated drag flick expert collected the Top Scorer award in the first 2005. The team's fortunes depend on the ability of their forwardline to get enough short corners for Len to click. Bangalore had eight internationals in their team and is also served by one of the best goalkeepers in the country, Bharath Kumar Chetri. Its Korean import You Hyo-sik has the ability to make speedy runs and he was an asset to the team. They also had two more foreign players Oliver Rutgers and Sebastian Westerholt from the Netherlands. Skipper Tushar Khandekar was the star to watch in the forward line and he has the seasoned and talented Sandeep Michael and Hariprasad to bolster the attack. Sunil and Cheyanna, two upcoming youngsters are the ones to watch out for in the frontline. Former skipper Arjun Halappa had the ability to play as an attacking midfielder and they had Bimal Lakra, a trusted soldier in the midfield, as the fulcrum of the team's fortunes - who was also ably assisted by VS Vinay. With a mix of good players in all the departments who have the ability to play tactical modern hockey, Bangalore Hi-Fliers looked good for another shot at the title and they did what was expected from them. With their chief coach Ramesh Parameswaran joining the national duties, assistant coach and Olympian Ashish Ballal was in-charge of the coaching staff with another Junior India coach Edward Brient to assist him. Another former international CS Poonacha was the fitness trainer with the secretary of the Karnataka Hockey Association K Krishnamurthy as manager.[4][5][6]
Season by season performance
| Season | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | ET-W | ET-L | GF | GA | GD | Points | position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | - | - | 19 | 22 | -3 | 9 | Fourth |
| 2006 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 16 | 12 | 4 | 13 | Second (league), Champions (play-offs) |
| 2007 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 20 | Third |
| 2008 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 14 | Second (league), Champions (play-offs) |
Players
As of 2008[10]
Note: The list of players was obtained from the PHL website.
Personnel
- Шаблон:Flagicon Ramesh Parameswaran (Chief coach)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Ashish Ballal (Asst. Coach)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kannan Krishnamurthy (General manager)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Poonacha C S (Trainer)
Former players
| Name | Career | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Kuttappa | 2005 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Irshad Ali | 2005 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Chandrasekhar Xalxo | 2005 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Pawal Lakra | 2005 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Amar Aiyamma | 2005 and 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Sabu Varkey | 2005–2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Sunil Ekka | 2005 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Ravi Kumar | 2006 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Ignace Tirkey | 2006–2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Name | Career | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Mommahad Waqas | 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Gurpreet Singh | 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Paul Blake | 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Laxman Rao NP | 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Bikramjit Singh | 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Suresh Kumar | 2006–2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Bimal Lakra | 2006–2008 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Prabodh Tirkey | 2005–2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Bipin Fernandes | 2006 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
Club captains
| Dates | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2005–2007 | Arjun Halappa | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| 2008 | Tushar Khandekar | Шаблон:Flagicon |
International players
| Name | Career | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Kuhan Shanmugunathan | 2005 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Mudassar Ali Khan | 2005–2006 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Rehan Butt | 2006 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Jordi Quintana | 2006 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Paul Blake | 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Name | Career | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Thijs de Greeff | 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Sander van der Weide | 2007 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Olivier Rutgers | 2008 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Sebastian Westerhout | 2008 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Hyo Kim | 2008 | Шаблон:Flagicon |
Honours
References
Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:Premier Hockey League
- ↑ PHL-1 season reviewШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 PHL-2 season reviewШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 PHL-3 season reviewШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ PHL 4 Hi-fliers Team Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 PHL 1 - 2005 Season ReviewШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 PHL 2 - 2006 Season ReviewШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 9,3 PHL 3 - 2007 Season ReviewШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ Current Bangalore Hi-fliers Squad Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 12,0 12,1 12,2 PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ PHL-2 Bangalore Lions winnersШаблон:Dead link
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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