{"id":21717,"date":"2026-10-28T03:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T03:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/phf-to-start-schools-league-for-reviving-hockey-talent\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T03:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T03:47:41","slug":"phf-to-start-schools-league-for-reviving-hockey-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/phf-to-start-schools-league-for-reviving-hockey-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"PHF to start schools league for reviving hockey talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MOHSIN ALI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has decided to launch a Schools Hockey League aimed at promoting hockey in educational institutions and identifying fresh talent for national teams.<\/p>\n<p>The plan came under discussion during a consultative meeting chaired by PHF President Mohiuddin Wani. Representatives of education and sports departments from all four provinces, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad attended the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>According to the plan, competitions at tehsil, district and divisional levels will begin simultaneously across the country on November 15. Provincial-level contests are scheduled to be held in January, while national-level competitions will take place in February.<\/p>\n<p>Under the initiative, players belonging to the top three teams will be given monthly stipends for one year. Players of the team finishing first will receive Rs10,000 per month, while players of the second and third position teams will get Rs7,500 and Rs5,000 per month, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The PHF also intends to arrange international tours for the winning team of the league and selected players.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its talent development programme, the federation will select 100 boys and 100 girls every year for summer camps. These players will be provided hockey coaching, fitness training and educational support.<\/p>\n<p>School heads and sports teachers who play a role in making the Schools Hockey League successful will also be given special awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PHF will launch a Schools Hockey League from November 15, with stipends for top teams and summer camps for selected boys and girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21719,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21717\/revisions\/21719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}