When the In­dian na­tion­als are un­der­way in Gwalior early next year, don’t be sur­prised to see the bearded for­ward flicker Gur­sim­ran Singh.

God-fear­ing and de­vout Gur­sim­ran Singh has been play­ing hockey since child­hood and has nur­tured his game ball by ball on the grounds of S. S. Mota Singh School, Janakpuri, New Delhi.

Speak­ing to the World Sikh News, Mas­ters in Busi­ness Ad­min­is­tra­tion Gur­sim­ran Singh said, “The changeover from As­tro­turf to grass in the near fu­ture as de­cided the In­ter­na­tional Hockey Fed­er­a­tion will def­i­nitely in­fuse fresh blood into the old-school hockey game.”  “In­dia and other Asian teams will def­i­nitely ben­e­fit from this change”, he added.

Watch­ing the game in his school in­stilled love for the game when he was a child and since then, he has not looked back.  First rep­re­sent­ing the school while he was only in class seven, he be­came the cap­tain of his school team as he reached the ma­tric­u­la­tion class. Rep­re­sent­ing the CBSE na­tional team in 2011, he par­tic­i­pated in the Na­tional school games in 2012.

As one of the youngest player in the tour­na­ment, he played in the Hockey In­dia Ju­nior Na­tional Cham­pi­onship in 2013 and rep­re­sented In­dia in the 44 Pesta Hockey In­door Hockey Tour­na­ment in Malaysia in 2017.

Gur­sim­ran Singh loves to see Sabat Soorat Sikhs play hockey and is do­ing every­thing to pro­mote the game. His cam­paign to dis­trib­ute state-of-the-art hockey sticks to those who love the game but can­not af­ford the ex­pense to or­gan­is­ing hockey aware­ness meets, has en­deared him to one and all.

“I am keen to strengthen grass roots hockey.”

He re­ceived an award as a na­tional player from Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment Parvesh Verma in 2013 and was re­warded by Di­rec­tor Sports S. Ma­ha­bali Sat­pal for rep­re­sent­ing in the SGFI games.  He has been fe­lic­i­tated by many lo­cal clubs in Delhi and the Delhi Sikh Gur­d­wara Man­age­ment Com­mit­tee.

Gur­sim­ran Singh is hope­ful to make the Hockey In­dia colours as he is be­ing dili­gently men­tored and coached by for­mer In­dia cap­tain Ra­j­pal Singh, World Cup Gold medal­list In­der­jit Chadha, Olympians Gurvin­der Singh Chandi and Dharamvir Singh.

“What­ever I am to­day and what­ever lit­tle I have achieved to­day is the Grace of God almighty, the un­tir­ing co­op­er­a­tion of my par­ents, the love of my as­so­ci­ates and the sin­cere hard work of my coaches and men­tors,” said Gur­sim­ran Singh, in his con­ver­sa­tion with WSN.

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Af­fa­ble and hand­some Gur­sim­ran Singh is stead­fast in his vi­sion, “Let us get our glory back, sooner than later.”