Bhaura was born in Jullundur, East Punjab, India, into a Sikh family and came to England in 1968. He was educated at the Khalsa School Jalandhar in India and then Featherstone School in Southall. Bhaura played club hockey for Hounslow Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League and made his England debut on 25 March 1979 against Belgium and his Great Britain debut on 11 December 1983 against Pakistan.[2]
Bhaura was also a member of the silver medal-winning team in 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup in London.[5] and 1987 European Cup in Moscow. He played at international level for nine years for England and Great Britain. [6] A proud moment was when he was selected to represent World XI to play against Australia in 1987.
Bhaura joined Indian Gymkhana Hockey Club and it was while playign for them that he won the Olympic gold in 1988, he retired from international hockey and had earned 84 caps for England and 61 for Great Britain.[4]
He started working within the hockey industry, in marketing and developing equipment. He has visited hockey factories in India and Pakistan, developing hockey and cricket equipment under the brand name Pantheon. He was also involved in developing goalkeeping equipment and owned a ball manufacturing plant, "Chingford Balls". Bhaura owned The Pro Shop, specialising in hockey equipment and team-wear, based in Brentford (W London) and Hitchin (Hertfordshire).[citation needed] He was a European distributor of the Gryphon Hockey brand since 1996. After selling the retail, wholesale and manufacturing operations in 2019, he now enjoys his retirement.[citation needed]
Bhaura is a prominent member of the Indian Gymkhana Hockey Club based in Osterley in W London and continues to play and coach hockey there to this day.[citation needed]
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