The 2026 Lohana Sports Festival is done, and North London took the first Mahajan Shield. See the champions and the photographs from all three days.
See the resultsSee the photographs
Three venues, one festival
The Lohana Sports Festival venues run from Harrow to Stanmore to Hatfield. Here's where it all happens and how to get there.
What happens at each Lohana Sports Festival venue
Three venues, three days, and a different rhythm at each one. Here is what to expect before you set off.
RCT Hall, Harrow
Saturday 12 September. The festival opens here with pool from 10am. Frames, banter and bragging rights before the main weekend has even started.
Stanmore Golf Club
Saturday 19 September, played. Registration was at 11am with coffee and a roll, first tee 1.06pm, and the trophies were presented at the club in the evening.
Hertfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield
Sunday 20 September, postcode AL10 9EU. The control desk opens at 8:30am, the opening ceremony is at 9am, games start at 9:15am and trophies are presented from 5pm. This is the day to bring everyone.
All three Lohana Sports Festival venues sit in north west London and Hertfordshire. Allow time to park and to find the desk, particularly on Festival Day when several sports run at once.
RCT Hall, Harrow
The festival opens with pool at RCT Hall, the Raghuvanshi Charitable Trust Centre in Harrow, frames from 10am. Four tables, group stages, and a room that fills with Lohanas who all believe they're the best player in their family. You'll hear every safety shot debated in real time.
Stanmore Golf Club
Played on Saturday 19 September: twenty-eight golfers off the first tee from 1.06pm, eighteen holes, and the trophies presented at the clubhouse in the evening. The tee draw, the winners and the photographs are on the Results and Gallery pages.
Hertfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield
The main event, on the De Havilland Campus, Hatfield Business Park, Mosquito Way. Every hall, court and pitch under one roof and on one site, plus a cafeteria, changing rooms with showers, and medical cover all day. Desk opens 8:30am; trophies from 5pm. Venue phone: 01707 284466.
Lohana Sports Festival venues, three postcodes
Stanmore Golf Club
STANMORERegistration 11am, first tee 1pm. Buggies reserved when you entered.
Directions →Hertfordshire Sports Village
AL10 9EUDesk 8:30am, ceremony 9am, trophies 5pm. Free parking.
Directions →🚌Come as a convoy
If enough people from your mahajan are coming, tell us and we'll look at arranging a minibus so you travel as one group, arrive as one group, and cheer as one very loud group. Sixteen mahajans are chasing a Shield in which every travelling member is worth a point. Raise it with your mahajan secretary or the PRO.
📞A human, when you need one
Ashokbhai Rach, President: 07956 450895. Bharatbhai Sodha, Imm. Past President: 07792 772202. Nishit Kotak, PRO: 07983 212402. Hertfordshire Sports Village (venue, Festival Day): 01707 284466.
Before you set off
The forecast for each festival day at each venue, and a journey planner for the two London venues. Weather updates every hour from Open-Meteo; journeys come from Transport for London.
Plan your journey by public transport
Enter your postcode and pick a venue. Hatfield is outside the TfL network, so use the Google Maps button on its card (or rail to Hatfield station, a 15-minute walk).