PJMC bag the crown

17/08/1997

FOUR-goal S. Kuhan helped Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (PJMC) to theMalaysia Hockey League title with a crushing 5-2 win over Segambut HockeyClub (SHC) at the Bukit Jalil Stadium yesterday. The League title was worth RM20,000 to PJMC. Kuhan got started in the ninth minute when he received a neat pass andhammered home. PJMC were awarded a penalty stroke off a goalmouth melee in the 13thminute and SHC players protested the decision. SHC refused to continue andargued for five minutes but match officials intervened and Kuhan flickedhome the second goal. Play became rough after that and Segambut defended well but in the 23rdminute, an unmarked Zainal Ariffin pushed in the third. In the 29th minute, SHC shocked PJMC when a weak pass from KeshminderSingh bounced past defenders B. Dinakaran, Lau Kok Chim and Lailin AbuHassan. Gurcharan Singh scored SHC's first. In the 34th minute, Kuhan slammed home his hat-trick off a penaltycorner set piece. After the breather, PJMC received their second penalty stroke and Kuhanagain calmly pushed in his fourth goal in the 43rd minute. SHC had the final say three minutes from time from a penalty corner withJagjit Singh sounding the board. Bank Simpanan Nasional confirmed the second spot on the standings with ahard fought 5-3 win over Perak SEDC. BSN collected 28 points from 11 matches and as League runners-up, theywill receive RM10,000. The bankers, who crashed out of the quarterfinals last year, wereleading 3-0 at one time, but started slowing down and SEDC nearly walkedaway with a point. Brian Jayhan Siva started the goalcount in the sixth minute from closerange off a Sarjit Singh pass. Two minutes later Sarjit made it 2-0. Hepushed past SEDC golkeeper Roslan Jamaluddin after receiving a pass fromBrian. BSN piled the pressure and won their third in the 18th minute. I.Vickneswaran hammered home from the top of the semicircle. SEDC pulled one back in the 31st minute through Mohamed Zainal but BSNpulled further in the 39th minute when Vickneswaran collected a loose balland hammered past Roslan. SEDC came back strongly and scored two goals through Mohamed hadi (43rd,54th) but it was not good enough as Muadzam Mohamed scored BSN's fifth inthe 61st minute. Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) beat Electrical and Engineering Corps (JLJ)5-3 to finish third. PJMC .... 5 SEGAMBUT .... 2BSN ..... 5 PERAK SEDC .. 3TENAGA .. 5 EME ......... 3