BJSS champs despite chaos

15/07/2002

SERDANG HC 3 JOHOR SC 0
TERENGGANU SC 4 PRAI MC 2
ANDERSON 1 DATUK TAHA 1
MSSKL 3 SYNERGY HC 1
TELEKOM PAHANG 3 MALAYSIA SS 1
THE Malaysian Hockey Federation (Women's Section)-Milo Junior HockeyLeague final turned into an ugly, screaming and hysterical match yesterdaywhen Bandar Penawar Sports School left the pitch with four minutes of playremaining. The Bandar Penawar girls were trailing 1-0 thanks to a 62nd minutestrike by Bukit Jalil Sports Schools Suzana Nasir but thought they hadequalised in the 65th minute when Azizah Zainuddin deflected home a freehit but umpire Anant Kaur disallowed the goal. All hell broke loose when Bandar Penawar coach Ismail Othman rushed tothe sideline and abused the second umpire and then called for his girls toleave the pitch. Anant consulted second umpire Nor Piza Hassan and after a briefdiscussion, Anant blew for no goal again. Bandar Penawar team manager Saiman Marjuki, who is also the school'ssenior assistant, rushed from the stands and instead of calming thesituation, abused the match officials and used vulgarities on Suzana, whowas his former student. Suzana broke into tears after being harrassed and abused by Saiman. The situation became chaotic as the Bandar Penawar girls huddled andcried while their team manager and coach abused the umpires and thenturned on the fans who urged them to calm down. Saiman shouted at the fans: "Kalau you jaguh, turun padang. Kita bolehbertumbuk (If you are great, come down to the pitch and we can have a fistfight)." MHFWS secretary S. Shamala tried to calm Saiman and Ismail but wasrudely told off and at that moment, it looked like Bandar Penawar would not continue with play. But common sense prevailed as the Bandar Penawar girls decided, after 15minutes of crying and consoling, to continue playing the remaining fourminutes but couldn't find the equaliser. After the match, Saiman brought out a camcorder to strengthen his claim,but there was no robbing Bukit Jalil Sports School of their glory. In the battle for the bronze, Sarawak triumphed when they beat PerakJuniors 1-0 off a Norfazlena Jek field goal in the 21st minute.

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