Tenaga trash YNS for semis

02/08/2002

Tenaga .................6 YNS ...................1
SAB College ............0 AFATS .................0
PJMC ...................0 Ipoh CC ...............0
Olak-MPK ...............5 Krian .................0
Penang Indians .........2 Malay Mail ............1
TENAGA Nasional Bhd did it in style when they thrashed Yayasan Negri
Sembilan 6-1 to book their semifinal berth in the MHF-Milo-Admiral-NSC
Junior League.
Tenaga, still with one match in hand against Olak-MPK, have amassed 27
points from nine matches and have an unassailable lead. They will top
Group A regardless of the outcome against Olak. As group champions they
will receive RM7,500.
But YNS created a record of sorts at the Seremban Two Hockey Stadium
when they became the only team in the Junior League to have scored against
Tenaga. In the nine matches that Tenaga have played, they had scored 49
goals had not conceded any until yesterday when M. Saravanan scored for
YNS in the 43rd minute.
Tenaga took control from in the first minute when Abbas Nekmat scored
off a penalty corner. The remaining goals came through Mohamed Fairuz
(16th), Azlan Misron (37th, 54th) Abbas (58th) and K. Mano Raj (68th).
For the final match against Olak, Tenaga may have to do without Azlan
and Riduan Nasir who are likely to be heading for Busan on Saturday for
four Test matches against the Korean side in preparation for the Asian
Games.
The Malaysian Hockey Federation will make a decision today if the duo
are in the Busan-bound squad.
* AT the Tun Razak Stadium, Ipoh City Council and Petaling Jaya
Municipal Council played to a scoreless draw which gives Olak-MPK an
outside chance of making the semifinals.
Olak beat Krian District 5-0 at the Pandamaran Stadium in Klang
yesterday and are now second in the standings. Their deciding match is
against Tenaga while Ipoh have Perak Malays and PJMC have YNS to collect
points from.
The Olak goals were scored by P. Prabahkaran (11th, 38th), Saiful Niza
(54th), M. Indran (63rd) and Zamzu-hairi Wahab (66th).
* AT the MPJB Stadium in Johor Baru, Armed Forces Apprentice Training
School and Sultan Abu Bakar College played to a scoreless draw.
* IN the last match of the day at the Tun Razak Stadium, Penang Indians
Sports Club edged Malay Mail 2-1 but lost M. Aridhasan to a red card.
Aridhasan was on the reserves' bench but picked up his stick and came
into the match without being substituted in the 58th minute and was shown
the red card.
Malay Mail scored first off an S. Simon field goal in the 34th minute.
Penang equalised through M. Krisanasamy in the 38th and Gunalan Paul
sealed the match in the 67th.
Today: Johor Sports Council v Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPJB
Stadium, 5.15pm); Malaysia Sports School v Serdang Hockey Club (Tun Razak
Stadium, 5.30pm); Synergy Hockey Club v Pahang Telekom (Pandamaran Hockey
Stadium, 5.15pm); Terengganu Sports Council v SMK Anderson (Kuala
Terengganu Stadium, 5.15pm); Taiping District v MSS Kuala Lumpur (Azlan
Shah Stadium I, 5.15pm).
Tomorrow: Ipoh City Council v Perak Malays Hockey Association (Azlan
Shah Stadium II, 5.15pm); Tenaga Nasional Bhd v Olak-MPK (KL Hockey
Stadium, 5.15pm); Kerian District v Malay Mail (Azlan Shah Stadium I,
4.45pm); Petaling Jaya Municipal Council v Yayasan Negri Sembilan (Tun
Razak Stadium, 6pm); Armed Forces Apprentice Training School v Penang
Indians Sports Club (Tun Razak Stadium, 8pm).
Sunday: Seberang Prai Municipal Council v SMK Datuk Taha (Seberang Prai
Stadium, 5.15pm); Johor Sports Council v Taiping District (MPJB Stadium,
5.15pm); Telekom Pahang v SMK Anderson (Kuantan Hockey Stadium, 5.15pm);
MSS Kuala Lumpur v Malaysia Sports School (Tun Razak Stadium, 5.30pm);
Serdang Hockey Club v Terengganu Sports Council (National Hockey Stadium,
5.15pm).
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