Malacca steamroll AFATS

10/03/2003

MALACCA Municipal Council steamrolled Armed Forces Apprentice Training
School (AFATS) 12-0 in a Division Two MHF-Milo-Admiral-NSC Junior Hockey
League match at the Tun Razak Stadium yesterday.
The League will take a break, for the Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, and resume
on April 4 but the Division Two promotion quest is strictly a two-horse
race between Malacca MC and Sports School Juniors.
Malacca MC hold the upper hand judging from the match they had against
the national team who are training in Malacca for the Azlan Shah Cup.
"I arranged a match against the national team on Friday because I was
worried about my defence which has hardly been tested in Division Two
matches. The first half was 0-0, but in the second half (national chief
coach) Paul Lissek fielded his first-11 and we lost 2-0.
"By any standard, I am proud of the way my boys played against the
national team, but now I have another problem - how to bring my players
`back down to earth'," said Malacca MC coach Eugene Lee.
Malacca MC's goals were scored by Ahmad Anuar (7th, 29th, 33rd), Hamezi
Omar (9th, 48th), Faizal Ani (11th), Hanif Hamzah (37th), Faizal Bakar
(38th), Imran Ali (45th), Nazmi Kamarudin (55th, 61st) and Syakir Hamzah
(69th).
* AT the Azlan Shah Stadium, SM Datuk Taha scored an easy 3-0 win over
Perak Malays, reports R.G. RAJ.
Perak Malays, after winning both their away matches last weekend, looked
set to collect three more points at home only to be brought down to earth
by a stubborn Datuk Taha team.
Mohamed Zulfadi Rosley gave Datuk Taha the lead in the 28th minute off a
penalty corner and he was on target again in the 41st minute. A minute
later Mohamed Zaini completed the scoring with a fine solo effort.
* AT the Pandamaran Hockey Stadium, Perlis Schools Sports Council beat
Synergy Hockey Club by a solitary goal scored by Shafiq Razak in the dying
seconds of the match.
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