Tenaga to unmask the real champs

10/05/2003

TENAGA Nasional coach K. Rajan's wish of meeting Malaysia Sports School in
the MHF-Milo-Admiral-NSC Junior Hockey League final has been granted. Now
he gets his chance to prove which team are the `real champions'.
Tenaga were deprived of the JHL Division One title when Malaysia SS
scored the right number of goals, 12, against Johor Sports Council, and
Rajan wished loudly "I hope we meet them in the final to prove who the
real champions are."
Malaysia SS scored their 12th goal with 10 more minutes in the match and
the Tenaga entourage walked out of the Tun Razak Stadium bitterly
disappointed.
Rajan has vowed to put matters right in the final. His boys produced one
of their best performances to subdue a spirited Telekom Pahang 2-1 in the
semi-finals second leg in Kuantan after being held to a scoreless draw in
Kuala Lumpur. TNB were written off.
In tomorrow's final, Tenaga will walk onto the pitch with speedy
forwards S. Selvaraju and Abbas Nekmat, who have 18 goals between them.
With the fast improving Kelvinder Singh to assist them, Malaysia SS are
expected to face the test of their lives.
Kelvinder failed to impress in the January Under-19 Four-Nation, but the
gruelling JHL schedule has made him a much more matured player. His deft
touches are a delight to watch, and he has the knack of being at the right
place at the right time.
Selvaraju has also come a long way since he was flashed the red card
last season for throwing his hockey stick at the technical desk. Now,
everytime he gets agitated or angry, he walks to the bench and asks coach
Rajan to be rested for a few minutes.
Tenaga have all the ingrediants to lift their first overall JHL title
since its inception in 1995 - if their key players keep cool.
Tenaga: Palaniappan Karunandan (gk), Mohamed Fitri Abdul Aziz (gk),
Mawardi Samad, Mohamed Sari Jasmani, Syafiq Amir Kamarudin, Vijay Gopal
Krishnan, Bubalan Sandrakasi, Selvaraju Sandrakasi, Ibrahim Mohamed, Niki
Poon Tuck King, Mohamed Fairuz Hamsani, Chandramohan Balachandran, Abbas
Nekmat, Kelvinder Singh Makbul Singh, Eszreen Abdul Azis, Inderjit Singh
Pantlia, Mohamed Zulkhairie Faudzi, Azli Misron, Yunaeswaran Arjunan,
Paramasivam Panier Selvam.
TODAY (3rd-4th placing) - Boys: Anderson Xybase v Telekom Pahang
(5.30pm); Girls: Batu Pahat MC v Pahang Sports Council (3.30pm).
TOMORROW (final) - Boys: Malaysia Sports School v Tenaga Nasional
(5.30pm); Girls: Kuala Lumpur v Bukit Jalil Sports School (3.30pm).
Note: All matches at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
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