Maybank banking on six points

MAYBANK will be in a fight to remain among the top three in Division One of the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) this weekend.
After a promising start by their five national juniors, fourth-placed Maybank will find the going tough with three players injured.
“Two national juniors, Hang Edzhar and Shaheeb Shah, as well as key player Nor Ikram picked up injuries last weekend and will be out for at least two matches. Their absence will make our encounters against Nur Insafi and Sapura much tougher,” said Maybank coach S. Velappan.
“We need six points to remain among the top three when the return legs start.”
The coach also lamented that his five national juniors started off well but returned out-of-shape after the 10-day festival break.
The National Juniors are playing as an outfit in the MHL to prepare for the 2009 Junior World Cup, but Maybank have hired five who are not in the squad to beef up their challenge.
“Most of them (juniors) have their basics wrong, and their passes are not sharp which results in many overturns in the run of play. I have been working to improve on this and, hopefully, they will play better this weekend.” said Velappan.
FIXTURES — Today: Division One: Tenaga Nasional v Ernst & Young (KLHA Stadium, 7pm), National Juniors v Sapura (National Stadium, 7pm), Maybank v Nur Insafi (Seremban II, 5pm).
Division Two: Bukit Jalil v Border Forces Club (Tun Razak Stadium, 5pm), Bandar Penawar v Royal Malay Regiment (Bandar Penawar, 5pm), UiTM v JLJ (Pandamaran Stadium, 5pm), UNIMAP v Dolphins (Alor star, 5pm).

DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
Ernst & Young 4 4 0 0 20 1 12
Tenaga 4 2 2 0 9 6 8
Sapura 4 2 1 1 9 6 7
Maybank 4 1 1 2 6 7 4
Nat Juniors 4 1 0 3 5 14 3
Nur Insafi 4 0 0 4 5 20 0

DIVISION TWO
P W D L F A Pts
RAMD 4 3 0 1 13 5 9
JLJ 4 3 0 1 9 5 9
UiTM 3 2 1 0 12 4 7
Bandar Penawar 3 2 0 1 10 3 6
Dolphins 4 1 2 1 15 8 5
Bukit Jalil 3 1 1 1 4 2 4
Alam Shah 4 1 1 2 9 10 4
UNIMAP 3 0 1 2 1 13 1
Border Forces 4 0 0 4 6 29 0