THE Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) reversed their pat-on-the-back to Matri, into a severe lashing when they kicked out the Perlis team from the Junior Hockey League (JHL) fixtures.
Matri, who failed to show-up for their match against BPSS- WHPC at the Taman Daya Stadium last Sunday, were initially only fined RM500.
However, the JHL technical committee yesterday decided to boot them out of Group A in Division Two, and also make all their matches null-and-void.
Matri were also slapped a one-season ban from playing in the JHL.
“After receiving feedback from out members, it was decided that Matri must not be let off the hook easily, because then, the MHF will be sending a wrong signal to other teams,” said MHF secretary Maninderjit Singh.
Matri gave a lame excuse for not turning up for the match: “The team management said they could not arrange for transport, but they only told us two hours before the match was supposed to start.
“There was nothing that we could do to help them in such a short notice, as they are from Perlis and playing in Johor Baru,” said Maninderjit.
RESULT: DIVISION TWO (Group B) – Perlis 2 MSPP Juniors 0.
TODAY: DIVISION ONE: BJSS Juniors v PJCC (Education Ministry, 4.30pm), Pahang v Ipoh Juniors (Kuantan Stadium, 4.40pm), Kelantan v BJSS (Kuantan Stadium, 6.30pm).
DIVISION TWO (Group A): BPSS-WHPC v Datuk Taha (Taman Daya, 4.30pm), Malacca High School v Sheikh Ahmad (Bukit Serindit, 4.30pm)
Group B: Perlis v Tunku Besar SS (Alor Star, 4.30pm).
SATURDAY -- DIVISION ONE: BJSS Juniors v Ipoh Juniors (Education Ministry, 4.30pm), Kelantan v Pahang (Kuantan Stadium, 4.30pm), Anderson v BPSS Juniors (Azlan Shah, 4.30pm).
DIVISION TWO (Group A): Politeknik PTK v MSSP-USM (Alor Star, 4.30pm).
Group B: MSSP Juniors v MSSWP-KLHC (USM , 4.30pm).
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
UniKL 9 8 1 0 47 5 25
BPSS 9 8 1 0 46 8 25
BJSS 8 5 1 2 21 11 16
BPSS Juniors 8 3 3 2 20 20 12
BJSS Juniors 7 3 1 3 13 22 10
Anderson 8 3 1 4 15 30 10
PJCC 8 3 0 5 15 21 9
Ipoh Juniors 6 1 1 4 11 15 4
Kelantan 7 0 1 6 11 35 1
Pahang 7 0 0 7 5 29 0
DIVISION TWO
Group A
P W D L F A Pts
MSSPP-USM 4 3 1 0 17 2 10
Malacca High 4 3 0 1 10 6 9
Politeknik KPT 4 2 1 1 10 3 7
Datuk Taha 4 1 2 1 7 3 5
BPSS-WHPC 4 1 0 3 1 18 3
Sheikh Ahmad 4 0 0 4 1 14 0
Group B
P W D L F A Pts
Johor 6 5 0 1 17 6 15
TBSS Tampin 5 4 0 1 27 6 12
Perlis 5 2 2 1 8 7 8
OLAK-PKT 6 2 2 2 10 19 8
Padang Midin 6 1 3 2 8 13 6
MSSWP-KLHC 6 1 1 4 4 12 4
MSSPP-Jnrs 4 0 0 4 3 15 0