MHC almost a reality

THE Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) will be for mally formed by the end of December, and the term will run for four years until 2014.
Yesterday, the MHC held their Extraordinary General Meeting, and president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said the body is at a crossroad right now, but will be a reality by the end of the year.
“The MHC is at a crossroads as to its structure after we were formed in 2006. Recently, the FIH (International Hock ey Federation) wants a certain structure with both the women and men mereged as one.
“We have almost reached that stage, and it is also in my personal interest to see hockey in Malaysia is merged as one system under one roof which the FIH has numerous times highlighted to us on the urgency to merge,” said Tengku Abdullah.
Onced merged the MHC structure will see a president, a deputy president, two senior vice-presdients, 10 vice pres idents, four independent members, a secretary, an assistant sectary, treasurer and an assistant treasurer.
Only the secretary his assistant, and treasurer and his assistant will be appoinetd, while the rest of the posts will be elected.
“The FIH have approved MHC’s constitution and by the time we merge, we will have 26 affiliates which constitutes 16 from the men and 10 from the women.
“And after the merger, we will continue work on the Strategic Plan for six years (from 2010 to 2016 mooted earlier) and hope Malaysian hockey shall continue to achieve greater heights in years to come.”
The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) also gave out RM5,000 to each player yesterday for winning bronze in the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in Ordos, Innner Mon golia, recently.
“Our target for the tournament was fourth, and this reward is to spur the players to achieve better results in the coming tournaments (Champions Challenge I and Olympics Qualifier),” said Tengku Abdullah.
And on the doping scandal which has hit the Malaysia Hockey League Premier Division: “Players have tested pos itive in the first test and I will wait for the second test to make a statement, to be fair to all.
“However, MHF has tested all its senior and junior trainees and the results returned negative on Monday and I see this as a positive development,” said Tengku Abdullah.