7up for George and his men..

KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) lifted their seventh consecutive Malaysia Hockey League title when they beat UniKL 3-1 in the Premier Division yesterday.
  KLHC still have a match against Tenaga on Sunday to complete their fixtures, but the title is all theirs as a chasing Tenaga Nasional drew 2-2 with Sapura in the last match of the day and dashed their hopes.
  However, it was not an easy win for KLHC as UniKL gave them a gallant fight and only cracked in the 25th minute, when Ahmad Kazamirul sent in a high flick to put the defending champions 1-0 ahead.
  And three minutes into the second half, KLHC doubled their advantage through the solo efforts of Syamim Yusof.
  UniKL pulled one back in the 54th minute off a Rashid Baharom deflection, but KLHC doused the fightback when Ismail Abu scored their third in the 70th minute.
  And on Pitch I of the National Stadium, Maybank booked the last semifinals spot with a gritty 3-2 win over Nur Insafi Perak.
   KLHC and Tenaga are seeded for the semi-finals draw, while Sapura and Maybank will draw lots on Sunday to determine who they meet.
  "With the League title in our hands, we will be going for the double now. Today (yesterday) my players were a little cautious and that is why we bungled many chances to seal the match early.
  "The MHL this season was quite grueling, because very little separated the top-four teams in the second round, so I consider the semi-finals are going to be a cracker," said KLHC team manager George Koshy.
  Meanwhile, UniTen (Universiti Tenaga Nasional) coach Ikmal Abadul Jabar is peeved with the Technical Committee of the MHL who kept changing their match schedule against UitM.
  "The match was scheduled for 4pm today (yesterday) but since Monday, we have been receiving calls and e-mails from the Technical Committee changing it to 6pm, 8pm and finally back to 4pm.
  "This is very unprofessional of them, as we had to keep changing our transport and other plans," said Ikmal.

PREMIER DIVISION

                P  W  D  L  F    A  Pts
KLHC            9  7  1  1  46  12  22
TNB             9  4  5  0  24  18  17
Sapura          9  3  4  2  18  16  13
Maybank         9  3  3  3  19  23  12
UniKL           9  1  2  6  16  26  5
Nur Insafi      9  1  1  7  17  45  4


DIVISION ONE

                 P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts

Forces           5  3  2  0  8  4   11
Thunderbolt      5  3  1  1  10  5  10
BJSS             5  3  0  2  18 14   9
Johor HA         5  3  0  2  15  14  9
Uniten           6  2  1  3  10  12  7
UiTM             5  2  0  3  6  10   6
Politeknik       5  0  0  5  7  15   0

  RESULTS -- PREMIER DIVISION: Maybank 3 Nur Insafi 2, UniKL 1 KL Hockey Club 3, Tenaga 2 Sapura 2.
  DIVISION ONE: UiTM 1 Uniten 0.
  TODAY -- Division One: BJSS v    UiTM (National Stadium, 5pm), Politeknik KPT v Armed Forces (Taman Daya, 6pm), Thunderbolt v Johor HA (Taman Daya, 8pm).