UniKL stay in the hunt...

UNIKL Young Guns came back from a goal-down to hammer Malacca High School 4-1 and move to the top of the Division One standings of the NSC-Milo-MHC Junior Hockey League.
   Malacca HC’s Ashraf Zuhry jolted the title pretenders with a penalty corner goal in the 30th minute, but even with home ground advantage, the hosts let slip the advantage in the second half.
   Syafiq Zulzairin started the fight-back with a 37th minute field goal, and goals from Norsyafiq Sumantri (54th), Syafiq (60th) and hafif Elkan (67th) made sure UniKL stay in the hunt for the League title.
    RESULTS: Division One -- Andersons 1 Bukit Jalil SS 1, Malacca HS 1 UniKL Young Guns 4, USM 0 SSTMI 7.
   Division Two: Group A -- Anderson Juniors 3 STAR 0, IMas Penang 4 Kelantan 5, KLSS 4 Tunku Besar 2.
    Group B: Datuk Taha  4 Johor HA 4, Padang Midin 0 Politeknik KPT 4, Olak PKT 6 BJSS Juniors 2.
   TOMORROW: Division One -- Anderson v SSTMI (Azlan Shah, 5pm).
     Division Two: Group A: Matri  v  Kelantan (Alor Star, 3pm), Perlis  v Anderson Jnrs (Alor Star, 5pm).
     Group B: BJSS Juniors  v  Johor HA (Ministry of Education, 5pm).
   
DIVISION ONE

                           P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
UniKL               6  5  0  1  28  6   15
PJCC                  5  5  0  0  9   4   15
SSTMI              4  4  0  0  23  0   12
Anderson        5  1  2  2  7   14  5
Malacca HS      5  1  2  2  8   19  5
SSTMI Jnrs      5  1  1  3  6   16  4
BJSS                6  0  1 5   4   13   1
USM-MSSSPP   4  0  0  4  2   15   0

GROUP A

                           P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
Kelantan            6  6  0  0  24  9  18
Kedah HA Jnrs  7  3  3  1  14  6  12
Anderson Jnrs  5  3  1  1  12   6   10
STAR Ipoh         6  3  1  2  6   10  10
1Mas Penang    6  3  0  3  16  11  9
Perlis                 4  2  1  1  15  9   7
Matri                5  1  1  3  5   13  4
SERATAS          5  0  1  4  1  10  1
Nur Insafi        6  0  0  6  1  20  0

GROUP B

                       P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
KLSS              6  6  0  0  24  7  18
OLAK             7  5  0  2  20  7  15
Poli KPT          5  4  0  1  19    4  12
K Langat        7  4  0  3  10  28 12
Datuk Taha     7  3  2  2  21  9  11
TM Pahang      6  3  1  2  16  11 10
TBSS               8  3  0  5  16  20  9
Johor HA       6  1  1  4  11   20  4
BJSS Jnrs      6  1  0  5  7   25  3
SMKPM          6  0  0  6  9  22   0

Army men out of MHL...

THE Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) will be a handicapped tournament as only six teams registered for the Premier Division, while five for the Division One when entries closed on Wednesday.
   The tournament, slated for March 22-May 12, will see double champions Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club, Tenaga Nasional, Sapura, Maybank, UniKL and Nur Insafi playing in the Premier Division.
    In Division One are UiTM, Bukit Jalil Sports School, Thunderbolts and UniTen.
   “Terengganu have requested to play in the Premier Division, but that will be decided by the competitions committee. When entries closed, there were only six teams in Premier Division and four in Division One albeit Terengganu who might play in either division,” said Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) secretary Johari Aziz.
    Missing from last years Division One list are champions Armed Forces, who claimed all their players would be attending courses, Johor HA and Politeknik-KPT..

German wall in Johor Baru..

WORLD No 1 Germany will be the least of Malaysia’s headache when Johor Baru hosts the Hockey World League Semi-Final on June 29-July 7.
    For, the International Hockey Federation confirmed that joining Malaysia, at No 13, to qualify for the 2014 World Cup will be World No 4 England, No 5 Pakistan and No 7 South Korea. Three more teams will join the Johor Baru scramble for seats after the Round Two tournament.
    Malaysia had been scheduled to play in the Round Two tournament in Elektrostal, Russia, at the end of May but after Germany could not host the semi-finals, Malaysia took over the task and were thrown face first into the lions den.
      “I would especially like to thank Malaysia for stepping into host on short notice. It is further evidence of the spirit of cooperation that we enjoy in international hockey,” said FIH President Leandro Negre.
     The World Cup will be held at The Hague, Holland on June 2-15. The cast will be made up of the hosts, Five Continental champions and six  teams from the two World League Semi-finals.
    The other World League Semi-finals would be held in the Netherlands on June 13-23 in Rotterdam and the confirmed teams are Australia, the Netherlands, Spain and New Zealand.
    Eight teams will play in each of the semi-finals, and if Malaysia fail to be among the top three teams in Johor Baru, there is another chance in the Asia Cup to be hosted by Ipoh.