BUKIT Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Thunderbolts lived by the skin-of-their-teeth to beat Petaling Jaya City Council (PJCC) 2-1 in Division One of the Junior Hockey League yesterday.
However, the match of the day belonged to SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts who hammered SSTMI Juniors 9-1 to top the Division One Standings.
Second on the standings are double champions SSTMI Thunderbolts who beat Olak Tigers 7-2.
Yesterday, BJSS took the lead off Arif Sabron in the third minute and Syafiq Razak made it 2-0 in the 50th minute before PJCC narrowed the score via Azwadi Ridzuan in the 53rd minute.
"We did everything right except score more goals, but the win is a welcome from our 2-1 defeat to SSP-MSP Thunderbolts last weekend," said BJSS manager K. Rajan.
It was the same script for BJSS as they missed about 10 sitters, the same when they lost to SSP-MSP, and this is cause for worry.
"Right from the back to attack the boys did everything right, but when they enter the semi-circle they fail to nail sitters. Even though this is a worrying factor, at least we have one week before the next match to rectify matters," said Rajan.
BJSS started with a bang when they opened the JHL with a 6-1 hammering of UniKL Young Guns: "Our target is to finish top-four in the League and play in the knock-out and right now we are bang on target," said Rajan.
RESULTS -- Division One: SMKDBL Young Guns 2 UniKL Young Guns 4, Politeknik 2 Nur Insafi 2, PJCC 1 BJSS Thunderbolts 2, SSTMI Thunderbolts 7 Olak Tigers 2, SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts 9 SSTMI Juniors 1.
Division Two: Group A -- Penang-USM 4 Matri 1, MSS Kedah 4 MCKK 0, Perlis Young Lions v Kedah Juniors (Called off).
Group B: Anderson Thunderbolts 8 STAR 0, Felda Juniors 3 MISCF-UFL 1, BJSS Juniors 2 MSNPK-ILHC 1.
Group C: Pahang Hockey Academy 5 Datuk Taha 3, Malacca High 8 SM Sains Johor 0, Young Hurricanes Malacca 1 SMKDBL Juniors 0.
SATURDAY: Division One: SMKDBL Young Guns v Olak Tigers (Batu Pahat), Politeknik v UniKL Young Guns (Taman Daya), SSTMI Thunderbolts v Nur Insafi (SSTMI).
Division Two: Group A: Matri v MCKK (Kangar), MS Kedah v SM Sains Azlan Shah (Padang Serai), Penang USM v Perlis Young Lions Juniors (Sg Petani).
Group B: MSSWPKL v MSNPK-ILHC (Ministry of Education), Anderson PHA v STAR (Azlan Shah I).
Group C: TBSS Tampin v Sabah Sports School (Seremban II), Young Hurricanes Malacca v SM Sains Johor (Malacca I), Malacca High School v SMKDBL Juniors (Malacca II).
NOTE: All matches start at 5pm.
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
SSP-MSP-TNDER' 3 3 0 0 22 3 9
SSTMI TNDER' 3 3 0 0 18 3 9
BJSS TNDER' 3 2 0 1 9 4 6
PJCC 3 2 0 1 6 3 6
UNIKL YOUNG GUNS 3 2 0 1 9 10 6
POLITEKNIK 3 1 1 1 6 5 4
SMKDBL YOUNG GUNS 3 1 0 2 4 8 3
NURINSAFI 3 0 1 2 4 16 1
OLAK TIGERS 3 0 0 3 4 13 0
SSTMI JRS 3 0 0 3 3 20 0
