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LAST SEASON ---
UMPIRE K. Lingam trying to restrain Nur Insafi's K. Keevan Raj from attacking him in the match against Maybank at the Tun Razak Stadium. Keevan was flashed the red card, and his team lost 4-1 and were bundled out of the quarter-finals.1st October, 2011
The Chairman
Technical Committee
TNB MHL 2011
And
The Chairman
Umpiring Committee
Malaysian Hockey Federation
Dear Sir/s,
RE:DISSATISFACTION OF UMPIRES ON INCIDENTS RELATED TO THE CONTINUOUS ABUSE DURING AND AFTER MATCHES
(Letter Signed by 12 Umpires)
Reference is made to the above matter.
We write to you, the above mentioned, to voice our dissatisfaction on the incidents that had taken place involving some of us, the umpires, during the ongoing TNB MHL League and also previously in other domestic tournaments organised by MHF and the way these issues had been addressed.
As you all know, the umpires are always at the receiving end of all the faults that take place in the pitch. Never once the team officials and/ or players are blamed just because they spend hundreds of thousands of ringgit preparing for every tournament and when things are not favourable to them, we get the blame.
Every year the same issue is raised that there is no consistency in umpiring, etc, etc…. We would like to ask, how consistent are the players?! Do they make the right passes everytime? NO! Do they score a goal everytime from every shot on goal? NO! Do they manage to make a correct tackle everytime to get the ball back? NO! Do the players execute all the instructions give to them by their coaches? NO!
So what are they talking about consistency!
Yes! We have umpires of different grades umpiring and with the experience that they have, we run the show. Not all of them get the opportunity to umpire high level matches but we still manage to do it. As the saying goes, “there is no perfect umpire”.
We are highlighting below a few of these incidents that had taken place during the TNB MHL League and a few other tournaments before this involving players who verbally and physically abuse umpires and get off lightly as follows:
Razak Cup 2010 – Kuantan – Terengganu and current national player, Faisal Saari who ran from the opposition’s half and physically pulled umpire Ravinderpal Singh’s t-shirt after the umpire had awarded a penalty corner against his team. When he did that the umpire flashed him a yellow card and upon receiving the card, the player uttered foul word to the umpire, afterwhich he was shown the red card.
This player was referred to the DB, without the umpire concerned being called. He apparently apologised and got off without any punishment meted out on him. Being the “blue- eyed boy” of the hockey team, the officials felt that they needed his services more than to instil discipline in him.
He went on playing for the country and received the same treatment from international umpires for similar behaviour but our officials kept a blind eye.
This matter was also brought up in the MHF council meeting and highlighted to the President. The DB head said that since there was no physical abuse (hitting and/ or bleeding) we could not take any action on the player. What rubbish!!!! Do they expect the umpire to be hit and only then action will be taken!! The President asked the UC to write to DB to re open the case but sadly this was never done.
Faisal Saari now plays for TNB and is a hero for the national team. Bravo! But what about umpire Ravinderpal??? What did he get out of it? He followed procedures, made a report and at the end got nothing……..not even an apology.
TNB MHL Premier League 2010- Keevan Raj of Nur Insafi approached and pushed umpire Lingam when the umpire awarded a PC to Maybank. He sayed that the umpire had been bought over by Maybank. Lingam gave Keevan a Green Card to which the player abused using foul language repeatedly on him and then spat on the umpire.
The umpire immediately showed him the Red Card. He too followed proper procedures by making a report and waited for the outcome. Action was only taken after 2 – 3 weeks wherby Keevan was banned for 21 months.
TNB MHL Premier League 2011 - Player No.2 from ATM came up to umpire Illango after the match, abused him, threatened him, pointed his stick towards him and called him out of the stadium for a fight. The said played had to be taken away by his fellow team mates.
Once again, a report was made and submitted to MHF but action was not taken immediately. This player played 2 more matches and in one of those 2 matches he again after the match approached umpire Anba and abused him.
Another report was made against this player. This time he was suspended for 2 matches. These 2 matches were the last 2 matches before the completion of the preliminary round. It wouldn’t have mattered to the player because they were at the bottom of the table anyways and would not have made it to the knockout stages.
Our question is “Why was he allowed to play for the next 2 matches and again continue to abuse the umpires after each match” ?
TNB MHL Premier League 2011 – Quarter final match between Sapura and Nur Insafi. Sapura captain Kuhan was red carded by umpire Anba for using foul words on him. After the match, the said played approached the technical bench and continued to hurling more foul words on the umpire in the presence of MHF officials and technical officer of the match.
The umpire submitted his report, the technical officer submitted his report. We feel that this is a very serious offence by a former national captain. This incident took place on 12/10/11 (Wednesday).
Having received a red card, the player is automatically suspended for 1 match pending the DB hearing. What baffles us is that, yes! He was automatically suspended for 1 match but to our astonishment, the technical committee did not meet to take further action and / or refer him to DB.
The technical committee in a press statement said that the matter could not be deliberated because a certain person was not available and therefore it will be held on Monday, 17/10/11.
We beg to differ to the excuses given. What would have happened if the umpire was hit and hospitalized and in a coma? Would the technical committee then sat immediately to deliberate on the mater?
And yes! Sapura lost 1- 2 in the 1st leg.
We strongly believe that this delay was to determine if Sapura were to qualify for the semi finals and to see the outcome of the 2nd leg match which was played on Sunday 16/10/11. True enough, Sapura won 2-0 and qualified.
Kuhan was given a mere 2 match suspension on Monday 17/10/11, which makes him eligible to play in the 2nd leg of the semi finals on Friday, 21/10/11.
For all that abuses and outburst Kuhan received only 2 matches. For the ATM player who did not receive any card, abused the umpires after the match was also suspended for 2 matches.
For your information, the above incidents are only a tip of the iceberg. There are many umpires who have been subject to all this and have given up, retired due to frustration because their plight was never looked into.
We would like to ask….
Where is justice?
Why are there double standards?
Why is it that the players’ welfare is taken care of and not of the umpires?
When are we going to be protected?
When will the abuses stop?
Let us tell you this!!! IT WILL ONLY STOP IF YOU WERE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTIONs, METE OUT IMMEDIATE AND APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENTS TO THESE PLAYERS AND/ OR OFFICIALS.
Send out the message loud and clear to them that you will no longer condone such behaviour. This has been going on for far too long
Sadly but true to the every word that this has not happened and will not happen in the near future. Please prove us wrong!!
Some of us have been umpiring for more than 15 years. We get to see the same players and officials year in and year out. We have swallowed a lot of rubbish. We are still swallowing a lot of rubbish. We have new, younger umpires coming up the ranks and they too are facing the same problems.
How do you expect the country to produce more umpires when the rot is still there??
We, the undersigned (attached list of umpires’ name and signature), together and collectively would like to inform you that we want this to stop. Take the required measures now.
We do not want to have a situation where you will not have anymore umpire to officiate your tournaments.
Thanking you in advance for our future in umpiring.
THE Malaysian men's hocky team have received a bye into the Second Round of the proposed World League tournament to be organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) after the London Olympics.
The FIH are in the midst of preparing a paper on the tournament, which will see countries receive fairer ranking points than the present system.
It was reported at the FIH website: "The FIH will take the next steps in launching its World League when its Executive Board meets on Nov 11-12. At that meeting, the Executive Board will consider a detailed report from its Competitions Committee on how the new events
will be run."
Included in the paper are details involved in setting up a new competition, from the method and timing of entry through to the final of the World League. What is confirmed is that a total of 62 men’s teams and 51 women’s teams have entered the new tournament.
The other men's teams who received byes to Round Two are India, Canada, Argentina, South Africa, Belgium, China and Japan.
Higher ranked teams Australia, Germany, Netherlands, England, Spain, South Korea, New Zealand and Pakistan have received byes to Round Three.
The FIH will be contacting potential hosts shortly to agree the dates and venues of the Round One and Round Two tournaments, which are scheduled to take place next year following the 2012 Olympics.
KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) came back form the dead to snatch a treble in the Malaysia Hockey League when they beat Tenaga Nasional 3-2 in the TNB Cup last night.
KLHC had already bagged the Charity Shield and the League title, but were surprisingly down 0-2 to Tenaga Nasional after 35 minutes of play.
However, Tenaga were guilty of trying to defend the lead, and KLHC made them pay in the final 10 minutes minute of the match.
KLHC skipper Azlan Misron, who tied the knot a day before the final, played a pivotal role in the comeback and was aptly named as Player of the Tournament.
Faizal Saari's reverse stick shot in the fifth minute, earned Tenaga Nasional their first penalty corner.
And it was poetic justice for the young lad, as he pumped in a powerful flick to the roof of the net for the early lead.
Faizal, 20, scored his 19th goal of the tournament, which included four-hat-tricks.
And KLHC were placed in deeper trouble when Amir Farid, also 20 years-old, nailed Tenaga's second goal in the eighth minute off a filed attempt.
The score stood until the breather, and after the restart, KLHC strikers Ismail Abu, Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin and Chua Boon Huat tried their best but Tenaga's defenders stood their ground.
However, KLHC finally narrowed the gap with an Amerullah Aziz field goal in the 59th minute, which took the match into a maddening pace.
Tenaga defender Amin Rahim, a national stalwart, made the blunder of his life when he intentionally brought down Tengku Ahmad just outside the semi-circle, and the umpire awarded KLHC a much sought after penalty corner.
Tenaga runners were outfoxed when they ran towards penalty corner flicker Razie Rahim, but the ball was sent to former international Boon Huat who cooly slotted the goal past goalkeeper S. Kumar for the equaliser in the 62nd minute.
And it was a pass from Boon Huat, picked up by Azlan and sent to Tengku who won a penalty corner in the 70th minute which sealed the match.
Razie, national No 2 flicker, put the ball past Kumar for a well deserved 3-2 win.
"We gave Tenaga strikers too much of space in the first half and almost paid a heavy price for it. However, the half-time briefing to play man-to-man marking worked wonders to turn the tide and we landed our precious treble in style," said KLHC coach R. Vivekanandan.
Tenaga coach Lailin Abu Hassan lamented the depth of his reserves: "My first-11 gave their all and were burnt out after 35 minutes of running. And since we did not have depth on the bench like KLHC, we totally lost the grip in the final 10 minutes of play."
Meanwhile, in the bronze match, Sapura beat Maybank 3-0 with goals from Faizal Daud (52nd), Azreen Rizal (61st) and Izwan Firdaus (70th).
Sapura pocketed RM30,000 even with out their injured skipper S. Kuhan, youngester Joel Samuel van Huizen and defender Megat Azrafiq.
RESULTS: Final: Kuala Lumpur HC 3 Tenaga 2; Third-Fourth: Sapura 3 Maybank 0.
ROLL OF HONOUR:
Premier Division: Champion: Kuala Lumpur HC (RM60,000); Runner-up: Sapura (RM40,000); Third: Tenaga Nasional (RM30,000).
TNB Cup: Champion: Tenaga Nasional (RM60,000); Runner-up: Kuala Lumpur HC (RM40,000); Third: Sapura (RM30,000); Fourth: Maybank (RM20,000).
Fairplay: Maybank (RM3,000); Best Player of the Tournament Azlan Misron, KLHC (RM500); Best Goalkeeper Roslan Jamaluddin, KLHC (RM500); Top Scorer Faizal Saari, Tenaga, 19 goals (RM500); Man of the Match Final: Chua Boon Huat, KLHC (RM500).
Division One -- Champion: SSTMI-Thunderbolt (RM20,000); Runner-up: UniTen (RM15,000); Third: Ipoh City Council (RM10,000).
ITALIAN rider Marco Simoncelli, 24, died after being involved in a horrific crash at the 2011 Malaysian MotoGP Sunday.
Earlier, the race was cancelled in its second lap when the San Carlo Honda Gresini rider fell and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.
Simoncelli's helmet was knocked off in the accident, which occurred when the Italian lowsided from his bike at Turn 11.
His bike veered across the track and straight into the path of Edwards and Rossi.
The decision to cancel the race was made by Malaysian race promoter, Sepang International Circuit (SIC) and Dorna Sports.
WHOSE TITLE? ..Tenaga captain Madzli Ikmar (left) and KLHC skipper Azlan Misron get a feel of the silverware before the big battle.KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) are posed to claim their Malaysia Hockey League treble when they meet Tenaga Nasional in the TNB Cup at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil tonight.
They are determined to keep their unbeaten record, which has earned them the Charity Shield and the League title, and not even their skippers wedding last night is going to stop their set of determined players.
KLHC skipper Azlan Misron attended yesterday morning’s Press Conference with his bride in tow: “I’m getting married tonight (last night) but will be there to rally and motivate my team-mates to win the TNB Cup.
“It is an important day in my life, but my duty towards my club is just as important and my final aim is to make sure we win the treble.”
Twenty-eight-year-old Azlan, a former national skipper, was sidelined in the last few international assignments as younger players overtook his pace.
“I’m a fighter who hates to lose and will take the nudge from younger players as a challenge to improve my fitness and game so that I would be considered for national duty again,” said the Perak-born player.
KLHC and Tenaga played the season opening Charity Shield, and the former won on a slim 2-1 margin.
“Statistics do not matter at this stage and Tenaga have shown real grit to reach the TNB Cup final. They also have the best goalkeeper in Asia and possibly in the world in S. Kumar.
“Tenaga also have the national defense, while their young forwards. I predict, will turn into future stars,” said KLHC team manager George Koshy.
In defense, Tenaga have the national line-up of Kumar, Madzli Ikmar, Amin Rahim and Baljit Singh.
And their young forwards Faizal Saari (18 goals which include four hat-tricks), Firhan Ashaari and Amir Farid are super fit and can turn the tables in a flash.
“However, Tenaga have a weak midfield and that is what we will exploit to win the match,” said Koshy.
KLHC have nine national players, and their top scorer is Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin with 17 goals.
TNB will miss Sallehin Ghani who was red carded in the semis against Sapura for a bad tackle on Joel Samuel van Huizen.
So they will have to reshuffle its backline with Amin Rahim playing in the middle of defence and skipper Madzli Ikmar playing in front of him. S. Bubalan is expected to replace Sallehin in the starting line-up.
“Sallehin’s absence will affect us but this is something we hope to overcome by moving some players around. No doubt that KLHC hold the aces, but we will play the game of our life to upset them,” said Tenaga coach Lailin Abu Hassan.
Tenaga skipper Madzli said playing second fiddle to KLHC is not something that he aims to do when the final whistle is blown.
“We have to play smart and be wary of the quick counters which KLHC are capable of. They have several players that can inflict damage on us if left unchecked, but I and my defenders know the capabilities of all their forwards, as we are team mates in the national squad. That will be our plus point,” said Madzli.
TODAY: Final: Kuala Lumpur HC v Tenaga (8pm); Third-Fourth: Sapura v Maybank (6pm).
Both matches at the second pitch of the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
LAST SEASON --- UMPIRE K. Lingam trying to restrain Nur Insafi's K. Keevan Raj from attacking him in the match against Maybank at the Tun Razak Stadium. Keevan was flashed the red card, and his team lost 4-1 and were bundled out of the quarter-finals.
