MHC: It's not just a re-branding exercise

KUALA LUMPUR: A new development plan to replace 1Mas is expected to kick off in July, and its not just another re-branding programme said Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) president Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal Tuesday.
  1Mas, incepted in 2010, suffered a natural death when the RM11 million alloted to it was all spent up early this year. Some claimed it was wisely spent, while others claim the money was not wisely utilised, as the programme overlapped many others.
  "The new development programme will start in July as we have found a sponsor to carry out activities. It will replace 1Mas, but it is not just another re-branding exercise, but to help develop the sport in a big way," said Subahan.
  MHC deputy president Datuk Dr S. Shamala was also present.
  Players from sports schools, project schools, Tenaga Nasional's Thunderbolts programme as well as Universiti Kuala Lumpur's (UniKL) hockey club, were also training in the 1Mas programme and it was a messy affair.
  However, at a meeting attended by state affiliates in Bukit Jalil yesterday, some of the problems faced by 1Mas were thrashed out and it was agreed that the main pitfalls will be avoided in the new plan.
  1Mas director Tai Beng Hai briefed state affiliates on the previous programme. And after much discussion, it was decided to forge ahead with fresh ideas.
   MHC Technical Director Terry Walsh said: "The problem here is everybody is claiming a hand in developing the said players and I believe they all had a hand somewhere along the way. But lets look at the bigger picture, in the end, the players will play for Malaysia and the benefit will be for everybody."

1Mas: From bad to good in Sabah

By Jugjet Singh

June 11, 2018 @ 6:27pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah Hockey Association (SHA) secretary Avtar Singh was fuming when asked about the 1Mas Programme which was recently axed by the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC).

Incepted in 2010, and after RM11 million was spent, 1Mas will soon be replaced by another development programme by MHC.

That is because the money for 1Mas has run out, and it overlapped many other development programmes.

There was also confusion as players from Sports Schools, Project Schools, Tenaga Nasional's Thunderbolts programme as well as Universiti Kuala Lumpur's (UniKL) hockey club, were also said to belong to 1Mas.

The critics claimed that it became a merry-go-round circus, with the same players wearing different jerseys coming for training at different venues and days.

"The previous 1Mas programme, helmed by Lim Chiow Chuan (director), did not listen to suggestions or complaints from the states. I was banned from the programme, because I did not want to sign claims which were done without training sessions being conducted.

"They banned a state secretary for speaking out and standing up for the truth. Those were terrible days," remembered Avtar.

However, after a change of guards and Tai Beng Hai becoming director, Avtar was reinstated.

"The previous management did not want to listen to anybody, they ran the show on their own accord. I was reinstated in 1Mas Sabah once Beng Hai took over and paid back my dues from the day I was suspended.

"For Sabah, 1Mas under Beng Hai, has produced many talented players for the state and it did not overlap with the Sabah Sports School’s (which was formed in 2013) hockey programme, and in a way, we are fortunate about it.

"We have active centres in Lahad Datu, Tawau, Kudat, Keningau and Beaufort. They have steadily produced players every year, for our sports school.

"For us, 1Mas had a bad impact in the beginning and turned into gold in the end," said Avatar.

Kuala Lumpur HA secretary V. Rajamanickam, who also felt that the 1Mas was poorly run, wants accountability in a new programme by the MHC to replace 1Mas.

"States have been called up for a meeting Tuesday to discuss a new programme to replace 1Mas. I will suggest an accountability body be set up within the MHC to look into money spent on development programmes as well as to look into the overseas stints of junior and senior teams of both genders.

"This is to make sure every sen is spent wisely, and overseas stints should be matches against the best players of the said countries and not just travel for the sake of travelling and fulfilling a planned fixture," said Rajamanickam.

Rajamanickam: 1Mas Hockey Programme strayed from its target

By Jugjet Singh

June 10, 2018 @ 5:11pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The 1Mas Hockey Programme started as a noble project in 2010, but ended as a total waste of the RM11 million allotted to it by the previous government.

  This is the opinion of Kuala Lumpur HA secretary V. Rajamanickam.

  The objective of the 1Mas programme, which was scrapped last week, was to develop players who did not even know how to hold a hockey stick. 

  It was to widen the pool and provide structured coaching for teenagers so that they have good basic hockey skills.

  The 1MAS coaching centres were supposed to act as feeders to the various state age group teams.

  "But after a few years, 1Mas moved away from its objective when those who were running it found out that progress was too slow. They started to inject players from Project Schools, Sports Schools and other hockey playing schools for fast results.

  "This was done to make it look good on paper and justify the money spent,” lamented Rajamanickam who has served hockey for more than two decades.

  Rajamanickam has worked under many presidents and other officials who came and left in KLHA, as well as the Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) who later became Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC).

  He has voiced out his opinions in many MHF/MHC meetings without fear or favour.

  "Everything went downhill when the previous 1Mas director, Lim Chiow Chuan, revamped it after three years. I wrote a letter to 1Mas about the pitfalls that came with the revamp, but I never received a reply from anyone,” said Rajamanickam.

  “The revamp further fuelled the need to include more established players, to get higher rewards and salaries.

  1Mas centres were re-categorised from Class One to Four, with Class One being for the best performers and Class Four for the poorest.

  Chiow Chuan had said in November, 2013 that the classification of centres would determine the amount of allowance payable to coaches and support staff. This meant that a well-run centre, which achieved its objective, would get better funding, Rajamanickam added: "Coaches were getting paid double, as some were also involved in 1Mas and Project School, as well as other development projects run by MHC.

  ”It became a race to make 1Mas centres look good and earn more money, and everybody forgot about the orignial objectives — to help those who do not know how to play hockey and widen the base of social as well as club players.

  “And now, the MHC want to plan for a similar programme with a new name.

  "I hope they do not make the same mistakes and waste not only money, but also one generation of players who ended up neither here nor there. This time there must be more accountability," said Rajamanickam.

1Mas: These are our achievements...

By Nurjannah Ali

 UNTUK rekod selepas lapan tahun program 1MAS dijalankan, program tersebut berjaya mencipta sejarahnya tersendiri apabila kesemua pemain yang bakal beraksi di Sukan Olimpik Remaja 2018, Argentina bagi kategori lelaki merupakan pemain kelahiran program tersebut.

Selain itu, tujuh daripada sembilan pemain perempuan yang beraksi di Kelayakan Sukan Olimpik Remaja 2018 Zon Asia yang berlangsung di Bangkok Thailand baru-baru ini yang menyaksikan Malaysia menamatkan persaingan di kedudukan ketiga merupakan pemain yang turut bernaung di bawah program yang sama.

Berikut merupakan antara kejayaan lain 1MAS dalam tiga tahun kebelakangan ini bagi memastikan pemain-pemain yang mengikuti program tersebut berjaya mendapat tempat dalam skuad hoki kebangsaan, negeri dan Liga Hoki Malaysia.

 2018: TNB Liga Hoki Remaja Malaysia: 65% pemain dan bekas pemain 1MAS mendapat tempat.
Kejohanan Hoki Kebangsaan B-16: 71% pemain daripada program 1MAS.

 2017: TNB Liga Hoki Remaja Malaysia: 63% pemain dan bekas pemain 1MAS beraksi.
Piala Sultan Johor: 72% pemain di bawah program 1MAS.
Kejohanan Majlis Sukan Sekolah Malaysia B-18: 75% merupakan pemain 1MAS
Kejohanan Hoki Kebangsaan B-16: 75% pemain daripada program 1MAS

 2016: Kejohanan B-16 Mannheim Jerman: 83% pemain daripada program 1MAS.
SUKMA: 44% pemain 1MAS beraksi.

 2015: Piala FHE, Perth: Skuad lelaki 1MAS muncul juara untuk kali kedua selepas menjuarai kali pertama pada 2012. Pasukan lelaki 1MAS menewaskan Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil dan Sekolah Sukan Negeri Sabah serta wakil Australia, Australia Warriors pada 2015.

1Mas: A re-branding in progress...

By Nurjannah Ali

Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia (KHM) tidak akan berhenti daripada menjalankan program pembangunan malah kini dalam persediaan untuk melancarkan program yang diberikan nafas baru daripada program terdahulu 1MAS dalam masa terdekat.
  Timbalan Presiden Kanan yang juga Pengerusi Pembangunan KHM, Prof Dato’ Dr Shamala Subramaniam menjelaskan KHM terus komited untuk menjalankan dan meneruskan program pembangunan bagi memastikan sukan hoki terus mempunyai pelapis dan penstrukturan baru yang akan diperkenalkan adalah salah satu langkah untuk membawa program pembangunan hoki ke satu tahap yang lebih baik.
  “KHM telah membuat penelitian terhadap keberkesanan program dalam beberapa aspek bagi memastikan kualiti program terus berada di tahap teratas. Antara yang dinilai semula termasuk menilai jumlah pusat latihan yang mungkin akan memperlihatkan sedikit kelainan kerana kami telah mengkaji dari segi skala geografi untuk mengoptimumkan keberkesanan program.
  “Kami juga melihat ada berlaku pertindihan program jadi kami akan menggabungkan program tersebut agar fokus, kualiti akan dapat terus dipertingkatkan daripada program 1MAS sebelum ini dan ingin saya tegaskan disini kami tidak melancarkan program baru sebaliknya menambahbaik daripada program lama serta memberikan nafas baru untuk diangkat ke tahap yang lebih baik,” jelas Dato Shamala.
  Dalam perkembangan yang sama, menurut Pengarah Pembangunan KHM, Tai Beng Hai, program 1 MAS yang diilhamkan pada tahun 2010 oleh Kebawah Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Tengku Mahkota Pahang Tengku Abdullah Al-Haj Ibni Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah mendapat peruntukan dana sebanyak RM 11 juta daripada kerajaan untuk digunakan dalam tempoh lima tahun dan ketelusan pihak pentadbiran mengendalikan dana yang diberikan, dana tersebut dapat bertahan sehingga tujuh tahun selain program 1MAS telah diselaraskan dengan teliti secara bersama oleh Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara dan Presiden KHM.
  “Program 1MAS merupakan cetusan idea KDYTM Tengku Abdullah Al-Haj Ibni Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah dan ia merupakan projek pembangunan jangka masa panjang untuk melahirkan pemain elit muda dan bersedia untuk beraksi di peringkat antarabangsa.
  “Dana diperolehi daripada kerajaan sebanyak RM 11juta untuk digunakan bagi tempoh lima tahun (2010 – 2015) dan kerana pihak pengurusan menggunakan dana dengan telus serta bijak menyelia dana yang diberikan kami dapat menggunakan dana tersebut untuk tempoh tujuh tahun sehingga 2017.
  “Program 1MAS mempunyai 43 pusat latihan dan 67 jurulatih bagi lelaki serta 14 pusat latihan  dan 25 jurulatih bagi perempuan, dan kerana ia merupakan program yang bagus serta dapat membimbing pemain-pemain muda ketahap yang lebih tinggi jadi pihak KHM telah memikirkan untuk membuat penstrukturan semula program ini mengikut keperluan semasa dan diselaraskan mengikut hala tuju KHM selain mahu menggunakan cara pembangunann yang lebih dinamik seperti dari sudut untuk mempertingkatkan ilmu kejurulatihan dan pendedahan pemain kepada teknik-teknik serta konsep terkini melalui website dan teknologi video,” jelas Beng Hai.