Serdang HC hammer Taha

29/06/2002

Seberang Prai MC 7 Taiping HA 0
Pahang Telekom 4 Terengganu SC 1
Anderson 4 Synergy HC 0
Serdang HC 3 Datuk Taha 0
Johor SC 2 MSSKL 0

SERDANG Hockey Club made a strong comeback in the second half to hammer
three goals past SMK Datuk Taha in the MHF-Milo-Admiral-NSC Junior League
at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
Coached by former national skipper Nor Saiful Zaini, Serdang hit the
target in the 32nd minute when Faridz Hashim scored a field goal. But that
was their only laudable attempt in the first half which was controlled by
Datuk Taha.
But after receiving a shelling from Nor Saiful during the breather,
Serdang grabbed the bull by the horns and ran riot in the Taha semicircle
but poor finishing was the order of the day.
Serdang"s second goal was a gem started by Redza Maadon who beat three
players before sending the ball to an unmarked Syakir Hamzah who cooly
deflected home eventhough his back was facing the goalmouth. Taha broke
after that goal and in the 61st minute, Redza deflected in a penalty
corner to nail Taha 3-0.
* IN BERTAM, Seberang Prai Municipal Council (SPMC) chalked their first
win by whipping seven goals past a hapless Taiping Hockey Association
(THA) at the MPSP Stadium in Kepala Batas, reports LEE KENG FATT.
Held to a 2-2 draw in their opening match by Malaysia Sport Schools last
Sunday, the SPMC boys, capitalising on home ground advantage, instantly
turned the heat on the visitors by taking a comfortable 3-0 lead at half
time.
M. Wasan opened scoring in the 20th minute before Ahmad Hasbi Latif and
Noorne Faizal Hassan added one apiece in the 24th and 30th respectively.
The Taiping side thought the hosts would have slowed down after the
break, but it was not to be.
SPMC kept up the pace with and added four more goals through K. Haarisan
(36th and 43rd), L. Pragas (41st) and P. Puvalagan (61st) for the high-
scoring finish.
* IN Kuantan, Pahang Telekom kept their winning momentum when they
powered 4-1 past Terengganu Schools Sports Council, reports PRITAM SINGH.
Strengthened by the return of striker Ismail Abu and defender Megat
Azrafiq from their overseas assignments with the national team, Pahang
Telekom proved too strong for their opponents.
Mohd Al-Fadhir Kasim put the home team ahead in the 16th minute and
added the second in the 24th min. Terengganu's Amir Shafiq pulled one back
five minutes later but Wan Nor Hisham Wan Jusoh made it 3-1 in the 39th
minute.
After the break, Nor Hisham got his second to give Pahang a comfortable
4-1 win.
* AT the Azlan Shah Stadium, Anderson continued their winning ways to
top Group B when they beat Synergy Hockey club 4-0 with goals from Fazreen
Eksan (22nd, 32nd) and Azli Misron (46th, 52nd), reports R.G. RAJ.
For Anderson this is their second straight win after having beaten
Taiping 6-0 in their opening match last Saturday.
* At the Tun Razak Stadium, Johor Sports Council beat MSS Kuala Lumpur
2-0 and the Johor toast was Nabil Fiqri Nor who scored in the 50th and
56th minutes.
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