Ernst & Young at the top

ERNST & Young scraped past Maybank 1-0, but it was enough to give them an early lead in Division One of the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL).
The slim result of the early favourites was further en hanced when Tenaga Nasional and Sapura drew 1-1.
Ernst & Young, with 12 national players, got their winner from Kelvinder Singh in the 39th minute, and team manager George Koshy felt they could have won with a bigger margin, if not for the Seremban II pitch.
“Even though we won and are at the top of the table, more goals could have been scored if the pitch had been watered at half-time. The dry and thick turf in Seremban was a big problem for my fast forwards, and I predict all the teams who play there will find it difficult to score too,” said George Koshy.
At the Kuala Lumpur HA pitch the problem was with Sapura and Tenaga Nasional forwards, who bungled a number of sitters.
Tenaga took the lead off an Amin Rahim penalty corner in the 18th minute, while Sapura equalised when S. Kuhan was on target also off a penalty corner in the 25th minute.
And National Juniors finally won a match, when they beat Penang Nur Insafi 2-1 at the National Hockey Stadium.
RESULTS: Division One -- Sapura 1 Tenaga Nasional 1, Maybank 0 Ernst & Young 1, National Juniors 2 Nur Insafi 1.
Division Two: Alam Shah School 0 Bandar Penawar SS 4, UiTM 8 Border Forces Club 1, Royal Malay Regiment 7 UNIMAP 0, JLJD v Dolphins x.
SUNDAY: Division One -- Tenaga Nasional v Maybank (KLHA Stadium, 5pm), Nur Insafi v Sapura (USM Stadium, 5pm), National Juniors v Ernst & Young (National Stadium 5pm, Pitch I).
Division Two: Bukit Jalil SS v UiTM (Tun Razak Stadium, 5pm), Alam Shah School v UNIMAP (National Stadium 5pm, Pitch II), Border Forces Club v Dolphins (Kuala Terengganu, 5pm), Royal Malay Regiment v JLJD (Tun Razak Stadium, 7pm).

STANDINGS


DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
Ernst & Young 3 3 0 0 13 1 9
Tenaga 3 2 1 0 7 4 7
Sapura 3 1 1 1 3 5 4
National Juniors 3 1 0 2 5 1 3
Maybank 3 1 0 2 4 5 3
Nur Insafi 3 0 0 3 3 15 0


DIVISION TWO

P W D L F A Pts
Bandar Penawar 3 3 0 0 14 3 9
Alam Shah 3 2 0 1 9 8 6
Malay Regiment 3 2 0 1 11 4 6
UiTM 2 1 1 0 11 4 4
Bukit Jalil 2 1 1 0 4 1 4
Dolphins 2 0 2 0 4 4 2
JLJD 2 0 0 2 5 8 0
UNIMAP 2 0 0 2 0 12 0
Border Forces 3 0 0 3 4 18 0