Thursday, January 20, 2011

KLHC set to soar higher

By K. Kandiah
nstsport@nst.com.my

KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) look set to maintain their lead in the nine-team Premier Division of the TNB- Malaysia Hockey League which will travel to Penang this weekend.
The defending champions, who overtook Tenaga Nasional (TNB) after thrashing UiTM 10-0 on Tuesday, will play seventh placed Maybank, and look good to seal full points.
KLHC have in their ranks a star-studded national line-up while Tenaga Nasional grabbed the rest of the national talents leaving the other teams to make do with retired and foreign players.
Second placed Tenaga Nasional, who are just two points behind the leaders and a real threat to KLHC’s ambitions, will see action on Saturday against Yayasan Negri Sembilan (YSN) at the same venue.
Penang State Hockey Association (PSHA) secretary V. Jayanandhan hopes hockey fans will throng to the stadium to provide support.
“It is not often that we get to watch the nations top players in action in Penang. And I hope the fans will take this opportunity to come and watch top-class action,” he said.
Jayanandhan said that this was the second time that the MHL Premier Division matches were being played in Penang.
And last season, the USM was filled to the brim, and Jayanandhan hopes that this year the matches will also receive equal support.

STANDINGS
PREMIER DIVISION
P W D L F A Pt
KLHC 7 6 0 1 36 10 18
TNB 7 5 1 1 16 7 16
UNIKL-TRC 6 4 1 1 9 9 13
YNS 6 4 0 2 24 14 12
NUR INSAFI 6 3 0 3 12 17 9
SAPURA 6 2 0 4 16 16 6
MAYBANK 6 1 2 3 4 9 5
ATM-AIROD 6 1 0 5 8 23 3
UITM 6 0 0 6 8 28 0

DIVISION ONE

P W D L F A Pt
ATM JNR 4 4 0 0 11 2 12
BJSS 4 3 0 1 10 4 9
BPSS 4 3 0 1 9 6 9
IPOH CH 5 2 1 2 12 11 7
USM 6 2 0 4 8 17 6
MALACCA CC 5 1 0 4 5 8 3
UNITEN 4 0 1 3 2 9 1

FIXTURES - PREMIER DIVISION (all matches at the Uni versiti Sains Malaysia Hockey Stadium in Minden) Today: Maybank v KLHC (3.30pm); Sapura v YSN (5.15pm); UniKL v ATM-Airod (7pm); Nur Insafi v Uitm (8.45pm).
Tomorrow: TNB v YNS (3pm) ; Sapura v UiTM (4.45pm); Maybank v ATM-Airod (6.30pm); UniKL v Nur Insafi (8.15pm).
DIVISION ONE: Today: Ipoh CC v Armed Forces Juniors (Azlan Shah Stadium, 5pm), Bukit Jalil Sports School v Bandar Penawar Sports School (Education Ministry Stadium, 5pm), UniTen v Malacca CC (KLHA Stadium, 5pm).
Sunday: Armed Forces Juniors v Ipoh CC (Azlan shah Stadium, 5pm), Bandar Penawar Sports School v Bukit Jalil Sports School (Bandar Penawar, 5pm), Armed Forces Juniors v USM (Tun Razak Stadium, 5pm).