KLHC whip YNS 7-2

KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) whipped Yayasan Negri Sembilan (YNS) 7-2 to edge closer towards the League title in the Premier Division of the Malaysia Hockey League at the Tun Razak Stadium yesterday.
Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin gave KLHC a big boost when he scored a third minute penalty corner goal, while Razie Rahim chipped in with a hat-trick from penalty corner flicks in the fifth, 16th and 23rd. The other KLHC goals were from Nabil Fiqri (20th), Tengku (64th) and Ismail Abu (67th).
YNS got their goals from Razlee Amree in the 28th and 50th minutes. He now holds the distinction of being the first local player to score for YNS, whose foreign legion had scored the other 38 goals.
Charity Shield holders Tenaga Nasional went on a 10-1 rampage against Armed Forces Airod to move up to second on the standings.
The Army men opted to play open hockey and were punished by Amin Rahim (5th, 41st), M. Kaliswaran (11th, 12th), Mahinder Singh (25th, 58th), Fairuz Ramli ( 37th, 41st), Firhan Ashaari (46th), Azammi Adabi (47th).
Fidous Ismail scored the solitary goal for Armed Forces in the 67th minute.
In another match, Lady Luck was again on Sapura's side when they edged Nur Insafi 4-2.
After lucky wins against Yayasan Negri Sembilan (2-1) and UiTM (2-1) last weekend, Sapura were expected to have it easy against the Penang side as they were without three of their Pakistani imports.
Former international Keevan Raj's injury further weakened Nur Insafi.
But Sapura almost paid the price as Nur Insafi botched a fifth minute penalty stroke when Nur Hrsikesa's attempt was saved by goalkeeper Nasihin Nubli.
Sapura took the lead off Skipper S. Kuhan in the 22nd minute, but P. Prabhakaran equalised three minutes later.
It was the same script in the second half, as Sapura regained the lead off Faizal Daud in the 36th minute but Prabhakaran levelled the score again in the 39th minute.
But the day belonged to Spura as Jiwa Mohan (62nd) and Kuhan (69th) made sure the three points were theirs.
"Yes, we are riding our luck so far but it is not a case of not playing well but our failure to convert chances," said Sapura coach I. Vikneswaran.
"The three points were vital as we want to finish as high as we after a poor start in the League. And from the look of things we can even finish as runners-up should some results go our way."
RESULTS -- PREMIER DIVISION: Sapura 4 Nur Insafi 2, Maybank 1 UiTM 0, Tenaga Nasional 10 Armed Forces-Airod 1, Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club 7 Yayasan Negri Sembilan 2.
PREMIER DIVISION: Today-- Nur Insafi v Armed Forces-Airod (4pm), Sapura v Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (6pm), Maybank v Tenaga Nasional (8pm), UniKL v Yayasan Negri Sembilan (KLHA Stadium, 7.30pm).
* All other matches at the Tun Razak Stadium.
RESULTS: DIVISION ONE -- UniTen 1 Ipoh City Hall 3, Armed Forces Jnrs 3 Bukit Jalil Sports School 2, Malacca City Council 3 Universiti Sains Malaysia 2, Bandar Penawar Sports School 0 Malacca 1.
Sunday: Ipoh City Hall v Universiti Sains Malaysia (Azlan Shah Stadium, 5pm), UniTen v Bukit Jalil Sports School (KLHA Stadium, 5pm), Armed Forces Jnrs v Bandar Penawar Sports School (Bandar Penawar, 5pm).

PREMIER DIVISION

PREMIER DIVISION

P W D L F A Pt
KLHC 12 10 1 1 57 19 31
TNB 12 8 1 3 35 15 25
UNIKL 12 7 3 2 21 16 24
SAPURA 12 8 0 4 35 23 24
YNS 13 7 0 6 40 35 21
NUR INSAFI 13 4 2 7 23 38 14
MAYBANK 12 3 3 6 13 18 12
UITM 13 2 0 11 18 44 6
ATM 13 2 0 11 13 47 6

DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pt
ATM JNR 9 8 1 0 24 6 25
BPSS 8 5 0 3 15 12 15
MALACCA CC 10 5 0 5 14 12 15
IPOH CH 10 4 2 4 18 20 14
BJSS 8 4 0 4 17 11 12
USM 9 2 0 7 13 28 6
UNITEN 8 1 1 6 7 19 4