PJCC protest thrown out...

Petaling Jaya City Council’s protest against umpiring in their second leg quarter-finals against Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School Juniors was thrown out by the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) Technical Committee yesterday.
    PJCC, who lost 3-4 in the first leg, were held 4-4 in the return leg and SSTMI Juniors moved into the semi-finals on an 8-7 aggregate.
    “After deliberating on the protest by PJCC and taking into account the International Hockey Federation’s rules, we have rejected the protest and the result stays,” said MHC Competitions Committee chairman M. Gobinathan
    The FIH rule is clear on protests against umpires and reads: “... a protest from a decision of an Umpire or Video Umpire during a match may not be made to or considered by the Tournament Director.”
     However, the Technical Committee decided to give back PJCC the RM500 needed to place the protest.
    WEDNESDY -- Semi-finals (First Leg): Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School v Andersons (Taman Daya, 5pm); UniKL v SSTMI Juniors (National Stadium Pitch II, 5pm).
    FRIDAY: Semi-finals (Second Leg): Andersons v Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (Azlan Shah Stadium, 5pm); SSTMI Juniors v UniKL (Taman Daya, 5pm).