UniKL drub BJ Sports School..

UNIKL Young Guns overcame an initial scare to beat Bukit Jaill Sports School 6-1 in Division One of the NSC-Milo-Junior Hockey League at the National Stadium yesterday,
   The score stood at 1-1 by the 22nd minute, before a concerted effort saw the double silver medallists power ahead for their second win of the season.
    “My players failed to settle early in the match, but once they did, the goals came our way for another crucial win,” said UniKL coach K. Embaraj.
   UniKL took the lead off Syafiq Zulzairin in the 12minute, but BJSS equalised off Abdul Khaliq in the 22nd minute.
   However, BJSS lost steam after that and the other UniKL goals were scored by Syafiq (35th, 68th), Meor Mohamed (38th), Ashran Hamsani (48th) and Fitri Ismail (67th).
  UniKL next play Petaling Jaya City Council on Saturday.
   In Division Two, Group B, Datuk Taha consolidated their grip on the top of the standings on 10 points with a 3-0 win over Tengku Besar Secondary School of Tampin.
  An own goal by TBSS’ Adhwa Jalil at the half-time break gave Datuk Taha the edge, and Mahathir Rathuwan’s brace in the 37th and 41st gave Taha the full points

  RESULTS: Division One -- UniKL Young Guns 6 Bukit Jalil SS 1.
   Division Two: Group A -- STAR 1 Kedah HA Juniors 1, Nur Insafi 0 MSS Perlis 6, Matri 1 SERATAS 1.
   Group B: KL Sports School 2 Olak 1, Politeknik KPT 3 Tunas Muda Pahang 0, Kuala Langat 2 Padang Midin 1, Tunku Besar 0 Datuk Taha 3.
    TODAY -- Division Two: Group A: STAR v Kedah HA (azlan Shah, 5pm), SERATAS v Kedah HA Juniors (Azlan Shah, 7pm).
   Group B:  KL Sports School v Datuk Taha (National Stadium, 5pm), Bukit Jalil SS Juniors v Padang Midin (Ministry of Education, 5pm), Johor HA v Tunas Muda Pahang (Taman Daya, 5pm), Olak KPT v Kuala Langat (National Stadium II, 5pm).


DIVISION ONE

                                  P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
SSTMI                        3  3  0  0  16  0  9
UniKL                        2  2  0  0  12  3  6
PJCC                           2  2  0  0  4  2  6
Anderson                    2  1  1  0  5  3  4
Malacca HS                2  0  1  1  3  12  1
BJSS                           3  0  0  3  1  8  0
USM-MSSSPP             1  0  0  1  0  2  0
SSTMI Jnrs                3  0  0  3  4  15  0

DIVISION TWO

GROUP A
                                 P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
1Mas Penang            3  3  0  0  12  1  9
Kelantan KEL           2  2  0  0  8 3  6
Kedah HA Jnrs         4  1  2  1  5  4  5
Perlis                      3  1  1  1  9  7   4
STAR Ipoh               2  1  1  0  3  1  4
Anderson Jnrs         1  1  0  0  2  1  3
Matri                      3  0  1  2  2  7   1
SERATAS                3  0  1  2  1  6  1
Nur Insafi                3  0  0  3  1  13  0

GROUP B
                                 P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts

Datuk Taha             4  3  1  0  16  1  10
KLSS                      3  3  0  0  12  3  9
K Langat               4  3  0  1  6  12  9
Poli KPT               3  2  0  1  9  3  6
OLAK                     4  2  0  2  7  5  6
TM Pahang           4  1  1  2  6  9  4
TBSS                    3  1  0  2  2  5  3
SMKPM                3  0  0  3  6  11  0
Johor HA             2  0  0  2  3  8  0
BJSS Jnrs           2  0  0  2  1  11   0

Thunderbolts in early break..

THE NSC-Milo-MHC Junior Hockey League is only one  weekend old, but champions Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports  School (SSTMI) have almost claimed the Division One title.
    The Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) drawn fix tures made SSTMI, also known as Thunderbolts, play three  matches in a row but the champions showed that they are  ready to defend their titles.
   “We have overcome one tough hurdle in BJSS (Bukit Jalil  Sports School) and now we need to beat UniKL (Young Guns)  and Petaling Jaya (City Council) to cement the league title,”  said Thunderbolts coach Wan Roslan.
   However, their sister Sports School, Bukit Jalil, have had a  nightmarish start, as they lost both their opening matches by  1-0 margins.
    “This is a long-term development side and that is why we  are fielding 16 and 17 years old this season. And also, we  can’t hold the players once they leave the school and study at  the pre-university level because we do not bind them by  contracts like other teams.
   “But still, we lost narrowly to champions Thunderbolts and  also a strong Petaling Jaya (City Council) side,” said BJSS  coach S. Prakash.
   PJCC are fielding six former BJSS boys, and according to  Prakash, they need to buck up in certain areas if they want to  pull off upsets against early favourites UniKL and Thun derbolts.
    “PJCC were unsettled in certain areas when we played  them, and if they can quickly patch the chinks, I believe they  will give the other title aspirants a good fight,” said  Prakash.
    In Division Two, Group A, 1Mas Penang have shown  consistency and fitness by winning three matches in-a-row to  top the table, while in Group B, SMK Datuk Taha are the early  leaders with two wins and a draw.
    On another note, MHC held a meeting to amend the fixtures  after Sabah withdrew three days before the JHL started, but  have yet to provide the new fixtures for next weekend’s  matches as of yesterday.

DIVISION ONE

                                  P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
SSTMI                        3  3  0  0  16  0  9
PJCC                           2  2  0  0  4  2  6
Anderson                    2  1  1  0  5  3  4
UniKL                        1  1  0  0  6  2  3
Malacca HS                2  0  1  1  3  12  1
BJSS                           2  0  0  2  0  2  0
USM-MSSSPP             1  0  0  1  0  2  0
SSTMI Jnrs                3  0  0  3  4  15  0

DIVISION TWO

GROUP A
                                 P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
1Mas Penang            3  3  0  0  12  1  9
Kelantan KEL           2  2  0  0  8 3  6
Kedah HA Jnrs         3  1  1  1  4  3  4
STAR Ipoh                1  1  0  0  2  0  3
Anderson Jnrs         1  1  0  0  2  1  3
Perlis                      2  0  1  1  3  7  1
Matri                      2  0  0  2  1  6  0
SERATAS                2  0  0  2  0  5 0
Nur Insafi                2  0  0  2  1  7  0

GROUP B
                                 P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts

Datuk Taha             3  2  1  0  13  1   7
KLSS                      2  2  0  0  10  2  6
OLAK                     3  2  0  1  6  3  6
K Langat               3  2  0  1  4  11  6
TM Pahang           3  1  1  1  6  6  4
Poli KPT               2  1  0  1  6  3  3
TBSS                    2  1  0  1  2  2  3
SMKPM                2  0  0  2  5  9  0
Johor HA             2  0  0  2  3  8  0
BJSS Jnrs           2  0  0  2  1  11   0

UniKL start well..

UNIKL Young Guns got off their  NSC-Milo_MHC Junior Hockey League Division One campaign to a super start when they beat Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS Juniors 6-2 at the Taman Daya Stadium in Johor Baru yesterday.
    However, it is not the Juniors, but the SSTMI Thunderbolts side that they need to beat to claim the title. Thunderbolts have nine points after three matches over the weekend.
   “It is a good score considering its our first match of the season, but it was also a jittery start, which caused us to miss out on some easy goals,” said UniKL coach K. Embaraj.
   Embaraj, however, is not worried about Thunderbolts super sprint weekend by winning three matches in a row.
   “For me, every match counts and I am not just planning for the Thunderbolts encounter. We need to keep on winning to be in the title chase, and worry about Thunderbolts when the time comes,” said Embaraj.
   For the record, UniKL played bridesmaid to Thunderbolts in both the League and Overall title last season.
    UniKL played without two of their better players Norsyafiq Sumantri and Hafif Elkan who have been selected to represent Malaysian in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival which starts on Jan 16.
    The UniKL goals were scored by Meor Azuan (10th),  Fitri Ismail (19th), Azrul Rahman (31st), Dzahiruddin Ilyas (33rd), Syafiz Zulzairin (48th), Wan Mohamed Hazrul (53rd).
    The STMI Juniors first goal was scored by Raja Izzat raja Husin in the 36th minute while their second was an own goal by a UniKL player.
    RESULTS: Division One -- Bukit Jalil SS x Petaling Jaya CC x, Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS Juniors 2 UniKL Young Guns 6, Malacca High School 3 MBI Anderson 3.
  Division Two: Group A -- 1Mas Penang 4 Matri Perlis 1, MSS Perlis 1 Kedah HA Juniors 1.
  Group B: Tunas Muda Pahang 0 Olak 1, Politeknik KPT 1 Kuala Lumpur Sports School 2, Datuk Taha 3 Bukit Jalil SS Juniors 0, Kuala Langat 3 Johor HA 2.

SSTMI hit nine past MHS for nine points..

JUNIOR Hockey League Double champions Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) were better organised yesterday when they went for early goals and thrashed Malacca High School 9-0 at the Bukit Jalil Stadium.
  The champions have nine points from three wins in the first JHL weekend itself, and if they beat UniKL Young Guns, the Division One title is as good as theirs.
  Coach Wan Roslan, dissatisfied with his skipper Shahril Saabah's performance against Bukit Jalil Sports School on Friday where they only won 1-0, ripped off his armband and gave it to Amir Zulkarnain.
 And Amir repaid the coach with a second minute penalty corner goal which placed tremendous pressure on Malacca, and they cracked three more times in the first half.
  The second goal was scored by Azmi Deraman in the 17th minute off a field attempt, while Shahril scored the third off a penalty corner attempt in the 13th minute.
  The fourth was scored by Sufi Ismat in the 31st minute, also off a penalty corner flick, and Malacca were truly beaten.
  MHS could have been in deeper trouble if not for some saves pulled off by their goalkeeper Nor Haziq Musik
  And in the second half, SSTMI again tore apart the Malacca defense with goals from Zizi Azwan (40th), Ahmad Alif (55th), Shahril (59th), Hafiz Selemen (61) and Shahril (66th).
  "I removed the armband from Shahril because I found out that he can't play under pressure as a skipper. His game is much better if he
is allowed to roam freely and he proved me right by scoring his first two goals of the season," said Wan Roslan.
  Shahril, who was the top-scorer in the JHL last season with 20 goals, was also relieved that he finally broke the duck after three matches.
  "I am relieved that I scored my first two goals of the season, but this year, I am not worried about goals but about making the grade in Project 2013 and representing the country in the Junior World Cup.
  "That is my aim, and thats why I want to improve other departments of my game in the JHL this season instead of putting my self under pressure looking for the top-scorers award," said Shahril.
  RESULTS: Division One -- Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS 9 Malacca High School 0, MBI Anderson 2 MSSP-USM 0.
  Division Two: Group A: MSS Perlis 2 Kelantan HA 6, Kedah HA Juniors 2 Matri Perlis 0, Anderson Juniors 2 Nur Insafi 1, 1Mas Penang 3 SERATAS 0.
  Group B: Padang Midin 1 Olak 4, Politeknik KPT 5 Johor HA 1, Tunas Muda Pahang 1 Datuk Taha 1, Kuala Langat 1 Tunku Besar Secondary School 0.
  TODAY: Division One -- Bukit Jalil SS v Petaling Jaya CC (Bukit Jalil, 7pm), Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS Juniors v UniKL (Taman Daya, 5pm), Malacca High School v MBI Anderson (Malacca, 5pm).
  Division Two: Group A -- 1Mas Penang v Matri Perlis (USM, 5pm), MSS Perlis v Kedah HA Juniors (Alor Star, 5pm).
  Group B: Tunas Muda Pahang v Olak (Kuantan, 5pm), Politeknik KPT v Kuala Lumpur Sports School (Taman Daya Pitch II, 5pm), Datuk Taha v Bukit Jalil SS Juniors (Seremban II, 5pm), Kuala Langat v Johor HA (Ministry of Education, 5pm).

Jaded sports schools...

TENGKU Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) edged Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) 1-0 in Division One of the NSC-Milo-MHC Junior Hockey League yesterday.
  The double champions won by the skin-of-their-teeth, and if this is their standard, they would find it hard to defend both their titles.
  The two premier sports schools clash was a big disappointment, as both sides did not look like they have been training the whole year round under a proper system.
  The match was peppered with school-boy mistakes which one would not expect from sports school players, and both sides were blunt in the semi-circle thus missing many sitters which made the spartan crowd edgy on their seats.
  Shahril Saabah, the SSTMI skipper, was also a pale shadow of himself and did not look like the top-scorer of the JHL last season who took his team to the double.
  The only moment of brilliance, if one could call that, was when the ball tricked towards Ahmad Alif in the 16th minute, and he had all the time in the world to turn around and beat BJSS goalkeeper Aliff Aiman for the half-time lead.
  The half-time was another yawn, and after the final whistle, SSTMI and BJSS coaches both agreed that their players were not up to the mark.
  "I am a little surprised that my players could not play their normal game and their standard was about 50 percent lower than in training. Maybe they tried too hard and made a mess of matters," said SSTMI coach Wan Roslan.
  BJSS coach S. Prakash was also surprised that they only lost 0-1: "I was expecting a drubbing around the margin of 6-0 because we have a young side while SSTMI have established players who train in the 2013 as well as the 2017 Project squad," said Prakash.
 RESULTS: Division One -- Bukit Jalil SS 0 Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS 1, Petaling Jaya CC 3 Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS Juniors 2.
  RESULTS: Division One -- Bukit Jalil SS 0 Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS 1, Petaling Jaya CC 3 Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS Juniors 2.
  Division Two: Group A -- Kedah HA Juniors 1 Kelantan HA 2, Tuanku Abdul Rahman School 2 Raja Tun Azlan Shah Science 0, 1Mas Penang 5 Nur Insafi 0.
  Group B: Padang Midin 4 Tunas Muda Pahang 5, KL Sports School 8 Bukit Jalil SS Juniors 1, Datuk Taha 9 Kuala Langat 0, Olak 1 Tunku Besar Secondary School 2.
  TODAY: Division One -- Bukit Jalil SS v Petaling Jaya CC (Bukit Jalil, 7pm), Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS Juniors v UniKL (Taman Daya, 5pm), Malacca High School v MBI Anderson (Malacca, 5pm).
  Division Two: Group A -- 1Mas Penang v Matri Perlis (USM, 5pm), MSS Perlis v Kedah HA Juniors (Alor Star, 5pm), Tunas Muda Pahang v Olak (Kuantan, 5pm), Politeknik KPT v Kuala Lumpur Sports School (Taman Daya Pitch II, 5pm), Datuk Taha v Bukit Jalil SS Juniors (Seremban II, 5pm), Kuala Langat v Johor HA (Ministry of Education, 5pm).