Anderson upset SSTMI...

ANDERSON of Ipoh created the biggest upset in Division One of the NSC-Milo_MHC Junior Hockey League when they beat double champions Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) 3-2 at the Azlan Shah Stadium yesterday.
   The unexpected defeat opened up the League title to three teams, as now, SSTMI must beat Petaling Jaya City Council (PJCC) and UniKL to lay their hands on the trophy.
    “It was a really unexpected score as we planned to have an easy match against Anderson ahead of our crucial matches with PJCC and UniKL, but it turned out to be a disastrous outing,” said SSTMI coach Wan Roslan.
    It was a shocking defeat indeed for the coach, as it was SSTMI’s first defeat to Anderson in the history of the JHL.
    The trio that caused the upset were Johari Sani (52nd), N. Kaatigan (62nd) and S. Deveandren (64th).
    Both the SSTMI goals were scored by Shahril Saabah in the 49th and 67th minutes.
    The coach also blamed defeat on travelling fatigue: “We played USM in Penang on Thursday (won 7-0) and reached Ipoh around midnight, and my players never recovered for the Anderson match.
    “Luckily, the competitions committee changed our next match (against PJCC on Saturday) venue from Taman Daya to Bukit Jalil, as that would help cut down on our travelling,” said Wan Roslan.
     PJCC had beaten UniKL 1-0, and it looked like the League title would be a toss between PJCC and SSTMI, but yesterday’s defeat has thrown a life-line to UniKL to join the title race.
   In Division Two, Kelantan HA became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals from Group A when they thrashed Matri 7-0 for their seventh consecutive win.
   Their 21 points are unassailable even though they still have one match in hand, as their nearest rivals Kedah HA Juniors are a distant 12 points after seven matches.
    RESULTS: Division One -- Anderson 3 SSTMI 2.
     Division Two: Group A: Matri  0  Kelantan 7,  Perlis  3 Anderson Jnrs 3.
     Group B: BJSS Juniors  1 Johor HA 1.

    TODAY: Bukit Jalil SS v USM (Ministry of |Education, 5pm), Malacca High School v Petaling Jaya CC (Malacca, 5pm).
     TOMORROW: Tengku Mahkota SS v Petaling Jaya CC (Bukit Jalil, 5pm).
    Division two: Group B: Kedah HA Juniors v 1Mas Penang (Alor Star, 5pm), Perlis v STAR Ipoh (Sungai Petani, 5pm).
   Group B: Datuk Taha v Politeknik KPT (Seremban II, 5pm),  Tunas Muda Pahang  v Kuala Lumpur SS (Kuantan, 5pm).



DIVISION ONE

                           P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
UniKL               6  5  0  1  28  6   15
PJCC                  5  5  0  0  9   4   15
SSTMI              5  4  0  1  25  3   12
Anderson        6  2  2  2  10   16  8
Malacca HS      5  1  2  2  8   19  5
SSTMI Jnrs      5  1  1  3  6   16  4
BJSS                6  0  1 5   4   13   1
USM-MSSSPP   4  0  0  4  2   15   0

GROUP A

                           P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
Kelantan            7  7  0  0  31  9  21
Kedah HA Jnrs  7  3  3  1  14  6  12
Anderson Jnrs  6  3  2  1  15   9   11
STAR Ipoh         6  3  1  2  6   10  10
1Mas Penang    6  3  0  3  16  11  9
Perlis                 5  2  2  1  18  22   8
Matri                6  1  1  4  5   20  4
SERATAS          5  0  1  4  1  10  1
Nur Insafi        6  0  0  6  1  20  0

GROUP B

                       P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
KLSS              6  6  0  0  24  7  18
OLAK             7  5  0  2  20  7  15
Poli KPT          5  4  0  1  19    4  12
K Langat        7  4  0  3  10  28 12
Datuk Taha     7  3  2  2  21  9  11
TM Pahang      6  3  1  2  16  11 10
TBSS               8  3  0  5  16  20  9
Johor HA       7  1  2  4  12   21  5
BJSS Jnrs      7  1  1  5  8   26  4
SMKPM          6  0  0  6  9  22   0

UniKL stay in the hunt...

UNIKL Young Guns came back from a goal-down to hammer Malacca High School 4-1 and move to the top of the Division One standings of the NSC-Milo-MHC Junior Hockey League.
   Malacca HC’s Ashraf Zuhry jolted the title pretenders with a penalty corner goal in the 30th minute, but even with home ground advantage, the hosts let slip the advantage in the second half.
   Syafiq Zulzairin started the fight-back with a 37th minute field goal, and goals from Norsyafiq Sumantri (54th), Syafiq (60th) and hafif Elkan (67th) made sure UniKL stay in the hunt for the League title.
    RESULTS: Division One -- Andersons 1 Bukit Jalil SS 1, Malacca HS 1 UniKL Young Guns 4, USM 0 SSTMI 7.
   Division Two: Group A -- Anderson Juniors 3 STAR 0, IMas Penang 4 Kelantan 5, KLSS 4 Tunku Besar 2.
    Group B: Datuk Taha  4 Johor HA 4, Padang Midin 0 Politeknik KPT 4, Olak PKT 6 BJSS Juniors 2.
   TOMORROW: Division One -- Anderson v SSTMI (Azlan Shah, 5pm).
     Division Two: Group A: Matri  v  Kelantan (Alor Star, 3pm), Perlis  v Anderson Jnrs (Alor Star, 5pm).
     Group B: BJSS Juniors  v  Johor HA (Ministry of Education, 5pm).
   
DIVISION ONE

                           P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
UniKL               6  5  0  1  28  6   15
PJCC                  5  5  0  0  9   4   15
SSTMI              4  4  0  0  23  0   12
Anderson        5  1  2  2  7   14  5
Malacca HS      5  1  2  2  8   19  5
SSTMI Jnrs      5  1  1  3  6   16  4
BJSS                6  0  1 5   4   13   1
USM-MSSSPP   4  0  0  4  2   15   0

GROUP A

                           P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
Kelantan            6  6  0  0  24  9  18
Kedah HA Jnrs  7  3  3  1  14  6  12
Anderson Jnrs  5  3  1  1  12   6   10
STAR Ipoh         6  3  1  2  6   10  10
1Mas Penang    6  3  0  3  16  11  9
Perlis                 4  2  1  1  15  9   7
Matri                5  1  1  3  5   13  4
SERATAS          5  0  1  4  1  10  1
Nur Insafi        6  0  0  6  1  20  0

GROUP B

                       P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
KLSS              6  6  0  0  24  7  18
OLAK             7  5  0  2  20  7  15
Poli KPT          5  4  0  1  19    4  12
K Langat        7  4  0  3  10  28 12
Datuk Taha     7  3  2  2  21  9  11
TM Pahang      6  3  1  2  16  11 10
TBSS               8  3  0  5  16  20  9
Johor HA       6  1  1  4  11   20  4
BJSS Jnrs      6  1  0  5  7   25  3
SMKPM          6  0  0  6  9  22   0

Army men out of MHL...

THE Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) will be a handicapped tournament as only six teams registered for the Premier Division, while five for the Division One when entries closed on Wednesday.
   The tournament, slated for March 22-May 12, will see double champions Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club, Tenaga Nasional, Sapura, Maybank, UniKL and Nur Insafi playing in the Premier Division.
    In Division One are UiTM, Bukit Jalil Sports School, Thunderbolts and UniTen.
   “Terengganu have requested to play in the Premier Division, but that will be decided by the competitions committee. When entries closed, there were only six teams in Premier Division and four in Division One albeit Terengganu who might play in either division,” said Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) secretary Johari Aziz.
    Missing from last years Division One list are champions Armed Forces, who claimed all their players would be attending courses, Johor HA and Politeknik-KPT..

German wall in Johor Baru..

WORLD No 1 Germany will be the least of Malaysia’s headache when Johor Baru hosts the Hockey World League Semi-Final on June 29-July 7.
    For, the International Hockey Federation confirmed that joining Malaysia, at No 13, to qualify for the 2014 World Cup will be World No 4 England, No 5 Pakistan and No 7 South Korea. Three more teams will join the Johor Baru scramble for seats after the Round Two tournament.
    Malaysia had been scheduled to play in the Round Two tournament in Elektrostal, Russia, at the end of May but after Germany could not host the semi-finals, Malaysia took over the task and were thrown face first into the lions den.
      “I would especially like to thank Malaysia for stepping into host on short notice. It is further evidence of the spirit of cooperation that we enjoy in international hockey,” said FIH President Leandro Negre.
     The World Cup will be held at The Hague, Holland on June 2-15. The cast will be made up of the hosts, Five Continental champions and six  teams from the two World League Semi-finals.
    The other World League Semi-finals would be held in the Netherlands on June 13-23 in Rotterdam and the confirmed teams are Australia, the Netherlands, Spain and New Zealand.
    Eight teams will play in each of the semi-finals, and if Malaysia fail to be among the top three teams in Johor Baru, there is another chance in the Asia Cup to be hosted by Ipoh.

Royal Hockeynesses: Kate and Pippa as teenagers...

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: This candid photo shows the determination of two teenage sisters who would go on to be among the most famous faces on the planet. The photo was taken at Marlborough College in Wiltshire when the future Duchess of Cambridge was in her final year, aged about 18. Kate, now 31, has never lost her love for hockey and looked in her element last November when she opened a new pitch at her old prep school, St Andrew's in Pangbourne, Berkshire, pictured left. 

Still got it: The Duchess of Cambridge took part in an impromptu hockey game when she visited her old prep school St Andrew's in Berkshire last year


Unseen since it was taken 12 years ago, this candid picture shows the single-minded determination of two teenage sisters who would go on to be among the most famous faces on the planet.

Hockey sticks at the ready, Kate and Pippa Middleton have the steely, purposeful gaze of fearsome opponents who would let no one stand in their way. 

The photograph was taken at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, when the future Duchess of Cambridge was in her final year, aged about 18. 
   

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