BUKIT Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Thunderbolts aim to bounce back in Division One, when they meet Petaling Jaya City Council (PJCC) in the Junior Hockey League Friday.
BJSS have a well balanced team, but wasted sitters and a penalty stroke as well when they went down 2-1 to SSP-MSP- Thunderbolts last Sunday.
"The defeat was a lesson well learnt by mu players, as being in control of the match means nothing if they do not tuck in the ball more frequently. We missed too many sitters, and also a penalty stroke to lose three vital points last Sunday.
"We have been training hard since to rectify some of the problems and hope to secure three points from PJCC tomorrow (today)," said BJSS Thunderbolts team manager K. Rajan.
PJCC have full points by beating Nur Insafi 3-1 and Olak Tigers 2-0.
"We have watched videos of both the PJCC matches, and my players know what to do and what not to do. It wont be an easy match, but we aim to bounce back to keep in touch with the leading pack," said Rajan.
RESULT: Division Two Group C: Pahang Hockey Academy 0 Sabah Sports School 4.
Division One -- FRIDAY: SMKDBL Young Guns v UniKL Young Guns (Batu Pahat), Politeknik v Nur Insafi (Taman Daya), PJCC v BJSS Thunderbolts (National Stadium), SSTMI Thunderbolts v Olak Tigers (SSTMI), SSP-MSP- Thunderbolts v SSTMI Juniors (Kuantan).
SATURDAY: SMKDBL Young Guns v Olak Tigers (Batu Pahat), Politeknik v UniKL Young Guns (Taman Daya), SSTMI Thunderbolts v Nur Insafi (SSTMI).
Division Two: FRIDAY (Group A) -- Penang-USM v Matri (Sg Petani), MSS Kedah v MCKK (Padang Serai), Perlis Young Lions v Kedah Juniors (Kangar).
Group B: Anderson Thunderbolts v STAR (Azlan Shah I), Felda Juniors v MISCF-UFL (Azlan Shah II), BJSS Juniors v MSNPK-ILHC (MInistry of Education).
Group C: Pahang Hockey Academy v Datuk Taha (Temerloh), Malacca High v SM Sains Johor (Malacca II), Young Hurricanes Malacca v SMKDBL Juniors (Malacca I).
SATURDAY: Group A: Matri v MCKK (Kangar), MS Kedah v SM Sains Azlan Shah (Padang Serai), Penang USM v Perlis Young Lions Juniors (Sg Petani).
Group B: MSSWPKL v MSNPK-ILHC (Ministry of Education), Anderson PHA v STAR (Azlan Shah I).
Group C: TBSS Tampin v Sabah Sports School (Seremban II), Young Hurricanes Malacca v SM Sains Johor (Malacca I), Malacca High School v SMKDBL Juniors (Malacca II).
NOTE: All matches start at 5pm.
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
SSP-MSP-TNDER' 2 2 0 0 13 2 6
SSTMI TNDER' 2 2 0 0 11 1 6
PJCC 2 2 0 0 5 1 6
BJSS TNDER' 2 1 0 1 7 3 3
POLITEKNIK 2 1 0 1 4 3 3
SMKDBL YOUNG GUNS 2 1 0 1 2 4 3
UNIKL YOUNG GUNS 2 1 0 1 5 8 3
OLAK TIGERS 2 0 0 2 2 6 0
SSTMI JRS 2 0 0 2 2 11 0
NURINSAFI 2 0 0 2 2 14 0
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016
SSP-MSP Thunderbolts on steady climb..
SSP-MSP-THUNDERBOLTS took a big gamble when they fielded a 15-year-old goalkeeper in Division One of the Junior Hockey League, but Hamiz Ahir has shown that he is made of sturdy stuff.
Hamiz, who turns 16 next month, was instrumental in the Pahang Sports Schools' 2-1 win over BJSS Thunderbolts on Sunday.
BJSS were the better team, but good goalkeeping by Hamiz denied them victory.
"Yes, our No 1 goalkeeper is just about to turn 16, but he has shown great determination in both our matches to date," said SSP-MSP coach Sufian Mohamed.
In the curtain raiser, SSP-MSP hammered Nur Insafi 11-1.
However, leg cramps seems to be a big problem among the Pahang Sports Schools youth brigade, as more than five players fell to cramps against Nur Insafi and the trend continued against BJSS.
"I'm perplexed on why many of my players started having cramps since trhe JHL started because before this we never had this problem in all the tournaments they played. Salt, a good warm-up and everything else has been done to the book, but too many of them suffered cramps during both the matches," said Sufian.
SSP-MSP has fielded four 16-year-olds, seven 17-year-olds, five 18-year-olds and only four 19-year-olds in the ongoing JHL.
"This is a team for the future, as many of them can play next season as well.
"But even though we have won both the matches, we will only know out true strength at the end of January when we take on tougher teams," said Sufian.
Their next match is against SSTMI Juniors and they should collect another three points.
"Yes, we should be able to beat SSTMI Juniors but after that we face UniKL Young Guns and PJCC (Petaling Jaya City Council) and if my players come out tops, I believe we will be among the top-three in Division One this season," said Sufian.
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
SSP-MSP-TNDER' 2 2 0 0 13 2 6
SSTMI TNDER' 2 2 0 0 11 1 6
PJCC 2 2 0 0 5 1 6
BJSS TNDER' 2 1 0 1 7 3 3
POLITEKNIK 2 1 0 1 4 3 3
SMKDBL YOUNG GUNS 2 1 0 1 2 4 3
UNIKL YOUNG GUNS 2 1 0 1 5 8 3
OLAK TIGERS 2 0 0 2 2 6 0
SSTMI JRS 2 0 0 2 2 11 0
NURINSAFI 2 0 0 2 2 14 0
Hamiz, who turns 16 next month, was instrumental in the Pahang Sports Schools' 2-1 win over BJSS Thunderbolts on Sunday.
BJSS were the better team, but good goalkeeping by Hamiz denied them victory.
"Yes, our No 1 goalkeeper is just about to turn 16, but he has shown great determination in both our matches to date," said SSP-MSP coach Sufian Mohamed.
In the curtain raiser, SSP-MSP hammered Nur Insafi 11-1.
However, leg cramps seems to be a big problem among the Pahang Sports Schools youth brigade, as more than five players fell to cramps against Nur Insafi and the trend continued against BJSS.
"I'm perplexed on why many of my players started having cramps since trhe JHL started because before this we never had this problem in all the tournaments they played. Salt, a good warm-up and everything else has been done to the book, but too many of them suffered cramps during both the matches," said Sufian.
SSP-MSP has fielded four 16-year-olds, seven 17-year-olds, five 18-year-olds and only four 19-year-olds in the ongoing JHL.
"This is a team for the future, as many of them can play next season as well.
"But even though we have won both the matches, we will only know out true strength at the end of January when we take on tougher teams," said Sufian.
Their next match is against SSTMI Juniors and they should collect another three points.
"Yes, we should be able to beat SSTMI Juniors but after that we face UniKL Young Guns and PJCC (Petaling Jaya City Council) and if my players come out tops, I believe we will be among the top-three in Division One this season," said Sufian.
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
SSP-MSP-TNDER' 2 2 0 0 13 2 6
SSTMI TNDER' 2 2 0 0 11 1 6
PJCC 2 2 0 0 5 1 6
BJSS TNDER' 2 1 0 1 7 3 3
POLITEKNIK 2 1 0 1 4 3 3
SMKDBL YOUNG GUNS 2 1 0 1 2 4 3
UNIKL YOUNG GUNS 2 1 0 1 5 8 3
OLAK TIGERS 2 0 0 2 2 6 0
SSTMI JRS 2 0 0 2 2 11 0
NURINSAFI 2 0 0 2 2 14 0
JHL: SSTMI Thunderbolts do just enough..
DOUBLE champions SSTMI Thunderbolts scraped to a 3-0 win over SMDBL Young Guns in Division One of the Junior Hockey League yesterday.
SSTMI had beaten SSTMI Juniors 8-1 on Friday, but were not their usual self when they could only beat newly promoted SMKDBL 3-0.
SSTMI got their goals off Luqman Nul Hakim (34th) and Luqman Hakim (correct) (61st, 65th).
In another match, SSP-MSP-Thunderboolts beat BJSS Thunderbolts 2-1 at the back of an 11-1 hammering of Nur Insafi on Friday.
BJSS had the lions share of possession, and even wasted a penalty stroke to hand the win to SSP-MSP of Pahang.
SSP-MSP took the lead off Idris Samad in the 25th minute, but BJSS equalised off Hafiizhuddin Zaidi in the 48th minute, before Nazrey Din nailed the winner in the 65th minute off a penalty corner.
SSP-MSP coach Sufian Mohamed was happy with the win, but not with the way his charges played.
"The win is of course a welcome, but I am not happy with the way my boys played today as they were not up to their standard. Also, five of them were hit by cramps during the match and we will look into this to prepare for the next match," said Sufian.
SSP-MSP did not have their best player Zulfiqrie Zulazli: "Zulfiqri would have made a big difference in this match, but unfortunately his grandfather died and he went home to attend the funeral."
SSP-MSP are Temerloh Sports School who were recently renamed as Pahang Hockey Academy, and from their two matches indicate that they will be a force to reckon with this season.
RESULTS -- Division One: BJSS Thunderbolts 1 SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts 2, SMKDBL Young Guns 0 SSTMI Thunderbolts 3, SSTMI Juniors 1 Politeknik Malaysia 3, Olak Tigers 2 UniKL Young Guns 4, Nurinsafi 1 Petaling Jaya Municipal Council 3.
Division Two: Group A: MSS Kedah 1 Penang MSSP-USM 3; Group B: MSSWPKL 2 MISCF-UFL 3, STAR 2 MSNPK-ILHC 6; Group C: TBSS Tampin 3 Young Hurricanes 3, Datuk Taha 1 Malacca High School 7.
Saturday, January 16, 2016
JHL: UniKL in a state of shock..
UNIKL Young Guns coach I. Vickneswaran woke up to a crackling hangover yesterday, as he still can't get over the fact that his boys were hammered 6-1 by Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Thunderbolts in Division One of the Junior Hockey League on Friday.
BJSS walked onto the pitch as the whipping boys of last season, while UniKL were the double silver medallists, but the tables were turned on them four times in the first half-itself.
"Its a hard and painful lesson for my players who took BJSS for granted after they beat them 4-2 in a friendly before the JHL started.
"I'm still coming to grips, and the only reason I can think of is that the majority of my boys played their first game in Division One, and were slow off the block as they let in four goals in 35 minutes," said Vickneswaran.
UniKL only managed to retain two players from last season, while the others moved to Olak Tigers and Petaling Jaya Minicipal Council (PJCC).
Interestingly, PJCC opened their campaign with a 2-0 win over Olak.
"We play Olak Sunday and there is no other path for my players than to wake up from the whipping and snatch the three points from Olak. If not, we will be in deep trouble this season," said Vickneswaran.
The most promising start of the season in Division One was by Temerloh Sports School -- SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts -- who whitewashed last season's Division Two champions Nur Insafi 11-1. Newly promoted Nur Insafi is expected to face a torrid time the entire season.
SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts will meet high riding BJSS Thunderbolts today, and it will show the true strength of both the teams.
Even though both teams are sponsored and trained by Tenaga Nasional, the Thunderbolts' clash will have 'No Mercy' as its tag-line.
"Even though both the teams are under the Tenaga Nasional Thunderbolts programme, there will be no love lost when we meet Sunday. I expect my players to give their best again, as a win would put us in a good position to challenge the other Thunderbolts in Division One -- SSTMI Thunderbolts," said BJSS Thunderbolts coach K. Rajan.
Tenaga Nasional, under the Thunderbolts banner, provide funds and coaching to three teams in Division One and Anderson in Division Two.
RESULTS: Division Two: Group A: MSS Kedah 6 Kedah Juniors 0, Matri 0 Perlis Young Lions 1, Perlis Young Lions jnrs 0 Penang MSPP-USM 3.
Group B: Anderson Thunderbolts 5 MSNPK-ILHC 1, Anderson PHA 3 Felda Juniors 0, BJSS Juniors 5 MISCF-UFL 0.
Group C: Malacca High 2 Young Hurricanes 2, Datuk Taha 0 TBSS Tampin 3, MSNT-Terengganu HT 0 Pahang Academy 0, SM Sains Johor 0 SMKDBL Jnrs 2.
SUNDAY -- Division One: BJSS Thunderbolts v SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts (National Stadium II, 5pm), SMKDBL Young Guns v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Batu Pahat, 5pm), SSTMI Juniors v Politeknik Malaysia (SSTMI, 5pm), Olak Tigers v UniKL Young Guns (Tun Razak, 5pm), Nurinsafi v Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (Sungai Petani, 5pm).
BJSS walked onto the pitch as the whipping boys of last season, while UniKL were the double silver medallists, but the tables were turned on them four times in the first half-itself.
"Its a hard and painful lesson for my players who took BJSS for granted after they beat them 4-2 in a friendly before the JHL started.
"I'm still coming to grips, and the only reason I can think of is that the majority of my boys played their first game in Division One, and were slow off the block as they let in four goals in 35 minutes," said Vickneswaran.
UniKL only managed to retain two players from last season, while the others moved to Olak Tigers and Petaling Jaya Minicipal Council (PJCC).
Interestingly, PJCC opened their campaign with a 2-0 win over Olak.
"We play Olak Sunday and there is no other path for my players than to wake up from the whipping and snatch the three points from Olak. If not, we will be in deep trouble this season," said Vickneswaran.
The most promising start of the season in Division One was by Temerloh Sports School -- SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts -- who whitewashed last season's Division Two champions Nur Insafi 11-1. Newly promoted Nur Insafi is expected to face a torrid time the entire season.
SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts will meet high riding BJSS Thunderbolts today, and it will show the true strength of both the teams.
Even though both teams are sponsored and trained by Tenaga Nasional, the Thunderbolts' clash will have 'No Mercy' as its tag-line.
"Even though both the teams are under the Tenaga Nasional Thunderbolts programme, there will be no love lost when we meet Sunday. I expect my players to give their best again, as a win would put us in a good position to challenge the other Thunderbolts in Division One -- SSTMI Thunderbolts," said BJSS Thunderbolts coach K. Rajan.
Tenaga Nasional, under the Thunderbolts banner, provide funds and coaching to three teams in Division One and Anderson in Division Two.
RESULTS: Division Two: Group A: MSS Kedah 6 Kedah Juniors 0, Matri 0 Perlis Young Lions 1, Perlis Young Lions jnrs 0 Penang MSPP-USM 3.
Group B: Anderson Thunderbolts 5 MSNPK-ILHC 1, Anderson PHA 3 Felda Juniors 0, BJSS Juniors 5 MISCF-UFL 0.
Group C: Malacca High 2 Young Hurricanes 2, Datuk Taha 0 TBSS Tampin 3, MSNT-Terengganu HT 0 Pahang Academy 0, SM Sains Johor 0 SMKDBL Jnrs 2.
SUNDAY -- Division One: BJSS Thunderbolts v SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts (National Stadium II, 5pm), SMKDBL Young Guns v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Batu Pahat, 5pm), SSTMI Juniors v Politeknik Malaysia (SSTMI, 5pm), Olak Tigers v UniKL Young Guns (Tun Razak, 5pm), Nurinsafi v Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (Sungai Petani, 5pm).
Friday, January 15, 2016
JHL: BJSS hammer Unikl 6-1
UNIKL Young Guns became the early casualty when they were hammered 6-1 by Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Thunderbolts in Division One of the Junior Hockey League at Bukit Jalil yesterday.
But down South, double champions SSTMI Thunderbolts romped 7-1 over their juniors, which was an expected score.
UniKL, double silver medallists last season, were never in the game, and bad goalkeeping by Suhayl Ainol did not help their cause. Three of the goals went between his pads.
Hafizhuddin Zaidi (18th, 33rd), Rahimi Rosley (20th), Zulfitri Zin (35th), Adam Daniel (55th, 70th) were the scorers for BJSS. The UniKL consolation was scored by Iskandar Fareez in the 38th minute.
"It was a super start to our campaign as we took control of the first half and scored four goals to douse the UniKL fire early. We went in looking for a win, but did not expect such a big score.
"Hopefully this opening boost will make my players more confident of their capabilities in the next matches," said BJSS team manager K. Rajan.
Meanwhile, Division Two team Larut Matang and Selama threw in the towel three days ago, and the Malaysian Hockey Confederation competitions committee has sent them a show cause latter.
"Larut Matang sent in a letter three days ago saying that they are pulling out of the tournament and we have sent them a show cause letter. The possible punishment includes forfeiting the registration fee of Rm500 and we might ban them for one or two years depending on mitigating factors," said competitions committee member Jusver Singh.
RESULTS: DIVISION ONE -- SSTMI Thunderbolts 7 SSTMI Juniors 1, UniKL Young Guns 1 BJSS Thunderbolts 6, Politeknik Malaysia x SMKDBL Young Guns x, Nurinsafi 1 SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts 11, Olak Tigers 0 PJCC 2.
DIVISION TWO: Group A: Perlis Young Lions 5 Perlis Young Lions Jnrs 0, Malay College KK 1 SM Sains Azlan Shah 1.
Group B: STAR 1 Felda Juniors 3, Anderson Thunderbolts 6 Anderson PHA 0, BJSS Juniors x MSSWPKL x.
TODAY -- Division Two -- Group A: MSS Kedah v Kedah Juniors (Padang Serai, 5pm), Matri v Perlis Young Lions Jnrs (Kangar, 5pm), Perlis Young Lions v Penang MSPP-USM (Kuala Perlis, 5pm), Larut Matang & Selama v MCKK (K Kangsar, 5pm).
Group B: Anderson Thunderbolts v MSNPK-ILHC (Azlan Shah 1, 5pm), Anderson PHA v Felda Juniors (Azlan Shah II, 5pm), BJSS Juniors v MISCF-UFL (Ministry Education, 5pm).
Group C: Malacca High v Young Hurricanes (Malacca, 5pm), Datuk Taha v TBSS Tampin (Seremban II, 5pm), MSNT-Terengganu HT v Pahang Academy (Padang Midin, 5pm), SM Sains Johor v SMKDBL Jnrs (Batu Pahat, 5pm).
SUNDAY --Division One: BJSS Thunderbolts v SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts (National Stadium II, 5pm), SMKDBL Young Guns v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Batu Pahat, 5pm), SSTMI Juniors v Politeknik Malaysia (SSTMI, 5pm), Olak Tigers v UniKL Young Guns (Tun Razak, 5pm), Nurinsafi v Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (Sungai Petani, 5pm).
But down South, double champions SSTMI Thunderbolts romped 7-1 over their juniors, which was an expected score.
UniKL, double silver medallists last season, were never in the game, and bad goalkeeping by Suhayl Ainol did not help their cause. Three of the goals went between his pads.
Hafizhuddin Zaidi (18th, 33rd), Rahimi Rosley (20th), Zulfitri Zin (35th), Adam Daniel (55th, 70th) were the scorers for BJSS. The UniKL consolation was scored by Iskandar Fareez in the 38th minute.
"It was a super start to our campaign as we took control of the first half and scored four goals to douse the UniKL fire early. We went in looking for a win, but did not expect such a big score.
"Hopefully this opening boost will make my players more confident of their capabilities in the next matches," said BJSS team manager K. Rajan.
Meanwhile, Division Two team Larut Matang and Selama threw in the towel three days ago, and the Malaysian Hockey Confederation competitions committee has sent them a show cause latter.
"Larut Matang sent in a letter three days ago saying that they are pulling out of the tournament and we have sent them a show cause letter. The possible punishment includes forfeiting the registration fee of Rm500 and we might ban them for one or two years depending on mitigating factors," said competitions committee member Jusver Singh.
RESULTS: DIVISION ONE -- SSTMI Thunderbolts 7 SSTMI Juniors 1, UniKL Young Guns 1 BJSS Thunderbolts 6, Politeknik Malaysia x SMKDBL Young Guns x, Nurinsafi 1 SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts 11, Olak Tigers 0 PJCC 2.
DIVISION TWO: Group A: Perlis Young Lions 5 Perlis Young Lions Jnrs 0, Malay College KK 1 SM Sains Azlan Shah 1.
Group B: STAR 1 Felda Juniors 3, Anderson Thunderbolts 6 Anderson PHA 0, BJSS Juniors x MSSWPKL x.
TODAY -- Division Two -- Group A: MSS Kedah v Kedah Juniors (Padang Serai, 5pm), Matri v Perlis Young Lions Jnrs (Kangar, 5pm), Perlis Young Lions v Penang MSPP-USM (Kuala Perlis, 5pm), Larut Matang & Selama v MCKK (K Kangsar, 5pm).
Group B: Anderson Thunderbolts v MSNPK-ILHC (Azlan Shah 1, 5pm), Anderson PHA v Felda Juniors (Azlan Shah II, 5pm), BJSS Juniors v MISCF-UFL (Ministry Education, 5pm).
Group C: Malacca High v Young Hurricanes (Malacca, 5pm), Datuk Taha v TBSS Tampin (Seremban II, 5pm), MSNT-Terengganu HT v Pahang Academy (Padang Midin, 5pm), SM Sains Johor v SMKDBL Jnrs (Batu Pahat, 5pm).
SUNDAY --Division One: BJSS Thunderbolts v SSP-MSP-Thunderbolts (National Stadium II, 5pm), SMKDBL Young Guns v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Batu Pahat, 5pm), SSTMI Juniors v Politeknik Malaysia (SSTMI, 5pm), Olak Tigers v UniKL Young Guns (Tun Razak, 5pm), Nurinsafi v Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (Sungai Petani, 5pm).
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