PERAK'S Anderson claimed their 11th Champion Schools title when they edged Seberang Temerloh of Pahang 2-1 at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium yesterday.
Norazmirrul Azman gave them the lead when he scored a field goal in the 28th minute, and then in the 69th minute, Soffian Kamaruddin delivered the second goal also off a field attempt.
Temerloh narowed the gap in the 70th minute, but time was no longer on their side.
"My boys deserve the credit, and now we will be gunning for the Premier Schools title from Sunday onwards," said Anderson coach Mokhtar Baharuddin.
The Premier Schools tournament will be held in Kuantan, with the same teams competing, and Mokhtar feels the standard at this age group is nothingto shout about.
"Except for Temerloh and TBSS (Tunku Besar Secondary School), the rest of the teams are not impressive at this level. And I forsee the same two schools giving us a fight, together with Setapak High who will have fresh legs."
Setapak High will replace St John in the Premier Schools, and Anderson is expected to face a tough time against them to win back-to-back titles.
In the bronze play-off, TBSS of Negri Sembilan beat Khir Johari of Kedah 2-1 with goals from Shahir Arif (first minute) and Fadhirul Yahya (39th). The Khir Johari goal was scored by Anuar Wahab in the 55th minute.
RESULTS: Final -- Anderson (Pk) 2 Seberang Temerloh (Pah) 1; Third-Fourth: Tunku Besar Secondart School (Negri) 2 Khir Johari (Ked) 1; Fifth-Sixth: St John (KL) 3 Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh) 4; Seventh-Eighth: Mutiara Impian (Pg) 6 Hamzah Machang (Kel) 3.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Anderson the best bet
PERAK'S Anderson and Seberang Temerloh of Pahang will battle for the Champion Schools hockey title at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium today.
Anderson, the favourites, dominated and beat Tunku Besar Secondary School (TBSS) of Negri Sembilan 3-0 in the semi-finals yesterday.
And Seberang Temerloh beat Khir Johari of Kedah 2-0 in the other semi-finals.
The Anderson goals were scored by Zakwan Badaruddin (fourth), Jasdev Singh (29th) and Zainol Akmal (48th). The Perak school have entered the final without losing a single match, and look the better side to lift the title.
However, Seberang Temerloh are looking forward to playing in the final, as they have plans to lift the title they last won in 2006.
"We were the champions in 2006 in Kedah, and are looking forward to another exciting outing tomorrow (today). We have enough players to give Anderson a run for the money," said Temerloh coach Mohamed sufian.
Temerloh had it easy against Khir Johari in the semi-finals, and were in total control after Azwan Sulaiman scored a penalty corner goal in the second minute.
But it was a tale of missed sitters, until the 61st minute when Hafiz Zainol consolidated their position, and they sailed into the final.
"With all my players available for the final, and the semi-finals not a taxing one, we will give our best to take the trophy back to Pahang," said Sufian.
RESULTS: Semi-finals -- Seberang Temerloh (Pah) 2 Khir Johari (Kedah) 0, Anderson (Pk) 3 Tunku Besar Secondary School (Negri) 0.
Fifth-Eighth: Mutiara Impian (Pg) 2 Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh) 4, St John (KL) 5 Hamzah Machang (Kel) 2.
Ninth-10th: Armed Forces 1 Seksyen II (Sel) 3.
TODAY: Final -- Seberang Temerloh (Pah) v Anderson (Pk) 5pm; Third-Fourth: Khir Johari (Ked) v Tunku Besar Secondary School (Negri) 3pm; Fifth-Sixth: St John (KL) v Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh) 9am; Seventh-Eighth: Hamzah Machang (Kel) v Mutiara Impian (Pg).
Anderson, the favourites, dominated and beat Tunku Besar Secondary School (TBSS) of Negri Sembilan 3-0 in the semi-finals yesterday.
And Seberang Temerloh beat Khir Johari of Kedah 2-0 in the other semi-finals.
The Anderson goals were scored by Zakwan Badaruddin (fourth), Jasdev Singh (29th) and Zainol Akmal (48th). The Perak school have entered the final without losing a single match, and look the better side to lift the title.
However, Seberang Temerloh are looking forward to playing in the final, as they have plans to lift the title they last won in 2006.
"We were the champions in 2006 in Kedah, and are looking forward to another exciting outing tomorrow (today). We have enough players to give Anderson a run for the money," said Temerloh coach Mohamed sufian.
Temerloh had it easy against Khir Johari in the semi-finals, and were in total control after Azwan Sulaiman scored a penalty corner goal in the second minute.
But it was a tale of missed sitters, until the 61st minute when Hafiz Zainol consolidated their position, and they sailed into the final.
"With all my players available for the final, and the semi-finals not a taxing one, we will give our best to take the trophy back to Pahang," said Sufian.
RESULTS: Semi-finals -- Seberang Temerloh (Pah) 2 Khir Johari (Kedah) 0, Anderson (Pk) 3 Tunku Besar Secondary School (Negri) 0.
Fifth-Eighth: Mutiara Impian (Pg) 2 Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh) 4, St John (KL) 5 Hamzah Machang (Kel) 2.
Ninth-10th: Armed Forces 1 Seksyen II (Sel) 3.
TODAY: Final -- Seberang Temerloh (Pah) v Anderson (Pk) 5pm; Third-Fourth: Khir Johari (Ked) v Tunku Besar Secondary School (Negri) 3pm; Fifth-Sixth: St John (KL) v Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh) 9am; Seventh-Eighth: Hamzah Machang (Kel) v Mutiara Impian (Pg).
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
TBS scrape into semis
PERAK'S Anderson School will square off against Tunku Besar
Secondary School (TBSS) of Negri Sembilan in the semi-finals
of the Champions School hockey tournament at the Kuala Lumpur
HA stadium today.
Anderson topped group B as the only unbeaten team in the
tournament with 12 points, while TBSS drew 2-2 with Hamzah
Machang of Kelantan to end second in Group A.
The other semi-finals will be between Seberang Temerloh of
Pahang and Khir Johari of Kedah.
Yesterday, in their final pool match, Anderson beat Seksyen
II of Selangor 1-0: "We rested some of the key players, and
told the others to take it easy against Selangor because we
had already qualified for the semi-finals before the match.
"And since the semi-finals is tomorrow (today) it would
have been foolish to stress out the players anyway," said
Anderson team manager Asrul Izraai.
TBSS coach M. Vivekananda is looking for an upset:
"Anderson have yet to draw or lose a match in this tournament
so I expect a tough semi-finals. However, we will be looking
forward to improve on our semis target, and play in the
final."
The Anderson winner against selangor was delivered by
Sofian Kamaruddim (58th).
TBSS took the lead off Shahrir Ariff in the eight minute,
only to see it cancelled by Machang's Izhharuddin Zain in the
55th minute. The Negri school again took the lead in the 60th
minute off R. Satish, but a 70th minute strike by Nur
Badruzzaman saw they share points, but it was enough to take
Negri into the semi-finals.
Pahang's Seberang Temerloh went on a 6-2 rampage to shut
out Mutiara Impian of Penang from the semi-finals.
In the last match of the day, St John of Kuala Lumpur and
Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor played to a 3-3 draw, which gave
Khir Johari the bbreak they needed to play in the semis.
RESULTS: Group A -- Hamzah Machang (Kel) 2 Tunku Besar
Secondary School (Negri) 2, Mutiara Impian (Pg) 2 Seberang
Temerloh (Pah) 6.
GROUP B: Anderson (Pk) 1 Seksyen II (Sel) 0, Sultan Abu
Bakar (Joh) 3 St John (KL) 3.
TODAY: Semi-finals -- Seberang Temerloh (Pah) v Khir Johari
(Kedah) 5pm, Anderson (Pk) v Tunku Besar Secondary School
(Negri) 7pm.
Fifth-Eighth: Mutiara Impian (Pg) v Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh)
7am, St John (KL) v Hamzah Machang (Kel) 9am.
Ninth-10th: Armed Forces v Seksyen II (Sel) 3pm.
FINAL STANDINGS
GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts
PAHANG 4 3 0 1 12 4 9
NEGRI 4 2 1 1 12 5 7
PENANG 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
KELANTAN 4 1 2 1 3 8 5
ARMED FORCES 4 0 0 4 1 14 0
GROUP B
P W D L F A PTS
PERAK 4 4 0 0 14 2 12
KEDAH 4 2 0 2 7 8 6
K LUMPUR 4 1 1 2 10 13 4
JOHOR 4 1 1 2 6 11 4
SELANGOR 4 1 0 3 5 8 3
Secondary School (TBSS) of Negri Sembilan in the semi-finals
of the Champions School hockey tournament at the Kuala Lumpur
HA stadium today.
Anderson topped group B as the only unbeaten team in the
tournament with 12 points, while TBSS drew 2-2 with Hamzah
Machang of Kelantan to end second in Group A.
The other semi-finals will be between Seberang Temerloh of
Pahang and Khir Johari of Kedah.
Yesterday, in their final pool match, Anderson beat Seksyen
II of Selangor 1-0: "We rested some of the key players, and
told the others to take it easy against Selangor because we
had already qualified for the semi-finals before the match.
"And since the semi-finals is tomorrow (today) it would
have been foolish to stress out the players anyway," said
Anderson team manager Asrul Izraai.
TBSS coach M. Vivekananda is looking for an upset:
"Anderson have yet to draw or lose a match in this tournament
so I expect a tough semi-finals. However, we will be looking
forward to improve on our semis target, and play in the
final."
The Anderson winner against selangor was delivered by
Sofian Kamaruddim (58th).
TBSS took the lead off Shahrir Ariff in the eight minute,
only to see it cancelled by Machang's Izhharuddin Zain in the
55th minute. The Negri school again took the lead in the 60th
minute off R. Satish, but a 70th minute strike by Nur
Badruzzaman saw they share points, but it was enough to take
Negri into the semi-finals.
Pahang's Seberang Temerloh went on a 6-2 rampage to shut
out Mutiara Impian of Penang from the semi-finals.
In the last match of the day, St John of Kuala Lumpur and
Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor played to a 3-3 draw, which gave
Khir Johari the bbreak they needed to play in the semis.
RESULTS: Group A -- Hamzah Machang (Kel) 2 Tunku Besar
Secondary School (Negri) 2, Mutiara Impian (Pg) 2 Seberang
Temerloh (Pah) 6.
GROUP B: Anderson (Pk) 1 Seksyen II (Sel) 0, Sultan Abu
Bakar (Joh) 3 St John (KL) 3.
TODAY: Semi-finals -- Seberang Temerloh (Pah) v Khir Johari
(Kedah) 5pm, Anderson (Pk) v Tunku Besar Secondary School
(Negri) 7pm.
Fifth-Eighth: Mutiara Impian (Pg) v Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh)
7am, St John (KL) v Hamzah Machang (Kel) 9am.
Ninth-10th: Armed Forces v Seksyen II (Sel) 3pm.
FINAL STANDINGS
GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts
PAHANG 4 3 0 1 12 4 9
NEGRI 4 2 1 1 12 5 7
PENANG 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
KELANTAN 4 1 2 1 3 8 5
ARMED FORCES 4 0 0 4 1 14 0
GROUP B
P W D L F A PTS
PERAK 4 4 0 0 14 2 12
KEDAH 4 2 0 2 7 8 6
K LUMPUR 4 1 1 2 10 13 4
JOHOR 4 1 1 2 6 11 4
SELANGOR 4 1 0 3 5 8 3
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Perak qualify for semis
PERAK'S Anderson School hammered St John of Kuala Lumpur 5-1
to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champion Schools hockey
tournament at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium yesterday.
Perak, in Group B, are unbeaten after three matches, and
will wrap-up their fixtures against Seksyen II of Selangor
today.
Anderson started the goal-count in the 10th minute, when
their skipper Jasdev Singh scored off a penalty corner, and
the other goals were scored by Norazmirul Azman (16th),
Zainol Akmal (42nd), Firdaus Sidek (48th) and Rasyid Hazar
(59th). The St John goal was scored by Harith Rosli in the
54th minute.
In another Group B match, Seksyen II of Selangor shocked
Khir Johari of Kedah 4-0 with goals from Al-Hakim Maula
(25th, 62nd), Nashriq Farhan (35th) and Hafif Elkan (53rd).
In Group A, Tunku Besar Secondary School (TBSS) of Negri
Sembilan blew a chance to qualify for the semi-finals early
when they lost 2-0 to Mutiara Impian of Penang.
Now, TBSS must beat or hold Hamzah Machang of Kelantan to a
draw today to play in the last four. The TBSS defeat has also
thrown the semi-finals tickets wide open, with Negri, Penang,
Kelantan and Pahang all in the hunt to play in the knock-out
stage.
Mutiara Impian scored two late goals off Muhaimin Aziz
(60th) and Rashid Baharom (66th) to top Group A on seven
points.
In the last match of the day, Pahang beat Armed Forces 2-0
with goals from Hafiz Zainol (28th) and Zulhannan Mazlan
(47th) to keep their semis hopes alive.
RESULTS -- GROUP A: Mutiara Impian (Pg) 2 Tunku Besar Tampin
(NS) 0, Seberang Temerloh 2 Armed Forces 0; Group B: Anderson
(Pk) 5 St John (KL) 1, Seksyen II (Sel) 4 Khir Johari (Ked)
0.
TODAY: Group A -- Hamzah Machang (Kel) v Tunku Besar
Secondary School (Negri) 7.30am, Mutiara Impian (Pg) v
Seberang Temerloh (Pah) 9.30am.
GROUP B: Anderson (Pk) v Seksyen II (Sel) 3.30pm, Sultan
Abu Bakar (Joh) v St John (KL) 5.30pm.
GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts
PENANG 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
NEGRI 3 2 0 1 10 3 6
PAHANG 3 2 0 1 6 2 6
KELANTAN 3 1 1 1 1 6 4
ARMED FORCES 4 0 0 4 1 14 0
GROUP B
P W D L F A PTS
PERAK 3 3 0 0 13 2 9
KEDAH 4 2 0 2 7 8 6
SELANGOR 3 1 0 2 5 7 3
K LUMPUR 3 1 0 2 7 10 3
JOHOR 3 1 0 2 3 8 3
to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champion Schools hockey
tournament at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium yesterday.
Perak, in Group B, are unbeaten after three matches, and
will wrap-up their fixtures against Seksyen II of Selangor
today.
Anderson started the goal-count in the 10th minute, when
their skipper Jasdev Singh scored off a penalty corner, and
the other goals were scored by Norazmirul Azman (16th),
Zainol Akmal (42nd), Firdaus Sidek (48th) and Rasyid Hazar
(59th). The St John goal was scored by Harith Rosli in the
54th minute.
In another Group B match, Seksyen II of Selangor shocked
Khir Johari of Kedah 4-0 with goals from Al-Hakim Maula
(25th, 62nd), Nashriq Farhan (35th) and Hafif Elkan (53rd).
In Group A, Tunku Besar Secondary School (TBSS) of Negri
Sembilan blew a chance to qualify for the semi-finals early
when they lost 2-0 to Mutiara Impian of Penang.
Now, TBSS must beat or hold Hamzah Machang of Kelantan to a
draw today to play in the last four. The TBSS defeat has also
thrown the semi-finals tickets wide open, with Negri, Penang,
Kelantan and Pahang all in the hunt to play in the knock-out
stage.
Mutiara Impian scored two late goals off Muhaimin Aziz
(60th) and Rashid Baharom (66th) to top Group A on seven
points.
In the last match of the day, Pahang beat Armed Forces 2-0
with goals from Hafiz Zainol (28th) and Zulhannan Mazlan
(47th) to keep their semis hopes alive.
RESULTS -- GROUP A: Mutiara Impian (Pg) 2 Tunku Besar Tampin
(NS) 0, Seberang Temerloh 2 Armed Forces 0; Group B: Anderson
(Pk) 5 St John (KL) 1, Seksyen II (Sel) 4 Khir Johari (Ked)
0.
TODAY: Group A -- Hamzah Machang (Kel) v Tunku Besar
Secondary School (Negri) 7.30am, Mutiara Impian (Pg) v
Seberang Temerloh (Pah) 9.30am.
GROUP B: Anderson (Pk) v Seksyen II (Sel) 3.30pm, Sultan
Abu Bakar (Joh) v St John (KL) 5.30pm.
GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts
PENANG 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
NEGRI 3 2 0 1 10 3 6
PAHANG 3 2 0 1 6 2 6
KELANTAN 3 1 1 1 1 6 4
ARMED FORCES 4 0 0 4 1 14 0
GROUP B
P W D L F A PTS
PERAK 3 3 0 0 13 2 9
KEDAH 4 2 0 2 7 8 6
SELANGOR 3 1 0 2 5 7 3
K LUMPUR 3 1 0 2 7 10 3
JOHOR 3 1 0 2 3 8 3
Monday, August 3, 2009
TBSS impress in 2-1 win
TUNKU BESAR Secondary School (TBSS) of Negri Sembilan came back from a goal down, to beat Seberang Temerloh of Pahang 2-1 in Group A of the Champion Schools at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium yesterday.
And TBSS will be out to seal their semi-finals ticket when they square off against Mutiara Impian of Penang today. But if they falter, they will have to beat defending champions Hamzah Machang of Kelantan on Wednesday.
The match was evently matched into the breather, but Seberang Temerloh took the lead off an Ikhwan Manshor penalty corner in the 58th minute, only to see TBSS equalise three minutes later off a field attempt by Ikhwan Ishak.
The match was heading towards a draw, but a 66th minute field goal by Shahir Arif handed TBSS three valuable points.
"We have two tough matches back-to back after this, and need to keep our momentum to play in the semi-finals. Penang and Kelantan are both formidable opponents, and we need to play much better than the previous two matches to beat them," said TBSS coach M. Vivekananda.
In another Group A match, Hamzah Machang could only beat Armed Forces 2-0, while their final pool opponents TBSS had hammered the Army boys 8-0.
Hamzah got their goals off Nur Badruzzaman (31st) and Faizal Razab (70th). In Group B, St John of Kuala Lumpur beat Seksyen 11 of Selangor 4-0 with goals from R. Ramesh (40th), Ahmad Kafeel (58th), Joel van Huizen (65th) and A. Kaartheik (67th).
RESULTS: GROUP A -- Tunku Besar Tampin (NS) 2 Seberang Temerloh (Pah) 1, Armed Forces 0 Hamzah Machang (Kel) 2.
GROUP B: St John (KL) 4 Seksyen II (Sel) 0, Khir Johari (Ked) 1 Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh) 0.
TODAY -- GROUP A: Mutiara Impian (Pg) v Tunku Besar Tampin (NS) 3.30pm, Seberang Temerloh v Armed Forces (5.30pm); Group B: Anderson (Pk) v St John (KL) 7.30am, Seksyen II (Sel) v Khir Johari (Ked) 9.30pm.
GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts
NEGRI 2 2 0 0 10 1 6
PENANG 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
KELANTAN 3 1 1 1 1 6 4
PAHANG 2 1 0 1 4 2 3
ARMED FORCES 3 0 0 3 1 12 0
GROUP B
P W D L F A PTS
PERAK 2 2 0 0 8 1 6
KEDAH 3 2 0 1 7 4 6
K LUMPUR 2 1 0 1 6 5 3
JOHOR 3 1 0 2 3 8 3
SELANGOR 2 0 0 2 1 7 0
And TBSS will be out to seal their semi-finals ticket when they square off against Mutiara Impian of Penang today. But if they falter, they will have to beat defending champions Hamzah Machang of Kelantan on Wednesday.
The match was evently matched into the breather, but Seberang Temerloh took the lead off an Ikhwan Manshor penalty corner in the 58th minute, only to see TBSS equalise three minutes later off a field attempt by Ikhwan Ishak.
The match was heading towards a draw, but a 66th minute field goal by Shahir Arif handed TBSS three valuable points.
"We have two tough matches back-to back after this, and need to keep our momentum to play in the semi-finals. Penang and Kelantan are both formidable opponents, and we need to play much better than the previous two matches to beat them," said TBSS coach M. Vivekananda.
In another Group A match, Hamzah Machang could only beat Armed Forces 2-0, while their final pool opponents TBSS had hammered the Army boys 8-0.
Hamzah got their goals off Nur Badruzzaman (31st) and Faizal Razab (70th). In Group B, St John of Kuala Lumpur beat Seksyen 11 of Selangor 4-0 with goals from R. Ramesh (40th), Ahmad Kafeel (58th), Joel van Huizen (65th) and A. Kaartheik (67th).
RESULTS: GROUP A -- Tunku Besar Tampin (NS) 2 Seberang Temerloh (Pah) 1, Armed Forces 0 Hamzah Machang (Kel) 2.
GROUP B: St John (KL) 4 Seksyen II (Sel) 0, Khir Johari (Ked) 1 Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh) 0.
TODAY -- GROUP A: Mutiara Impian (Pg) v Tunku Besar Tampin (NS) 3.30pm, Seberang Temerloh v Armed Forces (5.30pm); Group B: Anderson (Pk) v St John (KL) 7.30am, Seksyen II (Sel) v Khir Johari (Ked) 9.30pm.
GROUP A
P W D L F A Pts
NEGRI 2 2 0 0 10 1 6
PENANG 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
KELANTAN 3 1 1 1 1 6 4
PAHANG 2 1 0 1 4 2 3
ARMED FORCES 3 0 0 3 1 12 0
GROUP B
P W D L F A PTS
PERAK 2 2 0 0 8 1 6
KEDAH 3 2 0 1 7 4 6
K LUMPUR 2 1 0 1 6 5 3
JOHOR 3 1 0 2 3 8 3
SELANGOR 2 0 0 2 1 7 0
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