Tenaga Nasional snatch Charity Shield

Crash: Tenaga’s Mohd Fikri Ramli collides with Sapura’s Mohd Marhan Jalil (centre) during their MHL Premier Division match on Friday. STARpic

TENAGA Nasional won the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) Premier Divison Charity Shield match last night when they beat Sapura 3-1 at the Tun Razak Stadium.
The match will also carry points for the MHL, which is a six-team tournament this season.
The first half was a drab affair as both teams were cautious in their approach and the score remained 0-0, with not a single penalty corner won by both teams.
However, TNB took the lead two minutes into the second half off their first penalty corner when Amin Rahim flicked in beat goalkeeper Nasihin Nubli.
The goal opened up the match, and Sapura won their first penalty corner and Ahmad Kazamirul equalised in the 43rd minute.
Tenaga rose to the occassion and scored two more goals off Izwan Firdaus (57th) and Fairuz Ramli (63rd) to seal the Charity Shield.
Today, three matches will be held at the Tun Razak Stadium, with Nur Insafi being the drawcard as they will be parading 16 foreigners this season and Sapura will be their first challenge.
TODAY: Maybank v UniKL (4.30pm), KL Hockey Club v TNB (6.30pm), Nur Isafi v Sapura (8.30pm). All matches at the Tun Razak Stadium.

Penang the best bet

NEGRI Sembilan will square off against defending cham pions Perak in the semi-finals of the National Under-14 hockey tournament at the Kuantan stadium today.
In the other semi-finals, silver medallists Kuala Lumpur will be up against a top-flight Penang side.
Yesterday, Negri took the last Group match against Malac ca as a warm-up to the semis, and lost 2-1. However, they had already sealed the top spot in Group B a day earlier.
Penang, the only unbeaten team in the tournament, beat Perlis 1-0 with the goal coming in the eighth minute from a penalty corner attempt by Izadi ismail.
On paper, Penang are the early favourites, while the Perak- Negri Sembilan match is expected to go to the wire.
RESULTS: Group A: Penang 1 Perlis 0, Kelantan 5 Pahang 2; Group B: Selangor 6 Terengganu 0, Malacca 2 Negri Sembilan 1.
TODAY: Semi-finals: Penang v Kuala Lumpur (3pm), Negri Sembilan v Perak (5pm).



STANDINGS

GROUP A
P W D L F A PTS
PENANG 4 4 0 0 13 4 12
PERAK 4 3 0 1 10 5 9
KELANTAN 4 2 0 2 15 9 6
PERLIS 4 1 0 3 1 10 3
PAHANG 4 0 0 4 4 17 0


GROUP B
P W D L F A PTS
NEGRI 4 3 0 1 10 6 9
K. LUMPUR 4 2 1 1 10 4 7
SELANGOR 4 1 2 1 11 6 5
TERENGGANU 4 1 0 3 5 18 3
MALACCA 4 1 1 2 5 7 4

Oltmans: Malaysia were only approaching me

Translated by Hockey-Asia.com

Former national coach and present coach of Laren, Roelant Oltmans was the last days in Malaysia to think about the hockey future of that nation.

On request of the new technical manager of the MHF Oltmans connected himself to a think tank, which should bring Malaysia back to the Olympic level. Although Oltmans had all the chances to give his business card, he estimates his future still with Hockey Club Laren.

The Malaysian newspapers were however very busy by speculating.

Oltmans supposed to be in Kuala Lumpur to sign his contract as national coach. But that wasn’t the case.

I have done several suggestions. Above all my name is mentioned, but also of many other national coaches, Oltmans said.

Besides his job at Laren Oltmans has a part-time position at the NOC/NSF, the Dutch National Olympic Council.

"Unless Malaysia comes with a real unbelievable super offer, then I would not say no on forehand”

Then you think about it, but as the cards are right now, I stay in the Netherlands. I like it here in the Netherlands.

The MHF has their next meeting scheduled on 13th of December.
Then things are clearer about the national coach.

Source The Telegraph – Amsterdam The Netherlands

Negri romp, KL sneak into semi-finals

NEGRI Sembilan romped into the semi-finals from Group A with one match in hand when they beat Terengganu 3-1 in the National Under-14 tournament in Kuantan yesterday.
And the Negri toast was Fahkrul Razi who scored a brace in the 29th and 63rd minutes, after Mohamed Ikwan Ishak gave them the lead in the eight minute.
Mohamed Firas scored the Terengganu goal.
Negri have nine points after three matches, and wrap-up the fixtures against Malacca today.
Kuala Lumpur lived on to play in the semi-finals from Group B when play was stopped after the City boys took a 2- 0 lead.
The match was 10 minutes into the second half, and torrential rail caused it to be abandoned in favour of KL who sneaked into the semis on seven points.
In Group A, Penang and Perak booked their semi-finals slots on nine points, but Penang still have a match in hand against Perlis today to top the group.
RESULTS: Pahang 0 Perlis 1, Kelantan 2 Perak 3; Group B: Malacca 0 Kuala Lumpur 2, Negri Sembilan 3 Terengganu 1.
TODAY: Group A: Penang v Perlis (3pm), Kelantan v Pahang (5pm); Group B: Selangor v Terengganu (3pm), Malacca v Negri Sembilan (5pm).


STANDINGS

GROUP A
P W D L F A PTS
PENANG 3 3 0 0 12 4 9
PERAK 4 3 0 1 10 5 9
KELANTAN 3 1 0 2 10 7 3
PERLIS 3 1 0 2 1 9 3
PAHANG 3 0 0 3 2 12 0


ROUP B
P W D L F A PTS
NEGRI 3 3 0 0 9 4 9
K. LUMPUR 4 2 1 1 10 4 7
TERENGGANU 3 1 0 2 5 12 3
SELANGOR 3 0 2 1 5 6 2
MALACCA 3 0 1 2 3 6 1

Oltmans says No to Malaysia

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LAREN - Trainer Roelant Oltmans I was last weekend in Malaysia for discussions with the MHF.

But the hockey coach says just to stay at Dutch national league club Laren.
Malaysian newspapers announced that the coming of Roelant Oltmans was almost a done deal.

Back in the Netherlands Oltmans denied this. I have spoken to some people over there how they can work to get connected to the World Top

First MHF need to make a plan, after that names can be filled in.
It is not totally this far. “I just stay at Laren, nothing else is raise a matter.”

Source Gooi and Eemlander