UMPIRE K. Lingam trying to restrain Nur Insafi's K. Keevan Raj from attacking him in the match against Maybank at the Tun Razak Stadium. Keevan was flashed the red card, and his team lost 4-1 and were bundled out of the quarter-finals.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Nur Insafi see red, out of last eight
UMPIRE K. Lingam trying to restrain Nur Insafi's K. Keevan Raj from attacking him in the match against Maybank at the Tun Razak Stadium. Keevan was flashed the red card, and his team lost 4-1 and were bundled out of the quarter-finals.
KLHC lift League title with 2spares
KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) were made to
sweat for 37 minutes, before Nur Insafi cracked 5-0
to hand them their sixth League title in the Premier
Division of the Malaysia Hockey League yesterday.
Four of the titles (three League and one Overall)
came under the Ernst & Young banner, while the
other two League titles from the evolved KLHC.
The League title and RM60,000 was won with two
matches to spare, against Armed Froces-Airod
today and Tenaga Nasional next weekend.
However, KLHC must have broken into cold
sweat in the dressing room, as the score stood at
0-0 at the half-time hooter.
But former national player Chua Boon Huat gave
them a lifeline with a 37th minute field goal, his
13th this season, and forced the flood-gates open
wide.
The other goals came easy with Tengku Ahmad
Tajuddin scoring back-to-back in the 39th and 45th
minutes, while Amerullah Aziz (50th) and Ahmad
Anuar (55th).
KLHC team manager George Koshy was a little
worried initially, but a half-time lecture in the
dressing room did the trick.
"It was close in the first half as Nur Insafi had
their chances, but a 'good lecture' in the dressing
room woke them up and now we will have to work
towards lifting the Overall title," said George.
On players: "Chua and Ismail (Abu) who are both
former players, contributed immensely in our
campaign and took some of the burden off the
regular goalscorers in the national team like
Tengku (Ahmad Tajuddin)," said George.
"We expected a defeat anyway as KLHC are too
strong for any team in this tournament, and are not
overly worried, as our target is to beat Maybank
(today) and confirm our spot in the quarter-finals,"
said team manager S. Thaitchana.
The first match saw a bizzare ending as
bottom-of-the-table UiTM beat Yayasan Negri
Sembilan (YNS) 3-2 in a rain interrupted match.
Torrential rain stopped play in the 45th minute,
and UiTM were spared the agony of playing the
remaining 25 minutes because they only had two
reserves as eight players could not make it for the
match.
UiTM goals were scored by Ikmal Jabar (10th),
Rashid Baharom (33rd) and Faheed Saifullah (42nd).
YNS, who had the full squad as all their Pakistan
players had returned after playing in a domestic
tournament, got their goals off Pakistanis'
Muhammad Imran (seventh) and Shakeel Abbasi
(29th).
PREMIER DIVISION: RESULTS -- UiTM 3 Yayasan
Negri Sembilan 2, Nur Insafi 0 Kuala Lumpur
Hockey Club 5, UniKL 1 Tenaga Nasional 5, Sapura
4 Maybank 0.
TODAY: Nur Insafi v Maybank (4pm), UiTM v
Tenaga Nasional (6pm), Armed Forces-Airod v
Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (8pm), UniKL v Sapura
(KLHA, 6.30pm).
*All other matches at the Tun Razak Stadium.
DIVISION ONE: Results -- Malacca CC 1 Ipoh City
Hall 1, Universiti Sains Malaysia 0 Bukit Jalil
Sports School 5, UniTen 0 Bandar Penawar Sports
School 5.
Sunday: Malacca CC v Bukit Jalil Sports School
(Malacca, 5pm), Universiti Sains Malaysia v Bandar
Penawar Sports School (USM, 5pm), UniTen v
Armed Forces Juniors (KLHA, 5pm).
PREMIER DIVISION
P W D L F A Pt
KLHC 14 12 1 1 65 19 37
TNB 14 10 1 3 42 17 31
UNIKL 14 8 3 3 25 23 27
SAPURA 14 9 0 5 39 26 27
YNS 15 7 0 8 44 41 21
NUR INSAFI 15 4 2 9 26 47 14
MAYBANK 14 3 3 8 14 24 12
ATM 14 3 0 11 17 50 9
UITM 14 3 0 11 21 46 9
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pt
ATM JNR 10 9 1 0 27 7 28
BPSS 10 6 0 4 21 15 18
BJSS 10 5 1 4 24 13 16
MALACCA CC 11 5 1 5 15 13 16
IPOH CH 12 4 3 5 19 24 15
USM 11 3 0 8 16 33 9
UNITEN 10 1 2 7 9 26 5
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pt
ATM JNR 10 9 1 0 27 7 28
BPSS 10 6 0 4 21 15 18
BJSS 10 5 1 4 24 13 16
MALACCA CC 11 5 1 5 15 13 16
IPOH CH 12 4 3 5 19 24 15
USM 11 3 0 8 16 33 9
UNITEN 10 1 2 7 9 26 5
Friday, February 18, 2011
109th Amateur Open in Malacca
THE Malaysian Golf Association (MGA) will be
organising the prestigious 109th Malaysian Amateur
Open in Malacca on May 19-22 at the A’Famosa Golf
Resort.
Attracting participants mainly from the
Asia-Pacific region, Malaysian contenders are no
more accorded automatic entry as they are required
to qualify through the Sabah Amateur Open,
Sarawak Amateur Open and Malaysian Amateur
Close tournaments.
“The MGA is working towards achieving the target
of having Malaysian champions in both the
men’s and the newly launched women's division. It
has been a while since we’ve had a Malaysian
name engraved on the championship trophy,” said
MGA President, Datuk Robin Loh.
“As locals no longer enjoy automatic entry, the MAO
is a culmination of the qualifying rounds
for the Peninsular (45th Malaysian Amateur Close
scheduled for April 5-7), Sabah Amateur Open
(April 22-24) and Sarawak Amateur Open (May
13-15).”
Since its inauguration in 1894, the Malaysian
Amateur Open Golf Championship has gone through
several transformations in name, challenge
trophies, title sponsors and format of play.
This will be only the third edition that will include a
women's division after it was introduced at
the 107th Malaysian Amateur Open at the Kelab
Golf Sarawak in 2009.
R. Nachimuthu was the last Malaysian to have won
the title when the championship was held at
the Kelab Golf Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah in 1997.
There have been several near-misses for our
players as was the case with Iylia Jamil finishing
runner-up to champion Mhark Fernando
of the Philippines at the Damai Laut Golf & Country
Club last year.
In the ladies’ division, 17-year-old Thidapa
Suwannapura from Thailand overcame a
threestroke
deficit in the final round to clinch the title by two
shots over compatriot Yupaporn
Kawinpakorn with our national player Kelly Tan
finishing third in the 2010 edition.
organising the prestigious 109th Malaysian Amateur
Open in Malacca on May 19-22 at the A’Famosa Golf
Resort.
Attracting participants mainly from the
Asia-Pacific region, Malaysian contenders are no
more accorded automatic entry as they are required
to qualify through the Sabah Amateur Open,
Sarawak Amateur Open and Malaysian Amateur
Close tournaments.
“The MGA is working towards achieving the target
of having Malaysian champions in both the
men’s and the newly launched women's division. It
has been a while since we’ve had a Malaysian
name engraved on the championship trophy,” said
MGA President, Datuk Robin Loh.
“As locals no longer enjoy automatic entry, the MAO
is a culmination of the qualifying rounds
for the Peninsular (45th Malaysian Amateur Close
scheduled for April 5-7), Sabah Amateur Open
(April 22-24) and Sarawak Amateur Open (May
13-15).”
Since its inauguration in 1894, the Malaysian
Amateur Open Golf Championship has gone through
several transformations in name, challenge
trophies, title sponsors and format of play.
This will be only the third edition that will include a
women's division after it was introduced at
the 107th Malaysian Amateur Open at the Kelab
Golf Sarawak in 2009.
R. Nachimuthu was the last Malaysian to have won
the title when the championship was held at
the Kelab Golf Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah in 1997.
There have been several near-misses for our
players as was the case with Iylia Jamil finishing
runner-up to champion Mhark Fernando
of the Philippines at the Damai Laut Golf & Country
Club last year.
In the ladies’ division, 17-year-old Thidapa
Suwannapura from Thailand overcame a
threestroke
deficit in the final round to clinch the title by two
shots over compatriot Yupaporn
Kawinpakorn with our national player Kelly Tan
finishing third in the 2010 edition.
Road Show to promote Malaysian Open
THE Malaysian Open will be celebrating its 50thanniversary this year on a grand scale, with three
Road shows planned from Feb 18.
The show, held in conjunction with the Maybank
Malaysian Open on April 14 -17 April, will start from
the Curve in Kula Lumpur on Feb 18-20, and
participants stand a chance to win a Hyundai
Sonata car.
Themed “It’s All About The Drive”, this road-show
also offers participants a chance to win a four-day
Season Ticket to the Maybank Malaysian Open at
the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (KLGCC).
In addition, winning participants will also stand
the chance to win a Hyundai Sonata on the final day
of the Maybank Malaysian Open.
This road-show is one of three planned in the lead
up to the nation’s premier golf tournament.
The next Road Shows are scheduled to take place
on March 23-27 at Mid Valley and on March 30-April
4 April at One Utama shopping centre respectively.
To participate in the “It’s All About The Drive”
contest, visit the road-show at The Curve and sink a
putt to win a four-day Season Ticket. Ticket holders
must attend all four days of the tournament and
collect four stamps in total.
On the fourth day, the qualified ticket holder must
sink all three putts consecutively in order to win
the car.
This is one of the many activities planned for the
upcoming Maybank Malaysian Open 2011.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Make-or-break for UniKL
KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) are almost a sure bet to lift the League title today, but the second spot in the Premier Division of the Malaysia Hockey League is still a toss between three teams.
And UniKL, last season’s wooden spoonists, will have the steepest climb to finish second as they face Charity Shield champions Tenaga Nasional, and then Sapura is what could be a make-or-break weekend for the University side.
Tenaga Nasional, in second spot now, have the easiest passage as if they beat UniKl, they only have to beat bottom of the table UiTM to claim the spot.
As for KLHC, they are poised to win their sixth League title when they play Nur Insafi today. Four of the titles were won under the Ernst & Young banner, while the recent two were under KLHC.
UniKL manager Amir Azhar was modest about his pre dictions, even though his side beat TNB and Sapura by 2-1 scores in the first leg.
“Going by the first leg results, we should be the favourites as we beat both the teams. However, I believe it would be difficult to repeat both the feats as we have lost two influential players, while another is injured,” said Amir.
UniKL will still not have the services of their top scorer Richard Patherick who scored eight, and goalkeeper Stephen Michael as both are still playing with the New Zealand national team.
“We will be playing our fifth and sixth match without them as they had to return to New Zealand and join the national team. Although their presence was sorely felt, we did not lose any matches since.
“Also out hat-trick star (Phillip Stahr), who scored three against Yayasan Negri Sembilan in our 3-2 win, received a nasty knock in the game and needed six stitches on his cheeks.
“He will be playing, but it would be difficult to be his usual self,” said Amir.
And with Khairil Anuar sitting on the bench for picking up demerit points, UniKL will have their backs against the wall this weekend.
PREMIER DIVISION: FRIDAY -- UiTM v Yayasan Negri Sembilan (3.30pm), Nur Insafi v Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (5.15pm), UniKL v Tenaga Nasional (7pm), Sapura v May bank (8.45pm).
Saturday: Nur Insafi v Maybank (4pm), UiTM v Tenaga Nasional (6pm), Armed Forces-Airod v Kuala Lumpur Hock ey Club (8pm), UniKL v Sapura (KLHA, 6.30pm).
*All other matches at the Tun Razak Stadium.
DIVISION ONE: Friday -- Malacca CC v Ipoh City Hall (Malacca, 5pm), Universiti Sains Malaysia v Bukit Jalil Sports School (USM, 5pm), UniTen v Bandar Penawar Sports School (KLHA Stadium, 5pm).
Sunday: Malacca CC v Bukit Jalil Sports School (Malacca, 5pm), Universiti Sains Malaysia v Bandar Penawar Sports School (USM, 5pm), UniTen v Armed Forces Juniors (KLHA, 5pm).
Feb 25: Bukit Jalil Sports School v UniTen (Ministry of Education Stadium, 5pm), Armed Forces Juniors v Bandar Penawar Sports School (Tun Razak Stadium, 5pm).
PREMIER DIVISION
P W D L F A Pt
KLHC 13 11 1 1 60 19 34
TNB 13 9 1 3 37 16 28
UNIKL 13 8 3 2 24 18 27
SAPURA 13 8 0 5 35 26 24
YNS 14 7 0 7 42 38 21
NUR INSAFI 14 4 2 8 26 42 14
MAYBANK 13 3 3 7 14 20 12
ATM 14 3 0 11 17 50 9
UITM 13 2 0 11 18 44 6
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pt
ATM JNR 10 9 1 0 27 7 28
BPSS 9 5 0 4 16 15 15
MALACCA CC 10 5 0 5 14 12 15
IPOH CH 11 4 2 5 18 23 14
BJSS 9 4 1 4 19 13 13
USM 10 3 0 7 16 28 9
UNITEN 9 1 2 6 9 21 5
And UniKL, last season’s wooden spoonists, will have the steepest climb to finish second as they face Charity Shield champions Tenaga Nasional, and then Sapura is what could be a make-or-break weekend for the University side.
Tenaga Nasional, in second spot now, have the easiest passage as if they beat UniKl, they only have to beat bottom of the table UiTM to claim the spot.
As for KLHC, they are poised to win their sixth League title when they play Nur Insafi today. Four of the titles were won under the Ernst & Young banner, while the recent two were under KLHC.
UniKL manager Amir Azhar was modest about his pre dictions, even though his side beat TNB and Sapura by 2-1 scores in the first leg.
“Going by the first leg results, we should be the favourites as we beat both the teams. However, I believe it would be difficult to repeat both the feats as we have lost two influential players, while another is injured,” said Amir.
UniKL will still not have the services of their top scorer Richard Patherick who scored eight, and goalkeeper Stephen Michael as both are still playing with the New Zealand national team.
“We will be playing our fifth and sixth match without them as they had to return to New Zealand and join the national team. Although their presence was sorely felt, we did not lose any matches since.
“Also out hat-trick star (Phillip Stahr), who scored three against Yayasan Negri Sembilan in our 3-2 win, received a nasty knock in the game and needed six stitches on his cheeks.
“He will be playing, but it would be difficult to be his usual self,” said Amir.
And with Khairil Anuar sitting on the bench for picking up demerit points, UniKL will have their backs against the wall this weekend.
PREMIER DIVISION: FRIDAY -- UiTM v Yayasan Negri Sembilan (3.30pm), Nur Insafi v Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (5.15pm), UniKL v Tenaga Nasional (7pm), Sapura v May bank (8.45pm).
Saturday: Nur Insafi v Maybank (4pm), UiTM v Tenaga Nasional (6pm), Armed Forces-Airod v Kuala Lumpur Hock ey Club (8pm), UniKL v Sapura (KLHA, 6.30pm).
*All other matches at the Tun Razak Stadium.
DIVISION ONE: Friday -- Malacca CC v Ipoh City Hall (Malacca, 5pm), Universiti Sains Malaysia v Bukit Jalil Sports School (USM, 5pm), UniTen v Bandar Penawar Sports School (KLHA Stadium, 5pm).
Sunday: Malacca CC v Bukit Jalil Sports School (Malacca, 5pm), Universiti Sains Malaysia v Bandar Penawar Sports School (USM, 5pm), UniTen v Armed Forces Juniors (KLHA, 5pm).
Feb 25: Bukit Jalil Sports School v UniTen (Ministry of Education Stadium, 5pm), Armed Forces Juniors v Bandar Penawar Sports School (Tun Razak Stadium, 5pm).
PREMIER DIVISION
P W D L F A Pt
KLHC 13 11 1 1 60 19 34
TNB 13 9 1 3 37 16 28
UNIKL 13 8 3 2 24 18 27
SAPURA 13 8 0 5 35 26 24
YNS 14 7 0 7 42 38 21
NUR INSAFI 14 4 2 8 26 42 14
MAYBANK 13 3 3 7 14 20 12
ATM 14 3 0 11 17 50 9
UITM 13 2 0 11 18 44 6
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pt
ATM JNR 10 9 1 0 27 7 28
BPSS 9 5 0 4 16 15 15
MALACCA CC 10 5 0 5 14 12 15
IPOH CH 11 4 2 5 18 23 14
BJSS 9 4 1 4 19 13 13
USM 10 3 0 7 16 28 9
UNITEN 9 1 2 6 9 21 5
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