Please be aware with regards to a fake Facebook account created using the name of national coach Tai Beng Hai.
He has sent out an email to warn all on the existence and below is a copy of the email that was forwarded by a Journalist to me.
Dear All,
This e-mail is to report and notify that a facebook account has been created using my name with my foto profile.
I do not have a facebook account as per the account Tai Beng Hai. I am worried that the comments will be negative to the National Hockey Team, NSC and MHF.
I will be making a police report to report the abuse.
Thank you All.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
WHAT A SHAME
This is the condition of the Bandar Penawar Sports School pitch. And it is suppose to produce national players of the future. More to follow...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
FITNESS FIRST
The national trainees will undergo a fitness test when they report to camp on March 25. And the results of the fitness test could well determine as to when the national team for the Azlan Shah Cup will be named.
In revealing this, national coach Tai Beng Hai said it was vital to gauge the fitness level before moving on to the tactical and match play preparation.
"We need to test the players first and we are looking at the last week of April in naming the final squad for the Azlan Shah," said Beng Hai.
"I need to hold discussions with Saiful and Stephen in determining the timing."
Beng Hai said that the team will be participating in a Four Nation Tournament in Japan this June before another Four Nation Invitational in Moscow.
For the Japan event, which is scheduled for early June, the other teams are Pakistan, China and hosts Japan.
Beng Hai said while the national players will be released for the Razak Cup proper, their release for the qualifiers seems unlikely as the national team will be in camp.
And talking about the MHL that will commence in September, Beng Hai did this to say;
"The players will need to national camp one day a week and I require a minimum four weeks before the Champions Challenge to prepare the team.
"Anything less then four weeks will mean the squad will not be well prepared hence trying to achieve the target will be difficult."
In revealing this, national coach Tai Beng Hai said it was vital to gauge the fitness level before moving on to the tactical and match play preparation.
"We need to test the players first and we are looking at the last week of April in naming the final squad for the Azlan Shah," said Beng Hai.
"I need to hold discussions with Saiful and Stephen in determining the timing."
Beng Hai said that the team will be participating in a Four Nation Tournament in Japan this June before another Four Nation Invitational in Moscow.
For the Japan event, which is scheduled for early June, the other teams are Pakistan, China and hosts Japan.
Beng Hai said while the national players will be released for the Razak Cup proper, their release for the qualifiers seems unlikely as the national team will be in camp.
And talking about the MHL that will commence in September, Beng Hai did this to say;
"The players will need to national camp one day a week and I require a minimum four weeks before the Champions Challenge to prepare the team.
"Anything less then four weeks will mean the squad will not be well prepared hence trying to achieve the target will be difficult."
Monday, March 21, 2011
Fixture Blunder
Blunder in drawing up the fixtures has moved the qualifiers of the Tun Razak Cup from April to end of May.
Initially the qualifying tournament was to commence on April 2 but with the MJHL ongoing some states threatened to withdraw as they could not utilize the services of players who were representing their clubs in the junior league.
Hence it was then decided that the qualifiers be moved to the end of May with a break in June to accommodate the Under 21 Tournament and the qualifiers are to be completed at the end of June.
This development does not augur well for MHF as they are seen to have developed a flip flop approach and shows that the Competition Committee does not have a firm grip in deciding matters thus even leading for one Secretary to call for the committee to be dissolved.
An official statement on this matter is expected to be made today by MHF but it must be made clear that one persons ignorance and arrogance has put MHF , especially it's hard working Secretary in a difficult position as much time is spent fire fighting.
Initially the qualifying tournament was to commence on April 2 but with the MJHL ongoing some states threatened to withdraw as they could not utilize the services of players who were representing their clubs in the junior league.
Hence it was then decided that the qualifiers be moved to the end of May with a break in June to accommodate the Under 21 Tournament and the qualifiers are to be completed at the end of June.
This development does not augur well for MHF as they are seen to have developed a flip flop approach and shows that the Competition Committee does not have a firm grip in deciding matters thus even leading for one Secretary to call for the committee to be dissolved.
An official statement on this matter is expected to be made today by MHF but it must be made clear that one persons ignorance and arrogance has put MHF , especially it's hard working Secretary in a difficult position as much time is spent fire fighting.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
NATIONAL TEAMS NAMED
There was no place for Ismail Abu in the training squad for the national team that was named despite some strong performances in the recent Malaysian Hockey League.
And the door was also shut on the likes of Khairul Nizam Ibrahim, Jiwa Mohan, Jivan Mohan, Mohd Fikri Bassar, Tajol Rosli Mohammad and Muhd Fairuz who were in the training squad last year.
Also being shown the door were players who withdrew from the national team at one time or another in the likes of Ahmad Kazamirul, Muhammad Shafiq, Hakim Adnan, Mohd Amerullah, Baljit Singh Sarjab Singh, Herwan Pami, Harvinder Singh, Khairul Azrin.
And with the NSC only approving 25 players for the squad, the coaches decided to circumvent it by naming five attachment players.
The national team will participate in the Azlan Shah Cup (5-15 May) and a Four Nation Invitational in June in Moscow. They will also participate in the Champions Challenge in South Africa this November before the Olympic Qualifiers early next year.
National Team
Players from Asian Games
S. Kumar (TNB), Roslan Jamaluddin (KLHC), Muhd Razie Rahim (KLHC), Baljit Singh Charun Singh (TNB), Mohd Madzli Ikmar (TNB), Mohd Amin Rahim (TNB), Azreen Rizal Nasir (Sapura), Mohd Shahrun Nabil Abdullah (KLHC), Muhd Shukri Mutalib (KLHC), Muhammad Marhan Mohd Jalil (Sapura), Nabil Fiqri Mohd Noor, Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin Abdul Jalil (KLHC), Faisal Saari (TNB), Azlan Misron (KLHC), Hafifihafiz Hanafi Maybank), Izwan Firdaus Ahmad Tajuddin (Sapura)
Players Recalled
Kevinder Singh (KLHC), Muhammad Azammi Adabi (TNB)
New Call Up
Muhd Izzat Mohd Rahim (Sapura), Mohd Fitri Abu Bakar (YNS), Shahrin Mohamad (Maybank), Muhd Firhan Ashaari (TNB), Faiz Helmi Jalil (TNB), Muhd Azri Hassan (UniKL), Muhd Rashid Baharom (Uitm)
Attachment Players
Nor Izzat Sumantri (UniKL), Amir Farid Ahmad Fuzi (UniKL), Arief Iskandar Khamdan (UniKL), Mohd Fitri Saari (KLHC), Mohd Noor Faez (KLHC)
Dropped Players
Khairul Nizam Ibrahim, Jiwa Mohan, Jivan Mohan, Mohd Fikri Bassar, Tajol Rosli Mohammad, Muhd Fairuz
Players not considered (who withdrew in September 2010)
Ahmad Kazamirul, Muhammad Shafiq, Hakim Adnan, Mohd Amerullah, Baljit Singh Sarjab Singh, Herwan Pami, Harvinder Singh, Khairul Azrin
Project 2013 Squad
Mohammad Hazrul Faiz Ahmad (BJSS), Norhizzat Sumantri (UniKL), Faiz Helmi Jali (TNB), Shazrul Imran Nazli (UniKL), Muhd Sabri Mohamed (TNB), Shazril Irwan Nazli (Uitm), Mohd Firi Saari (KLHC), Muhd Noor Faez Ibrahim (KLHC), Muhd Taufik Abd Hamid (UniKL), Muhd Firhan Ashaari (TNB), Fathi Kamel Shahrom Jamil (Uitm), Mohd Syamin Mohd Yusof, Hairulnizam Maizan (KLHC), Amir Farid Ahmad Fuzi (UniKL), Mohd Fariq Saadon (TNB), Muhd Hafizuddin Othman (Uitm), Harmesh Singh (MBPJ), Joel Samuel van Huizen (Sapura), Muhammad Ramadhan (UniKL), Arief Iskandar Khamdan (UniKL), Izad Hakimi Jamaluddin (Uitm), Mohd Rashid Baharom (Uitm), Ganeisha Tamil Chelvam (UniKL), Dedi Aryandi (UniKL), Muhd Afif Akmal Salim (Maybank), Mohd Zulhairi Hashim (UniKL), Sharul Azaddin (UniKL), Mohamed Azri (UniKL), Mohamed Shahril Saabah (SSBP), Faheed Saifullah (Uitm), Faizal Saari (TNB), Ahmad Amirul Alias (Uitm), Amirullah Zainol (Nur Insafi), Manraj Singh (Maybank)
Project 2017 Squad
Muhd Fitri Jasni (KL), Muhd Safie Shahrom (KL), Muhd Zulhaziq Hashim (KL), Misniwan Gusni (KL), Atitsha Tamil Chelvam (KL), Ahmad Asyraf Alias (KL), Zulaniq Adib Abdul Razak (KL), Nor Azrul Abdul Rahman (KL), Muhd Amirol Aideed Mohd Arshad (KL), Norsyafiq Sumantri (KL), Zizi Azwan Hassan Basri (KL), Muhd Farhan Danial Zulzairin (KL), Jonathan Anil Bhatti (KL), Muhd Ammar Zahri (Perak), Muhd Khairul Adha Ilyas (Perak), Mohd Zulhamizan Awang Abas (Perak), Muhd Najib Abu Hassan (Perak), Azril Misron (Perak), Muhd Husaini Mohd Husin (Perak), Muhd Ashran Hamsani (Perak), Mohd Helmi Jaafar (Perak), Muhd Hafif Elkan Nordin (Selangor), Nazirul Mubin Zebidi (Selangor), Mohd Hassan Shaherman (Selangor), Mohd Noor Khairul Azri Adnan (Selangor), Rafizul Ezry Mustafa (Selangor), Mohd Shami Ahmad Fozi (Selangor), Muhd Firdaus Omar (Malacca), Muhd Ridzwan Azmi (Malacca), Luqman Nurhakim Saiful (Malacca), Mohd Fahmi Asri Amir (Penang), Muhd Azwar Abdul Rahman (Penang), Abdul Muhaimin Abd Aziz (Penang), Izaidi Ismail (Penang), Muhd Hahmi Azhar Ruddin (Sabah), Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Zain (Kelntan), Muhd Syarifuddin Mohd Zain (Kelantan), Muhd Ashraf Mohd Noor (Kelantan), Sufi Ismat Rohor Amin (Terengganu), Mohd Hanif Hazemi (Kedah), Saravanan Matheyalagan (Kedah), Muhd Najmi Farizal Jazlan (Perlis), Muhd Shabariq Shamsuri (NS), S. Devamoorthy (NS), Muhd Ikhwan Ishak (NS), Kaarul Ariffin Kamaruddin (Johor), Abdul Halim Jalil (Pahang)
Saturday, March 19, 2011
MALACCA QUALIFY FOR FIRST FINAL
Defending champions Kuala Lumpur marched into the final of the National Under 16 Tournament in style as they blanked Kelantan 6-0 in the semi final at the KLHA Stadium in Pantai this evening.
In the other semifinal, Malacca defied all odds to defeat Perak 3-1 on penalty strokes after the match ended in a 1-1 draw. It is the first time that Malacca has qualified for the final.
Goalkeeper Mohd Ridzwan was the toast of the Malacca squad as he saved the third stroke, having psyched the first two Perak flickers, Mohd Khairul Adha Ilyas and Azli Misron to send their flicks wide on either side of the goal. And the attempt by Mohd Helmi Jaafar was saved by Ridzwan.
In contrast Malacca scored through Luqman Nurhakim, Muhd Zairie Nizam and Mohd Firdaus Omar with only Mohd Amirul Aiman failing to find the mark.
Perak took the lead in the 24th minute through Mohd Khairul only to see Malacca draw level in the 62nd minute when Mohd Faid Farhadh converted a penalty corner. Extra time failed to produce a winner and the match was decided on penalty strokes.
Kuala Lumpur thus has made it to four consecutive finals since 2008 and are gunning for their fourth successive trophy. And their march towards the final is all the more impressive given that they have gone 560 minutes without conceding a goal.
As with their preliminary round matches, Kuala Lumpur were slow starters and took more then 15 minutes to settle down.
Their midfield was akin to sleepwalking as Kelantan had more possession but could not convert their domination into goal scoring opportunities.
And once KL went into gear, there was no stopping them. Muhd Farhan Danial converted a penalty corner in the 19th minute to give KL the lead. wo minutes later it was the turn of Atihsha Tamil Chelvam to strike, also off a penalty corner to give the defending champions a 2-0 lead.
When KL scored their third, via Norsyafiq Sumantri in the 23rd minute, all hell broke loose as the Kelantan team walked off the pitch, claiming that the goal should have been disallowed. But umpire Wan Iqmal Hasif was correct in awarding the goal as Norsyafiq’s deflection was towards goal and hit a defenders leg before crossing the goal line.
After a delay of three minutes, the Kelantan players returned to the pitch but KL were not about to ease off as Zizi Azwan Hassan made it 4-0 in the 26th minute.
KL eased off in the second half but were still good enough to add two more goals to their tally through Zulaniq Adib Abd Razak (44th minute) and Atitshha (67th minute) to complete the rout.
Semi Final Results:
Kuala Lumpur 6 Kelantan 0
Malacca 1 Perak 1
(Malacca won 3-1 on penalty strokes)
Fixtures – Sunday
3/4th Placing
1530H – Kelantan v Perak
Final
1730H – Kuala Lumpur v Malacca
In the other semifinal, Malacca defied all odds to defeat Perak 3-1 on penalty strokes after the match ended in a 1-1 draw. It is the first time that Malacca has qualified for the final.
Goalkeeper Mohd Ridzwan was the toast of the Malacca squad as he saved the third stroke, having psyched the first two Perak flickers, Mohd Khairul Adha Ilyas and Azli Misron to send their flicks wide on either side of the goal. And the attempt by Mohd Helmi Jaafar was saved by Ridzwan.
In contrast Malacca scored through Luqman Nurhakim, Muhd Zairie Nizam and Mohd Firdaus Omar with only Mohd Amirul Aiman failing to find the mark.
Perak took the lead in the 24th minute through Mohd Khairul only to see Malacca draw level in the 62nd minute when Mohd Faid Farhadh converted a penalty corner. Extra time failed to produce a winner and the match was decided on penalty strokes.
Kuala Lumpur thus has made it to four consecutive finals since 2008 and are gunning for their fourth successive trophy. And their march towards the final is all the more impressive given that they have gone 560 minutes without conceding a goal.
As with their preliminary round matches, Kuala Lumpur were slow starters and took more then 15 minutes to settle down.
Their midfield was akin to sleepwalking as Kelantan had more possession but could not convert their domination into goal scoring opportunities.
And once KL went into gear, there was no stopping them. Muhd Farhan Danial converted a penalty corner in the 19th minute to give KL the lead. wo minutes later it was the turn of Atihsha Tamil Chelvam to strike, also off a penalty corner to give the defending champions a 2-0 lead.
When KL scored their third, via Norsyafiq Sumantri in the 23rd minute, all hell broke loose as the Kelantan team walked off the pitch, claiming that the goal should have been disallowed. But umpire Wan Iqmal Hasif was correct in awarding the goal as Norsyafiq’s deflection was towards goal and hit a defenders leg before crossing the goal line.
After a delay of three minutes, the Kelantan players returned to the pitch but KL were not about to ease off as Zizi Azwan Hassan made it 4-0 in the 26th minute.
KL eased off in the second half but were still good enough to add two more goals to their tally through Zulaniq Adib Abd Razak (44th minute) and Atitshha (67th minute) to complete the rout.
Semi Final Results:
Kuala Lumpur 6 Kelantan 0
Malacca 1 Perak 1
(Malacca won 3-1 on penalty strokes)
Fixtures – Sunday
3/4th Placing
1530H – Kelantan v Perak
Final
1730H – Kuala Lumpur v Malacca
HOCKEY WEEK
The next ten days will see a flurry of activities in the hockey scenario in Malaysia.
Today will see either KLHC or Sapura be crowned champions of the MHL and at the KLHA Stadium the semis of the National Under 16 Tournament will be held. At 3.30pm KL will take on Kelantan in the first semis while at 5.30pm it will see Malacca battling Perak for the other final spot.
And tomorrow at 5.30pm, the final of the National Under 16 will be held at KLHA Stadium.
On March 22, the logo of the MHF-MILO-NSC Junior Hockey League will be revealed and a day later the Razak Cup will be launched.
And the MJHL gets underway on March 25 with the Razak Cup on April 2.
But behind all these feel good factors, there are voices of discontent within the MHF affiliates.
Top most is the arbitrary manner in which fixtures of the competitions are being drawn up, with no regards given to the teams, and such high handed manner is not going un-noticed.
There is a Competition Committee but it's members are not consulted with regards to the fixtures. One look at the Under 16 fixtures will show you that it's an amateurish attempt and this does not bode well for the Secretariat.
Then there is the issue of Stephen van Huizen, who it seems has stated his case of not being at ease with the job description for the Coordinator job he has been assigned to.
Seems a meeting of the MHF National Team Management Committee will be held soon in an attempt to pacify Stephen. But will it resolve the issue?
Some have labelled Stephen's position as akin to a glorified clerk and looking at the job description, which sorely lacks technical input, the label is not wrong by a mile.
Next we have the case of national team manager, where George Koshy has been asked to take on the task again but has said that he will only decide after the MHL finals.
There are issues with regards to Koshy and certain officials, in addition to him bogged down with his work, but chances are he might not accept the position.
Moving on from there, coaches and affiliates are not too happy that Lim Chiow Chuan has been entrusted with the head honcho job for the Project 2017 squad.
Although the Coaching Chairman Manjit Majid Abdullah had said that Lim's appointment was only till end of 2012, many do not see the necessity of him coaching the team when his priorities should be the 1MAS program.
The team will play in the Razak Cip and it's qualifiers from April till July, meaning four months of time that Lim has to juggle between both, and not forgetting the year end tours that are planned.
So the murmurs of discontent continue in the case of Lim as 1MAS seek a replacement for Saiful Azli who quit in a huff in February.
And lastly to those within MHF that claim that my silence had been bought, does this posting answer you loud and clear?
Today will see either KLHC or Sapura be crowned champions of the MHL and at the KLHA Stadium the semis of the National Under 16 Tournament will be held. At 3.30pm KL will take on Kelantan in the first semis while at 5.30pm it will see Malacca battling Perak for the other final spot.
And tomorrow at 5.30pm, the final of the National Under 16 will be held at KLHA Stadium.
On March 22, the logo of the MHF-MILO-NSC Junior Hockey League will be revealed and a day later the Razak Cup will be launched.
And the MJHL gets underway on March 25 with the Razak Cup on April 2.
But behind all these feel good factors, there are voices of discontent within the MHF affiliates.
Top most is the arbitrary manner in which fixtures of the competitions are being drawn up, with no regards given to the teams, and such high handed manner is not going un-noticed.
There is a Competition Committee but it's members are not consulted with regards to the fixtures. One look at the Under 16 fixtures will show you that it's an amateurish attempt and this does not bode well for the Secretariat.
Then there is the issue of Stephen van Huizen, who it seems has stated his case of not being at ease with the job description for the Coordinator job he has been assigned to.
Seems a meeting of the MHF National Team Management Committee will be held soon in an attempt to pacify Stephen. But will it resolve the issue?
Some have labelled Stephen's position as akin to a glorified clerk and looking at the job description, which sorely lacks technical input, the label is not wrong by a mile.
Next we have the case of national team manager, where George Koshy has been asked to take on the task again but has said that he will only decide after the MHL finals.
There are issues with regards to Koshy and certain officials, in addition to him bogged down with his work, but chances are he might not accept the position.
Moving on from there, coaches and affiliates are not too happy that Lim Chiow Chuan has been entrusted with the head honcho job for the Project 2017 squad.
Although the Coaching Chairman Manjit Majid Abdullah had said that Lim's appointment was only till end of 2012, many do not see the necessity of him coaching the team when his priorities should be the 1MAS program.
The team will play in the Razak Cip and it's qualifiers from April till July, meaning four months of time that Lim has to juggle between both, and not forgetting the year end tours that are planned.
So the murmurs of discontent continue in the case of Lim as 1MAS seek a replacement for Saiful Azli who quit in a huff in February.
And lastly to those within MHF that claim that my silence had been bought, does this posting answer you loud and clear?
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