Last year’s runner up, Armed Forces continued their
relentless march in the Raja Noorashikin Cup by trashing Sekolah Menengah
Kebangsaan PJ 2 14-0 in a Group A match at the Seremban 2 Hockey Stadium.
This was their second win in as many days after they had
defeated Sarawak 3-0 in the first match on Wednesday.
The first test for ATM will be against the youthful
Malacca side that trashed SMK PJ 2, 9-0 in their opening tie. The Malacca v ATM
match could well determine who will top the table at the end of the preliminary
round.
Malacca is fielding players that helped them capture
the inaugural Raja Ashman Indoor Trophy in Ipoh last week.
In another match, Singapore was held to a 1-1 draw by
Perak. The silver state opened scoring in the 38th minute through
Nur Baiduri Mohd Tajuddin.
Singapore were a pale shadow of the team that
participated in last years tournament as they struggled to put up moves to
trouble the Perak defence. However a goal in the 57th minute by Ivy Chan
Ai Wei saved them the blushes.
PDRM showed their class by blanking hosts Negeri
Sembilan 4-0 in a Group B match.
They opened scoring in the 18th minute
through Norahimi Sebahi and doubled their advantage when Marlia Mohammad found
the back of the net in the 20th minute.
Goals by Fara Izla Salman in the 24th
minute and Norhafizah Razali in the 60th minute sealed the points
for PDRM who had won their opening match 5-0 against SM Politeknik on Tuesday.
KL Sukma however went down 1-0 to Terengganu in a
closely contested match with Nor Asikin Halim off a goalmouth melee in the 14th
minute.
Results:
Group A
Armed Forces 14 SMK PJ2 0
Singapore 1 Perak 1
Kedah 1 Sarawak 0
Group B
PDRM 4 Negri Sembilan 0
Terengganu 1 KL Sukma 0
Penang 5 SM Politeknik1
Fixtures (Thursday)
Group A
7.30am - Armed
Forces v Malacca
3.30pm – Kedah v SMK PJ2
5.00pm – Singapore v Sarawak
Group B
7.30am – SM Politeknik v KL Sukma
3.30pm – Terengganu v Negri Sembilan
5.00pm – Penang v PDRM
