While the powers that be were busy jostling for positions in the National hockey body, a self sustaining club went around doing what they do best – developing hockey.ā©Matador Hockey Club, a brain child of forner national skipper Sarjit Singh, organised its annual Matador Hockey International Tournament at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil.ā©
The club organisers coaching clinics for budding youngsters weekly and are for the second year sending a team to participate in the FHE Cup in Perth at the end of November.ā©
But despite focusing on development, Matador Hockey Clun has successfully organised several tournaments.ā©A total of eight teams participated in the Open Category and another 6 in the Veterans Category.ā©
Present for the finals were Asian Hockey Federation Vice President Dato Majid Manjit Abdullah and Mohammad Ishtiaq Mubeen who is the Deputy Manager Sui Southern Gas Company Limited Pakistan.ā©
Tenaga Nasional Berhad, powered by a host of senior and junior Malaysian international emerged champions and took home the RM5,000 prize money in the Open Category , defeating Zaheer Hockey Club/Academy 1-0 in a closely contested final.ā©
Among those who played for TNB are current senior internationals Faiz Helmi Jali, Syafiq Sumantri, Nik Mohd Aiman Nik Rozemi, Muhammad Shahril Saabah, Muhamad Najib Hassan.ā©
In addition they were further strengthened with former national players Muhamad Ramadhan Rosli, Norhizzat Sumantri as well as junior internationals in the likes of Mohamad Akhirnullah Anuar and Muhammad Amirul Hamizan.ā©
Runner up in the Open Category went to Zaheer Hockey Club/Acadeny that took homeā©RM3000ā©Third place went to the Johor Sukma squad that wonā©RM1000 for their efforts.ā©
Johor Sikh Sport Club who weāre fourth also nettedā© Rm 1000 in prize money.ā©As for the Veteran category , theā© Champions wereā©Armed Forces who were awardedā© RM2000 for their win.ā©
They defeated Cheers Hockey Club 1-0 in the final. Cheers took home RM1000ā©ā We would like to thank all the participating teams for supporting our Matador Hockey Club International Tournament,ā said Sarjit.ā©ā Our gratitude to Dato Manjit and Mohammad Ishtiaq Mubeen for presenting the trophy and medals.ā©
ā We like to also thank our sponsors Mas International School,ā©Mygo , Mac Security Consultants, JSSC, SSA, Awan Sports as well as all individual plus anonymous sponsors for their kind contribution.
ā©ā It is with their unwavering support that we managed to run this tournament successfully in this tight economic situation worldwide.ā©In addition Sarjit also paid tribute to tournament officials, namely Consultant Jusvir Singh. Tournament Director Daljit Singh, Assistant Tournament Director Col Azlan as Umpires Manager Amarjit Singh.
ā©ā In addition I must also thank all Umpires and technical officials for their good work to endure the tournament ran without glitches,ā said Sarjit.
