MALAYSIA DEFEATS INDONESIA

Malaysia defeated Indonesia 15 - 0 in the opening match for Group A in the 4th Asian School Hockey  Championship last night.

Leading by 5 - 0 in the second half, our players kept the ring to themselves and made Indonesia out of depth when Malaysia piled in 10 more goals.

Malaysia needs to overcome Macau in tonight's match in order to secure a place in the final match.

Yesterday's match saw Muhd Alif Syazwan sending in the first hat rick while Muhd Zulhamizan, Nik Muhd Aiman Nik Rozemi, Luqman Nul Hakim and Muhd Luqman Hakim contributed 2 goals for our team respectively.

The remaining netting were slammed in by Muhd Hafizuddin Zaidi, Muhd Najme Ahmad Hayazi, Abdul Khaliq Hamirin and Khairul Helmy Napi.

THAILAND 3 HONG KONG 0

Thailand gave an early warning on its strength when it defeated Hong Kong 3-0 in the Group A match in the 4th Asian School Hockey Championship at the Azlan Shah Stadium last night.

Thailand now is at the top rank in Group A defeating Singapore and Sri Lanka with the advantage of 3 goals.

However, it was not an easy victory for the Thais since they had to wait until the second half before they could overcome their opponents who gave them a tough fight in the first half.

Pasakorn Wadtuma opened the scoring for Thailand at the 3rd minute when he sent a powerful hit passing the goalkeeper, Muhammad Ali Khan from a penalty corner hit.

17 minutes later, the Thais captain Tanwa Yongtong scored a goal through another penalty corner hit. Later, Theppithak Namkhot hit a field goal at the 61st minute to complete the Thais victory over Hong Kong.

SINGAPORE MADE A GOOD START

Singapore made a good start in the 4th Asian Schools Hockey Championship by defeating Sri Lanka 1-0 at the Azlan Shah Stadium in the first game today.

Irfan Noor Hakim Azami emerged as the hero for the Singapore team when he scored the winning goal at the 60th minute in a penalty corner.

Both teams had equal chances throughout the game, however the Sri Lankans were let down by several penalty corners.