Skip to main content

Women’s team to go on tour of NZ

KUALA LUMPUR: The national women’s hockey team will go on a tour of New Zealand from March 6-16 to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers, Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
The qualifiers will be held in Santiago, Chile, from April 25-May 2, Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October and the Asiad in Guangzhou in November.
They will play seven matches in New Zealand.

Malaysian Women’s Hockey Association secretary S. Shamala said yesterday that this would be the first time they would be playing against the Kiwis in a friendly Test series.


Three of the matches will be against the Kiwi senior team, two against the juniors and two against club sides.
“This is the first time that the women’s team will go on a tour of New Zealand to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers and the Asiad. We hope to be better prepared for the challenges this year,” she said.

The MWHA have set the team a lofty target for the Asian Games – a place in the semi-finals.
“Although a spot in the semi-final is a steep target as India, South Korea, Japan and China are ranked higher than us, I believe our team are in good shape and will impress in the Asian Games,” she said.

The national side recently won all five matches – 1-0, 4-1, 1-0, 3-2 and 2-1 – against the visiting Pyeongtaek CT Korean Club Team.

The last two matches saw the Korean club side flying in six national players.
The women’s squad for the World Cup qualifiers will be named after the New Zealand tour.

STAR

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ex-coach's jail sentence cut to a year

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal yesterday sentenced former athletics coach C. Ramanathan to 12 months' jail for molesting two junior athletes 19 years ago. A three-man bench led by Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus unanimously dismissed Ramanathan's appeal against conviction, but varied the jail sentence of four years to a year, which was to run concurrently. Following yesterday's ruling, Ramanathan, 75, a former teacher, walked out a free man as he had served 10 months in Kajang Prison. Convicts get one-third remission for good behaviour while in prison. However, he will lose his pension. Hishamudin, who sat with Datuk Abdul Wahab Patail and Datuk Linton Albert, said the court found no merit to overturn the conviction. "However, in reducing the sentence, we considered Ramanathan's age and the long years the appeal has taken." Deputy public prosecutor Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud submitted that then High Court judge Tan Sri Abdull Hamid E...
2 comments
Read more

Govt Always Gives Emphasis To Sporting Culture, Says PM

KUALA TERENGGANU, May 29 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badaw i said the government always gives emphasis on cultivating a strong sporting culture in achieving excellence at the international level. As such, the Prime Minister said, it was important to scout for young talents in sports. "I observe that the Malaysia Games (Sukma) has become one of the important platforms to do so. "In this arena, the potentials and skills of the youngsters can be identified for development so that they can achieve greater success in sports," he said in his message in the souvenir book of the 12th Sukma from May 31 until June 9. Abdullah said he was aware that competition in sports was very keen and challenging but this did not mean that Malaysian athletes were incapable of competing at the international level. "The fact is that we have all the characteristics required to be excellent. We must inculcate a strong fighting spirit so that we don't easily surrender,...
1 comment
Read more

Rajagobal Let Off The Hook

PETALING JAYA, April 24 (Bernama) -- National head coach Datuk K. Rajagobal was let off the hook by the Football Association of Malaysia's (FAM) Disciplinary Committee after finding no evidence that he had violated FAM's Article 88, as claimed. FAM Disciplinary Committee chairman Datuk Taufik Abdul Razak said the committee had decided not to charge Rajagobal after carefully analysing the video of the post-match press conference by the 56-year-old coach. "After listening to the recording of the post-match press conference, we decided to drop the charge against Rajagopal as he did not make such a statement. "Maybe his (Rajagobal) assessment and comments of the match was misconstrued by the media. There was no mention of the FAM policy throughout his comments," said Taufik after emerging from a three-hour Disciplinary Committee meeting at Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya, here, Wednesday. Rajagobal who does not mince his words when asked to com...
4 comments
Read more