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NEXT weekend will be crucial for double champions Bukit Jalil Sports School in Division One of the MHF-Milo-NSC Junior Hockey League.
They play an erratic Petaling Jaya City Council on Friday as a warm-up to their crucial encounter against high-riding newcomers UniKL on Sunday.
In their five matches to date, UniKL have scored 28 goals and let in five. The double champions meanwhile, have scored 15 and let in one in four matches.
The other contenders for the title this season, Bandar Penawar Sports School Thunderbolt have also been impressive in their four matches, scoring 25 goals and letting in three.
Thunderbolt have an easy encounter against Bukit Jalil Sports School Juniors on Friday and are expected to go on a goal-scoring spree to consolidate their position in the standings.
"The tournament has reached its crucial stage for us, so we need to beat PJCC by a good margin before playing this season's favourites UniKL," said BJSS coach S. Prakash.
BJSS keep improving with every match, while UniKL, in their last three matches, have been slow starters and only get going in the second half.
"We need to be consistent for 70 minutes to beat a team like UniKL and my boys, after a slow start, have regained their scoring touch," added Prakash.
"It will be a close battle, but I expect my players to come out tops so that we will have a fighting chance of winning the title when we play BPSS Thunderbolt on May 14."
The good news for BJSS, if they beat UniKL, is that Thunderbolt will most likely lose their prolific 19-year-old striker Faizal Saari to the Azlan Shah Cup for the May 14 encounter which would make their quest to lift the title that much easier, provided they do not stumble against UniKL.
FRIDAY -- Division One: Bukit Jalil Sports School Juniors v Bandar Penawar Sports School Thunderbolt (Kuala Lumpur HA, 5pm), Petaling Jaya City Council v Bukit Jalil Sports School (Tun Razak, 9pm).
Division Two: Pahang v Penang Frees (Kuantan, 5pm), Johor v Matri (Johor Baru, 5pm), Ipoh City Council v Sabah (Azlan Shah, 5pm).
NEXT weekend will be crucial for double champions Bukit Jalil Sports School in Division One of the MHF-Milo-NSC Junior Hockey League.
They play an erratic Petaling Jaya City Council on Friday as a warm-up to their crucial encounter against high-riding newcomers UniKL on Sunday.
In their five matches to date, UniKL have scored 28 goals and let in five. The double champions meanwhile, have scored 15 and let in one in four matches.
The other contenders for the title this season, Bandar Penawar Sports School Thunderbolt have also been impressive in their four matches, scoring 25 goals and letting in three.
Thunderbolt have an easy encounter against Bukit Jalil Sports School Juniors on Friday and are expected to go on a goal-scoring spree to consolidate their position in the standings.
"The tournament has reached its crucial stage for us, so we need to beat PJCC by a good margin before playing this season's favourites UniKL," said BJSS coach S. Prakash.
BJSS keep improving with every match, while UniKL, in their last three matches, have been slow starters and only get going in the second half.
"We need to be consistent for 70 minutes to beat a team like UniKL and my boys, after a slow start, have regained their scoring touch," added Prakash.
"It will be a close battle, but I expect my players to come out tops so that we will have a fighting chance of winning the title when we play BPSS Thunderbolt on May 14."
The good news for BJSS, if they beat UniKL, is that Thunderbolt will most likely lose their prolific 19-year-old striker Faizal Saari to the Azlan Shah Cup for the May 14 encounter which would make their quest to lift the title that much easier, provided they do not stumble against UniKL.
FRIDAY -- Division One: Bukit Jalil Sports School Juniors v Bandar Penawar Sports School Thunderbolt (Kuala Lumpur HA, 5pm), Petaling Jaya City Council v Bukit Jalil Sports School (Tun Razak, 9pm).
Division Two: Pahang v Penang Frees (Kuantan, 5pm), Johor v Matri (Johor Baru, 5pm), Ipoh City Council v Sabah (Azlan Shah, 5pm).
