News for 08 November 2020
All the news for Sunday 8 November 2020
Wapda lead National Hockey points table
RAWALPINDI: Wapda lead the points table on the basis of a better goal difference after two rounds in Pakistan's 66th National Hockey Championship that is being played at the MPCL Ground.
Wapda, Army and National Bank all have six points each. But Wapda have a goal difference of plus 11, followed by Army (+9) and National Bank (+3).
After Saturday’s rest day, all the 10 teams will be in action on Sunday (today). Each team will play nine matches.
The third round will see National Bank taking on Punjab, SSGC playing Police, Wapda meeting Port Qasim Authority, Army facing MPCL and Navy pitted against PAF.
Points table (Tabulated under as teams, matches, played, won, lost, drawn, goals for, goals against and points).
Wapda 2 2 0 0 15 4 6
Army 2 2 0 0 12 3 6
NBP 2 2 0 0 5 2 6
SSGC 2 1 0 1 9 5 3
Navy 2 1 0 1 8 5 3
MPCL 2 2 0 1 4 4 3
PAF 2 1 0 1 4 5 3
Port Qasim 2 0 0 2 3 8 0
Punjab 2 0 0 2 3 14 0
Police 2 0 0 2 3 16 0.
The News International
Hall of Fame - Ray Evans
An attacking forward from Western Australia, the late Ray Evans was a member of Australia’s hockey teams at three Olympic Games.
Born in Northam WA, Ray scored in his second international during the 1960 Olympic Games against Japan after making his debut in Australia’s opening match against Pakistan.
Following the 1960 Olympics, Ray won acclaim as a dynamic, aggressive inside-forward throughout the decade. Shrewd and quick-thinking, he had penchant for unsettling opposing defences with spectacular flashes of unorthodox genius. Even his team-mates found him unpredictable. Equally adept at scoring goals as he was setting them up, Ray represented Australia in more than 60 international matches between 1960 and 1969.
He was in the team which achieved a notable first at the 1964 Tokyo Games by winning Australia's first Olympic medal in hockey - a bronze. Four years later, in Mexico City, he added a silver medal to his trophy collection.
Ray will not be remembered for hard grafting in defence, preferring to direct his considerable talent into attacking situations. He had an uncanny ability to judge how play would unfold, a gift which enabled him usually to be in the right place at the right time.
He was an automatic selection in WA state teams from 1958 to 1973. Playing contemporaries of Ray Evans remember him as a quiet, fun-loving, world-class hockey player with a reputation for giving 100 per cent to his team, both on and off the field.
Ray was inducted into the Hockey WA Hall of Fame after being a member of the Western Australian State team for 15 successive years from 1958 to 1973 and captain in several of these years. During this period WA won the National Championship on ten occasions. Ray died in 1974.
Ray’s induction into the Hockey Australia Hall of Fame was ratified in 2018.
From those in the know…
“Ray was unique in many ways. His training was quite unique, his ability to pick the ball up on the run and his goal scoring was exceptional.” Des Piper (Triple Olympian, former Australian selector, and Hockey Australia Hall of Fame inductee)
Hockey Timeline
Player
Western Australia
1958-1973 Western Australia State Team
Australia
1960-1969 Men’s National Team
1960 Rome Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Bronze Medal
1968 Mexico City Olympic Games Silver Medal
Hockey Australia media release
A timely RM10,000 to tide affiliates over
MALAYSIAN Hockey Confederation's (MHC) state affiliates, as well as Police and Armed Forces, welcomed the RM10,000 "administrative grant" handed out to them recently.
Perak HA president Sayuti Samat said the grant was timely as they had spent a hefty sum on their Razak Cup team recently.
"Looking at the Covid-19 pandemic which has hit sports hard, Perak HA would like to thank MHC for helping to ease our burden.
"I believe all the other 15 MHC members also feel that the grant is timely. It will come in handy to help the HA manage their activities," said Sayuti.
Armed Forces HA secretary Lieutenant Colonel Azri Awang felt that the grant can be used to conduct other activities at their state affiliates.
"For the Armed Forces, the grant can be used to help our players have more training sessions as we also aspire to have national players from the Army in the future," said Azri.
Habibul Ajmi
Melaka HA president Habibul Ajmi Manggar said: "We would like to thank MHC for their concern over their affiliates. This grant is a great help to Melaka in facing the turmoil caused by Covid-19.
"And we fully support the initiatives taken by MHC president Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal to further develop hockey in a prfessional manner."
MHC are working towards making Malaysia No 1 in Asia (men's and women's teams) by the 2026 Asian Games. Currently, the men are ranked No 2 behind India while the women are No 5.
New Straits Times