Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Youthwave 08: Mixed Feelings for Ztec

19/4. It was the day much waited for most of the floorballers in Penang. Some with pride to fight for, some with rivalry and some to defend what is theirs. The Ztec's however had a whole different objective in mind. For this year, we sent in 4 teams which are 8cers, U-18, Rockets and Ztecaholic. Some of us had floorball tournament experience but most of us were just playing out first floorball tournament.

The Rockets started off their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Innebandy South with forward Chern Harng scoring very late in his debut game to steal the point. The 2nd game was a tough match as they faced an experience Frontliners Renegades. The match ended 3-0 and it was the 1st lost for The Rockets. Their pain were not over when their final fixture were against Torch Bearers . It was a pretty even match as The Rockets gave their all in them. Kelvin manage to grab a goal but it was not enough as their opponents hit in 3 goals to make the final score 3-1. That was the end of the jorney for The Rockets but much more future for the players in the team. They fought their hearts out although it was all their first time playing in a tournament.

On the other hand, The U-18 team which showed so much promises also crashed out early in the tournament. It was tough for them as they were drawn in the 'Group of Death' which consists of Innebandy North, Unihawks Titanium and Frontliners Revolution. On their first game against the defending champions Innebandy North, The U-18 found themself trailing by 3 goals in the first 5 mins. They manage to get back 2 goals through Termin and Jo-Wyee but it was not enough to seal any point. They lost the 1st game 3-2. Their 2nd game were against Unihawks Titanium which was a pretty even match. Both teams fought hard and the final score was 2-1 to The U-18 thanks to goals from Jo-Wyee. With 1 win and 1 lost in hand, their last match was a win-or-die situation against their toughest opponent Frontliners Revolution. After 8 mins of tough fight and much controversial decisions the match ended in favour of The Revolution. 1-0 to them. That showed another exit for The U-18.

The most succesful team were the 8cers. They played well in their opening game as they beat Contact 5-0 thanks to a hat trick from Nicky, a goal from Joon Han and a stunner goal from Sherwynd with his trademark slap shot. They went on to beat Bullets 1-0 thanks to a goal from Joon Han. Aaron almost added to the score but was denied by a late challenge from the opponent. With 2 wins, they already booked a place in a quarter. Their last game of the group were against Salibandy where they lost 3-1 with a consolation goal from Joon Han. Despite their lost, they still book a place in the quarter against Group B winners Torch Bearers. The match started well but Torch Bearers shock The 8cers with an early goal in the 1st minute. They could have scored a few more but thanks to solid defending by 8cers defender Kenny who denied them. Nevertheless the forwards could not find the way to break through their opponents defend and the final score ended 1-0 with the win going to Torch Bearers. That means all the guys team have already been knocked out but all of them can leave with their heads held high because of the effort they put in.

On the girls side, it wasn't an easy day for Ztecaholic as they could not find the net once throughout the whole tournament. Their best effort were against G12 Edna Modes where they hold them to a 0-0 draw. The best thing about this team was their never say die attitude and their teamwork. They were awesome as they helped each other out and encouraged each other throughout their whole campaign. Despite that, their journey ended early but all of them showed much promise in the future.

With all the upsets and tears on that day, there was one thing that brought joy to Team Ztec. Their team captain which wears the #20 jersey, Oliver who was allowed to return to his church for this tournement played at his best there and his team Torch Bearers came up top and won the tournament. The whole Ztec Team would like to congratulate you and your team on this win in this tournament.
Another player which was allowed to return to his church was
#7, Ken Wye who did very good as well. He turned up to be the hero and scored many goals for his team, 412 Unlimited. We would also like to congratulate him for his play during the tournament.

It was certainly a great experience for every Ztec players which was involved in this tournament. Some of them had been in the court for many years and some was just playing in there for the first time. Nevertheless, both old and new players did very well and I'm proud of everybody. Kudos to the guys and girls!=)

* We would like to thank Innebandy! Co for loaning 3 of their female players to us for this tournament..


The Final Results for the Tournament:

Mens:
1st: Torch Bearers
2nd: Salibandy! Co
3rd: Innebandy North

Ladies:
1st: Frontliners Fury
2nd: G12 Dashes
3rd: G12 Edna Modes

Here are a few of our moments during the Youthwave tournament.



Fellow Ztecs getting ready before their game.
*look out for Aaron making sure his hair looks good*


Ztec 8cers all pumped up to go!Sherwynd the captain showing off his muscle.
*look out for Aaron again making sure his hair looks good.guess he's advertising for Pantene shampoo.*


Ztec U-18 talking about their game strategy.The usual Calvindev not listening and looking at...


THEM!Ztec Rockets and InnebandySouth which were given a short briefing by the referee just before their match.


Adrian and Darren in action during their first match.


Ztec U-18 and Innebandy North shaking hands before their match.


Face-off between Moy and Daniel!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Facing The Hawks!

Post-Penang League.After 2 weeks without floorball action,we were back again this time to face the Minden Unihawks from Division One in a friendly match.It was a beginning for the Unihawks as they played with their alumni team under their new coach,Edward.On the other side of the court,there were many debuts for a few of our Ztec juniors as they played their first floorball match ever.Both teams with lots to look ahead in the future.Since it was a 4 on 4 match,we decided to play in our upcoming Youthwave tournament lines.It was just the right time to play a match before the tournament and to give a few of our juniors an opportunity to experience the tense and pace of the game.

The pace of the game was definitely faster as we played in a much smaller court compared to the one in Dalat.Nevertheless,both teams played well in that match and final score 7-5 to Ztec.I would like to thank Unihawks for the good game and we certainly look forward to take it to the court once again in the future.All the best to Unihawks in the upcoming tournament!For Ztec,good job to everybody although there were still mistakes but we learn from mistakes and we will improve in it!=)

Tuesday, April 8, 2008


Ztec 8cers(1st runner up) and Dalat Eagles(champions).
[picture taken from Dalat's blog]

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Youthwave Floorball Tournament 2008

This year Youthwave floorball tournament is just around the corner!We will be sending in 4 teams this year which consist of 3 guys team and 1 girls team.Here are the teams that will be playing for this tournament:
Ztec Under-18
Chiam Ter Min
Moy Wei Sern
Loh Jo-Wyee

Calvindev
Joel Khaw
Samuel Ong

Ztec 8cers
Kenny Chong
Nicky Yeoh
Wong Joon Han
Sherwynd
Siu Keong
Aaron Loo

Ztec Rockets
Jack
Kelvin Tan
Chern Harng
Moy Qing Shiun
Darren
Adrian Koay

Ztecaholic
Kao Cui Lin
Ng Lee Yip
Moy Qing Ling
Kathleen
Chew Foong
Wong Joey

All the players that are mentioned above are required to attend for training at Red Crescent Headquarters this coming Saturday(12th April 2008).Please bring along RM10 for the tournament fee.The Youthwave tournament will be on the 19th April 2008.Further details about the tournament will be announced during training session.See you all there!=)

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Ztec ends with a bang!

Trojans!Our last match of the season.It was definitely an advantage for us as our players outnumbered them.It was 15 against 7 for this game.Still,we went out and give our best.It was a great moment for #15. Samuel Ong on that night as he scored his first league goal.We changed a little bit of our lines today and we played in our upcoming tournament lines.Nevertheless, we still managed to play good floorball and control the game well.There were many passes in the first period of the match.Few minutes after that, #5. Nicky had a one on one with Trojans keeper after a nice pass from #1.Leonard and he managed to take the shot into the top corner. #7.Ken Wye also marked his comeback after scoring his second league goal since our first game against Eagles.#17.Loh Jo-Wyee was definitely not to miss the score board as well as he scored two goals in this match and set up another goal which led to an own goal by Trojans.Ztec 8cers centre ace, #4.Ter Min also scored two goals on that night. The night ended with another slap shot from #6.Sherwynd which takes his goal tally to 6 goals which is also his jersey number.It was a great night for us as we end the league with a good game against them.In the end,we won the game 11-0.Three cheers for Trojans as they did not gave up although they were outnumbered and they still tried their best in this game!


8cers!

Later that night, Contact Fireants also took home the champions title in Division One after hitting Innebandy!Co. with a score of 8-3. Ztec 8cers would like to congratulate the champions of both division and we hope to play with them soon.We would also like to thank all the teams,officials and supporters for everything they have contributed during this league.It is now the beginning of Ztec 8cers in Penang floorball and we will definitely train hard for the next season.I would also like to thank all Ztec 8cers players for their cooperation during this league and I hope to see you guys still having the passion for floorball.Let us all train hard for the next season!One team,one passion!=)


Ztec 8cers Penang League players.