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!
