Euro Fever!!

14th of June was a much of an unusual training for Ztec. Not just because we trained in Kompleks Belia on a Saturday morning or the Euro 2008 is going on but it's because we had a mini friendly with Frontliners Floorball Club. With the Euro fever going on, most of our players were eager to hit some balls and it was just the right time as the friendly came unexpected.

Ztec had the privilege to train in the indoor arena while Frontliners were training at the same time just that they had to train under the hot afternoon sun!! So out of good hearts of Ztec board,we invited Frontliners in to play a little friendly match with us.

It was a good experience for both teams as Frontliners had a few new players while Ztec had a couple of players who played their first ever match against another club. The match ran for 30 minutes with a lot of good effort from both teams and it was a great sight to see the new players trying new skills and some chasing the shadows of the more senior player. After 30 minutes, the match ended with a score of 6-1 to the Ztec. Win or lose, it was still a great experience for both club.

Ztec and Frontliners Floorball Club *picture grabbed from Frontliner's blog*

Ztec would like to thank Frontliners Floorball Club for the match and we look forward to having another friendly in the future.

Ztec players *picture grabbed from Frontliner's blog*
1st row L-R (Sherwynd, Jo-Wyee, Joel K, Moy, Oliver)
2nd row L-R(Aaron, Kenny, Nicky, Daniel, Darren)
3rd row L-R (Jack, Termin, Adrian, Choon Han, Chern Harng)

Let The Game Begin!

Fresh and young players.Those were the words to describe our junior players which recently participated in the 3 on 3 Junior Floorball Challenge.We managed to send 4 teams and all of them did really well in this competition.They were all energetic just like the Energizer bunny even before the tournament begins.They were actually part of our floorball programme which we have been doing in St.Christopher International School for the past one month.All these kids were new and it was their first time participating in a tournament and they were just amazing.It was good to see young talents growing and we are really proud of them.Team Cheetah even managed to grab the 1st placing and Team Puma getting the 3rd placing.All the teams did really well in this tournament and they were all the winners to me although the other 2 teams didn't managed to win anything.Still,it doesn't matter because they did their best and played with all their heart.Kudos kids!

warm up time, kids!! * look at Emile admiring Max *

2nd runner up. Team Puma!! *Gabriel, Emile, Tommy J, Alex Losi*

And presenting the champions!! Team Cheetah!! *Shikar, Zi en, Shen Ting*

Team St Chris with their teacher advisor and coaches...

Over in the PTPY tournament,we have a few of our players joining this tournament as well.They were Joon Han,Ken Wye,Adrian,Moy,Jo-Wyee and Ter Min.All of them did really well although a few of them were knocked out in the first round.At the end of the day,Ter Min managed to grab the bronze medal in this tournament.To those who didn't win anything,do not be disappointed as you guys did a really good job as well.Keep training hard!

5 Hours with a PRO!!

31st of May.Certainly a day to be remembered for the rest of our lives.Three members from Ztec( Moy, Jo-Wyee and Termin) and a few other Penang players had the privilege to meet a real pro *and I meant it*.Jani Kukkola from Finland was on a 4 hour floorball clinic in Penang after having a long week over in Singapore having clinics as well.Jani plays for Finland's top club SSV(this season Finnish League champions) and is a rising talent in the Finnish national side.It was really a great honour to learn from him many basic skills, different kind of shots,free hits and tactical moves.

Though is was short we surely did a lot in that 4 hours.We started of with a passing drill.And then a circuit followed by learning various shots from drags to slaps to backhands and wrists.We were all amazed with his shots!(the best person to ask is Linken cause he had the privilege to get shot by him which left him with bruises everywhere)We then played a game and learned about free hits and power play(Finland's style).It was surely a great honour to be able to play in the same court as him.His spin-overs and ball controls are just superbly good and not to mention,SUPER FAST!We didn't have a chance to even stop him from doing it.And we also found out that the snakes drill that we've always been doing is actually called the dragon drill over in Finland.This is something new!=)

After 4 hours of tiring training,the day was surely not over YET.The final hour was of cause the makan time!We accompanied him to Gurney Drive and all eyes was on him as he tried Penang's delicacies.We also talked about "sup torpedo" during the meal which makes him feel curious.Should probably take him to some mamak and try that if he's back here next time.

It was a great experience for all of us and even for Moy and Jo-Wyee as they were with Lin Ken fetching him around.He is one heck of a story teller!And we managed to dig out his dirty little secret as well. ;) Last but not least we from Ztec would like to thank Dalat Eagles for organizing the clinic and also Jani Kukola for coming down all the way to train us.We wish him all the best in the selection for his national side for the upcoming World Championship tournament.