Men's Indoor Championship

Tornados HC lost 4-3 to SRC in the final of the 2011 Singapore Indoor Hockey Championship.

After comfortably beating the other teams, including SRC, in the group stages Tornados raced to a quick 3-0 lead in the final. However, the better fitness levels of the SRC team, comprised mainly of National team players, shone through at the end of a long day of hockey.

A disappointing end to the day but some great hockey played.

Disappointing Loss for the Beez

In their second game of the weekend the Beez were always going to struggle due to a lack of available players. 2 men on the bench compared to 9 on the SCC bench.

The Beez put in a lack lustre performance in the first half with little movement in the midfield and confusion at the back. SCC headed into the half-time break with a well deserved 3-0 lead.

In the second half the Beez turned their game around completely and really competed. Sweeney was a constant source of trouble for SCC but again Tornados lacked the quality of finishing to get themselves back into the game. At the back Garf was kept busy but managed to keep a second half clean sheet. Tornados did manage to get one back through a Penalty Corner rebound from Simmo.

Man of the Match : Sweeney

Beez bag their first Win of the Season

Finally being able to get a decent sized squad to a game the Beez put those numbers to use winning 5-3 over Aetos. Sweeney in his debut game for the club scored an excellent solo goal and that was shortly followed by a big penalty corner hit from Mitch which doubled the score. Despite Tornados dominating the game Aetos managed to pull one back after Deon forgot that he wasn't playing in yellow and set up the opposition for their first goal.

The Beez then dominated early possession in the second half and rushed to a 5-1 lead. Ben scoring with a perfect drag flick into the top left corner and a Penalty stroke after Sweeney had been felled on a mazey run into the Aetos D. Kris completed the scoring with a cheeky touch through his legs.

However, the Beez never do things easily and for the last 15 minutes of the game they gave away possession too easily and allowed Aetos to get back into the game with two late goals.

Man of the Match was Nazza for his strong performance at the back.

Beez falter again

Tornados B team lost their second game of the Division 2 campaign 3-0 to a young C&C side. Tornados can have little complaint about the score from this game, having been outplayed for most of the game.

The Beez now face a weekend double-header against Aetos and SCC that could effectively put an early end to any chance of reaching the playoffs.

Veterans League

The Tornados Men's Veterans (over 30's) team made a good start in the 9-aside Veterans League last night with a 2-1 win over a SVHA Temasek team containing a few Tornados players and a 2-0 win over SVHA Merlions.

Good results but Tornados will have to up their game in their next Vets League outings on 15th August against the Hollandse Club and CSC (a guest team of under 30's)

Beez lose their opening encounter

The Tornados B team lost their first league match 3-0 to a well organised and young NYP team.

The Beez started the game with 12 players at the pitch against a full 20 man squad from NYP. NYP dominated the first ten minutes and were awarded an early penalty corner after Garf decided to try to hatch the ball after making an early save. NYP had clearly been practising their PC's as a low drag flick saw them go 1-0 up.

The arrival of Anton (MVP) and Ben after 10 minutes instantly saw a vast improvement in the Beez play and they dominated the rest of the second half. The Beez spurned numerous chances to get level most notably Rego managing to sky one over the bar from 1m out in front of an open goal (deservedly winning him the Dick of the Day award).

In the second half the Beez chased after the game but the better fitness of the NYP youngsters let them take a grip of the game. Garf was called on to make numerous saves but couldn't do anything about NYP's second which came from a very well worked deflection from a PC. Late in the game NYP made it 3 - 0 with open play goal which came after a clear foot in the D which the Umpire somehow missed.

Many positives from the game but it clearly showed that if the Beez want to compete for a playoff place they need to train harder!

Next match Saturday 30th July 3pm vs. C&C

Start of season/End of season Social!

Start of Season/End of Season Drinks.......

Don't forget we have our start of season/end of season drinks this Saturday 9th July, 2011 at the Bull & Bear pub, Far East Square! Bring yourself, friends and family along to meet old and new members of Singapore's largest and friendliest field hockey club!

Where: Bull & Bear, China Street/Peking Street
Time: 5.30pm til late
What's happening?! Beers, friendly faces, Super XV Final, sausage sizzle! What do I need to do? Just turn up! (Wearing your club jersey of course! )

What more could you ask for?! Members of all SIX THC teams will be at the Bull & Bear pub drinking discounted Red Rock beers whilst getting to know fellow club members, eating sausages, having fun and watching the Super XV Rugby Grand Final! Cooper versus Carter? Who will win?!?

The big match is being shown at 5.40pm! Bring your friends and let's have some fun!

See you there!

Fishy
Tornados HC Social Chairman