18 July 09, SINGAPORE: At the newly built Sengkang Hockey Stadium 1, the Singapore Veterans' Hockey Association tasted defeat for the first time this season following a 4-2 reverse at the hands of high flying C&C United.
The ill-tempered match did not produce any goals in the first half until a contentious opener 10 minutes into the second period got things going. The C&C United forward, Vai had appeared to strike the ball with the head of his stick over his head past Tony Halliwell in the SVHA goal. Having not seen the incident originally, Chen Tien How gave the goal following vehement protest from the Masters.
It was a telling point in the game and also a turning point as C&C rode their good fortune and scored 3 more goals in quick succession. The 10-minute spell where SVHA were 4-0 down sapped their spirits, but two break aways from George Edward with Kanan Packrisamy finishing them exquisitely were nothing but consolation to the masters.
However, poor sportsmanship from a C&C United player led to a skirmish between Aneel Kumaarr of the SVHA and the unnamed C&C player. However despite tempers flaring good sense prevailed and things settled down to see C&C United enjoy their victory and SVHA smarting from the agony of their defeat.
SVHA take on Tornados on 26 July 09.
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