Khalsa Extend Their Lead in Hong Kong Hockey

Rupinder Singh scores Punjab-A’s second goal during their thrilling 3-all drawn Premier League match against HKFC-A at Football Club Ground on Sunday Jan 13. (Bill Cox/The Epoch Times)

More drama played out in the second half. Five minutes into the half, Club notched up another goal to make it 3-1; but, not to be denied, Punjab-A Rupinder Singh hit a fierce back-stick shot over Club’s goalie to reduce the deficit to 3-2 with 25 minutes remaining. Another narrow angle shot slipped past Club-A’s goalie to tie up the match at 3-3 with 15 minutes still on the clock. Although great effort was made by both teams neither could force a winner.

The bottom of the table clash between HKFC-B and Elite-A, also played at the HKFC Ground, ended in a 3-3 draw.

Meanwhile, Khalsa defeated Shaheen-A at King’s Park three goals to one. Khalsa on 30-points extend their lead at the top of the table to seven points, ahead of three teams SSSC-A, HKFC-A and Punjab-A all on 23-points.

Women

Three women’s Premier League matches took place on Saturday Jan 12: HKFC-A against Recreio-A; HKFC played Shaheen-A; and KCC-A played against Valley-A.

The match of the day was the KCC-A match against Valley-A, which was highly competitive and entertaining to watch. KCC went ahead 20 minutes into the first half then added a second a few minutes later, but Valley hit back six minutes from the interval to make the score 2-1.

Valley forced a second goal just five minutes into the second half and went ahead 3-2 after another five minutes. KCC-A drew level with 11 minutes of the game left and scored the winner with five minutes remaining. Although Valley pressed they could not convert an equaliser. KCC-A won 4-3.

HKFC-A playing at home, were easy winners against Recreio-A: 6-0. Goalkeeper for HKFC-A, Claire Archer summed up the game for The Epoch Times.

“Club A dominated for the first 15 mins and the last 15 mins. CDR [Recreio-A] had one shot on goal”, said Archer.

HKFC-B secured a nil-all draw against Shaheen-A, most of the match was played in the middle of the pitch with few shots on goal, showing the good defensive capability of both sides.

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