ISCI International Hockey Festival 2006

On Thursday 25^th and Friday 26^th May, The Rolls-Royce Hockey Youth Challenge was conducted at the Bung Karno Senayan Hockey Pitch with 8 teams comprising young men (under 20 years old), mainly from high schools and universities around Jakarta (1 from Bandung), playing 11-a-side hockey.  There were also 4 teams of young ladies competing for the ISCI / Rolls-Royce Cup 2006 on the only synthetic hockey pitch in Jakarta.  With two professional coaches offering advice and assistance on the Friday the opportunity to learn and develop hockey was patently evident in the application and enthusiasm with which the teams approach their finals games.  In the Boys competition the Cup winner was Club 39 with runners up – Dipo (a State School, in Jalan Diponegoro), in a high standard match.  “The quality of the guys pleasantly surprised me” said Andre Brown, one of the coach’s from Hong Kong.  Player of the boys tournament was adjudged to be Syafrie of Dipo who was awarded a new Rage hockey stick brought in from the UK by Rolls-Royce.  In the Girls competition it was Taruna Bakti from Bandung, that took the cup in a close final beating London School 1-0.  Player of the girls tournament was Tiffany from Tarbak, “A remarkable talent that needs to be nurtured and developed via events like this that allow young people to come together in serious, but fun competition with good organisation, competent umpires and a high quality pitch” said Mike Gray of Rolls-Royce, traditional sponsors of this event.

Immediately following on the Saturday 27th and Sunday 28^th, the International Sports Club of Indonesia together with the Indonesian Hockey Federation ran the Jababeka 8-a-side Hockey Festival with a record 11 overseas touring club teams from Switzerland, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.  This is the 7^th time this event has been held and by all accounts it was a roaring success, with brilliant weather, high quality hockey, lots of new friends made and the usual icing of Indonesian hospitality and warmth.  In the Cup competition it was ‘bridesmaid’ time for STEI (Sekolah Tinggi Ekonomi dan Ilmu), which made the final for the fifth time in succession and again finished runner up, this time to the Royal Selangor Club of Kuala Lumpur.  An unusually high standard was played after two quite exhausting days of games with RSC winning 2-0.  In the Plate final Mandala from Bandung pipped the Flying Hoppers from Switzerland 5-1 in an action packed game.   Pak S.D. Darmono, President Director of Jababeka remarked “It was tremendous to see so many people from so many countries around the pitch, all happy just to be able to play hockey together.  I am very pleased that we were able to sponsor this event.”  As a mark of respect for the victims of the Yogyakarta earthquake, a minutes silence was observed by all present before the finals.  Home side ISCI slipped out of the competition in the semi finals losing 2-3 to the Flying Hoppers in extra time. 

ISCI –

Game 1  v  Malaysian Police           0-1

Game 2  v  Flying Hoppers             0-0

Game 3  v  Valley B                       1-1 (Nick Gray)

Game 4  v  Sunday 2030                1-1 (Nick)

Qtr final  v  Shanghai                       1-0 (Nick)

Semi      v  Flying Hoppers              2-3 (Denis, Nick) – 2-2 at full time, so played extra time, 2 short corners, no keeper, no goal !