A chance falls to a Victoria player but his eventual shot is saved by Catholic High goalkeeper Eugene Lee. (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Riku Alatalo, an international student from Finland, continued to inspire his Victorian teammates with successful forays into the Catholic High goal area. This time though he was thwarted by Eugene Lee, Catholic High’s goalkeeper, who was outstanding in front of his goal.
With 6:50 remaining, Catholic High then got a one-man advantage when a Victoria player was sin-binned. Taking advantage of their superior numbers, Catholic High came close but hit the bar with an effort. In an instant, Victoria were back on the attack and, despite being a man down, nearly scored.
With 4:09 left and the score still 5-3 in Catholic High’s favour, Victoria called a timeout. However, when play resumed it was Catholic High who got another goal with 2:15 left. Joshua Lee scored from an astute Crenshawn Lim pass to restore a three-goal lead at 6-3.
Victoria then had a final one-on-one opportunity with 1:34 to go but missed, and that was their final chance to score as the clock ticked down to zero.
Catholic High teacher and coach Bernard Han credited his team’s discipline for the win.
“We knew that Victoria had strength in depth where all their three lines can play. The key was that our team played according to instructions by defending well and taking long shots against Victoria,” he said.
“I think what worked well was that we were the cooler team and VS made more defensive mistakes which CHS capitalised on to score the goals. We also managed to be calm and play our normal game,” said Joshua Lee of Catholic High.
“I think we had a good day with our passing and play ups. We managed to pass the ball around pretty well but one bad thing was
that we could not control the play,” said Crenshawn Lim who had two goals for Catholic High. “We won because we had more hunger, I feel. We passed the ball well … and took our chances well.”
For Catholic High captain Darrell Er, his goalkeeper Eugene Lee was the difference in the game.
“I personally feel that we were quite lucky today to be able to pull off this win against Victoria School today as VS players came close on many attempts but our keeper, Eugene Lee, did great to deny them of goals which could have changed the entire game,” said Darrell.
“Even though we are not powerhouses such as Bukit Merah, VS and Northland, with some luck and much hard work, we are very glad to be able to claim the championship.
“Much thanks to our coach Mr Bernard Han for guiding us to our first championship and CHS B div will like to thank the crowd that cheered us on throughout the match,” added Darrell.
Match Statistics
Catholic High vs Victoria School
1st Period: 3-0
2nd Period: 1-1 (4-1)
3rd Period: 2-2
Final Score: 6-3
Goal Scorers
Catholic High: Ryan Cheng – 2; Crenshawn Lim – 2; Joshua Lee – 1; Darrell Er – 1
Victoria School: Riku Alatalo – 1; Hamizan Ismail – 1; Matthew Yong – 1
Catholic High Lineup
Billy Chiam (#6), Ryan Cheng (#7), Samuel Yu (#12), Jarryl Chan (#13), Eugene Lee (goalie, #16), Darrell Er (capt, #21), Crenshawn Lim (#23), Derek Sng (#27), Joshua Lee (vice-capt, #90)
Reserves: Eugene Gan (39), Nicholas Chee (#32), Si Sheng Yen (#38), Chew Yu Ren (#43), Jireh Tan (#48), Lai Jia Li (#74), Ow Jie Ying (#95)
Victoria School Lineup
Goal Keepers: Nasrulhaq, Ezra Taliv Mo
Line 1: Akmal Shaharudin (#12), Riku Alatalo (#83), Matthew Yong (#47), Hadi (#56)
Line 2: Hamizan Ismail (#28), Nicholas (#19), Yusuf (#26), Henri (#53)
Line 3: Simon Fang (#?), Muhd Adib (#27), Haziq (#3), Syahid (#66)
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if catholic high is tt gd, they will be in the top 4 nxt yr. but they will not, for obvious reasons
It’s a matter of the batch of players (:
Ha Ha, It is a fact. Someone hates fact. Well they could have won or lost and that is not the question. Weak or good defence is not the issue. The fact is they are unbeaten. Hard to swallow right. So in the same light CHS was lucky ha ha too.
“Someone hates fact.”
I’m not sure which “Someone” you’re referring to, but I LOVE fact! 🙂
“Well they could have won or lost and that is not the question. Weak or good defence is not the issue.”
But it IS an issue, and an important one, because a strong/weak defence is CRUCIAL to the result, whether the result is a win, loss or draw (or, as you like to euphemistically say, “unbeaten”).
“The fact is they are unbeaten. Hard to swallow right.”
Then may I say, the fact is BMS *failed to win* their last 3 matches due to their weak defence; hard to swallow, right? xD
“So in the same light CHS was lucky ha ha too.”
I’ve never denied that CHS received some good luck this season (which includes meeting with weak defences from some teams, and I’m not referring to VS only); but that does not mean that they don’t deserve to win the championship because they do, for obvious reasons. 🙂
Cheers justanotherfanofchsfloorball2011bdivteam! CHS ROCKS
I guess the only undefeated team in regulation time is BMS eventhough they lost their semi-finals and 3rd and 4th placings on penalties.
So may I say, “Well done, BMS!” despite conceding nearly 20 goals in your last 3 matches that ended in draws, but which could have easily ended in losses in regulation time due to your weak defence during those 3 matches? ^^;
Yea. But BMS beat CH 4-1. So the “Champion” CH, could only score a single goal against a “weak” BMS defence? Oh c’mon. All your comments are “pro-CH’, which is extremely irritating to some other readers. Try being a little more fair to the other teams will ya?
“But BMS beat CH 4-1. So the “Champion” CH, could only score a single goal against a “weak” BMS defence?”
May I ask, did I ever say that the BMS defence was weak against CHS in that particular match?
Once again, people are putting words in my mouth! *sigh*
I’ve consistently said that the BMS defence was weak during those last 3 matches of their season, which was the MAIN reason they failed to qualify for the Final, in my opinion!
If the BMS defence was much stronger, I dare say they would have probably beat VS in the semi-final during regulation time, and possibly beat CHS in the Final.
“All your comments are “pro-CH’, which is extremely irritating to some other readers.”
I’m a fan of their 2011 ‘B’ Boys floorball team, so obviously my comments are generally “pro-CH”; would it make any sense for my comments to be anti-CH or even neutral? If my comments irritate some readers, then they’ll just have to learn to be patient, because I can also say that their comments are “extremely irritating” to me, but I’d rather not, because I have more fun posting the way I have been posting so far! xD
“Try being a little more fair to the other teams will ya?”
If you have managed to read ALL my comments, plus my messages in the Chat Box over the past few days, I have tried “being a little more fair” to both BMS and VS; in fact, I’ve even praised their attack and the skilfulness of some of their players.
But to be truly fair, flaws also have to be pointed out, right? Otherwise, it would not be fairness, but simply blind praise.
awww you must be from some weak floorball school to comment about bmss floorball. wells i understand even though i am from sgs i know how good they are no point commenting on them
“awww you must be from some weak floorball school to comment about bmss floorball.”
Okay then, would you like to guess what school? xD
lol haha oh yeah bms weak defence only appeared at the last few matches.
Victoria school’s line up:
Goal Keepers: Nasrulhaq, Ezra Taliv Mo
Line 1: Akmal Shaharudin #12, Riku Alatalo #83, Matthew Yong #47, Hadi #56
Line 2: Hamizan Ismail #28, Nicholas #19, Yusuf # 26, Henri #53
Line 3: Simon Fang (#?), Muhd Adib #27, Haziq (#3), Syahid #66
Thanks for all your updates, Flooballx.
Victoria school (#28) is hamizan ismail and i belive you should add 1 more to the goal scorers list which is (#47) matthew yong
Its not #17 that scored the 1st goal for victoria its #47
”Catholic High’s captain Darrell Er then added two more long-range goals to put his team 3-0 up and leave the Victoria supporters rather subdued.”
Darrell only scored 1. The third goal a pass by Darrell to the blind side of the keeper which Crenshawn finished.
And not
”The move paid off with Catholic High’s forward Ryan Cheng squaring for teammate Crenshawn Lim to score and maintain a more comfortable three-goal cushion.”
This was a save by the Victorian goalie.
Thanks for the update.