Innebandy!Co Floorball Club

Nomination of Referees For Referees' Mentorship Program (RMP)

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:55:00 +0000

Congratulations to Nicholes Ong, Andrew Yeap and Ephraim Teh for being nominated. hahaha! =p You guys are required to attend a Referees' Course organized by the Penang Floorball Referees Excutive Board (PPReRB).

Date: 21 November 2009
Time: 9.00am - 11.30am
Venue: Wesley Methodist Church, MYC Building Level 1

These are the terms and conditions that will apply to all participating in the RMP:-

Referees MUST attend a compulsory referees' course on the 21st November 2009
Referees MUST prepare their own IFF rule book edition 2006 and finish reading before the attending the Referees' course.
Referees MUST referee weekly club training matches whenever possible.
Referees MUSt attend friendly matches under RMP.
All refereeing assignments/training are to be recorded in the Referees' Record.
Terms and conditions are subject to change.

Please do not hesistate to contact the President, Kao Lin Ken @ 012.4236231 or the Sexytary, Khor Kuan Yang @ 012.4321966 for any inquiries regarding the above matter.

Dalat Junior Carnival

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:32:00 +0000

[Announcement]

Those who are playing this Saturday (7/11/2009) will be required to be a Dalat International Gymnasium at 11.00am sharp. Attire for the matches will be the black jersey and black t-shirt for those who do not have one.

wanna see the national players in action??

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:04:00 +0000

This is extremely good news so ill quit beating about the bush and get straight to the point that there will be a ..

FLOORBALL CARNIVAL

Date : SUNDAY (18^th October) – That’s tomorrow!

Time: 10am-2pm

Venue: Shang Wu primary school (opposite the State Mosque next to SXI primary school)

need a map? click here

Organized by Sik Aun Baptist Church, the floorball events will be from 10am-12pm followed by a “makan” time from 12-2pm.(There will be stalls selling food)

And here’s the best part! There is going to be an exhibition match featuring the National Players right there at 10am in the school hall!!!! (featuring our very own Sam and Deswyn in match action with Linken as the match referee!).There will also be mini competition taken part by SXI , MBS and floorball teams from SIK AUN BC

2 minutes may or may not be given to Sam or Deswyn by Linken tomorrow (highly doubtful) but I can guarantee you that many more minutes of AWESOME FLOORBALL ACTION IS GUARANTEED for ya’ll tomorrow!

Need I say more?

See you all there=)

The Day We Rose Again

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:53:00 +0000

For the readers who are familiar with Innebandy! Co.’s achievements, you may have noticed that it’s been a while since we’ve hung the gold medal around our necks. However, things changed on the 12th of September 2009. Yes, my dear friends, on that very Saturday Innebandy! Co. grasped the gold medal in the Rising Star 2009 Challenge. It was a day filled with teamwork and the teamwork got us the spot at the top.

List of Players.
#20 Deswyn Wan (Keeper)
#9 Ephraim Teh (Captain)
#6 Rooban Chand

#7 Valerie Yentl Tan
#8 Lee Chester
#10 Joshua Yam
#11 Jason Chew
#13 Andrew Yeap
#23 Darien Loh
#86 Nicholes Ong

Everyone reached the Balik Pulau Stadium on time, except for Andrew Yeap. ( He had things to do. No worries, he didn’t get the venue wrong. ) Nicholes Ong was the most high spirited Innebandien at 8 a.m. I could barely keep my eyes open. Captain E instructed us to suit up and we were off doing warm-ups. Everyone was tired from jumping sideways, the grand finale in our warming up. After that, we stretched and had a little team talk. Mr. Kao Lin Ken (#31) gave us a few words of wisdom to get us pumped up. We went in and watched a few interesting matches. Time passed by so fast since all the matches were nice to watch.

Qualifying Round
We were up next. We went down to the playing area and sat outside the rink, anxiously waiting for our turn. Our goal keeper, Deswyn Wan (#20) looked good in his attire. The sight of him with the keeper pants on was very ‘cute’. We were up against Contact Army. The tension was high as Innebandy was meeting one of our arch-nemesis’ really early on. We ended the game with a 2-0 win, thanks to two goals from Jason ‘the Superstar’ Chew. The players heaved a relieved sigh after the final whistle; it hadn’t been an easy match, to say the least.

We had a LONG break before the next game was up. What did we do? Watch more floorball! (and eat a little, of course.) The next game was against Frontliners Fusion. The game ended with a 2-1 win. Clearly, we didn’t have our heads in the game yet. We were still warming up. Without Nicholes’ brace, victory would have been doubtful, at best. Later, the same player was disqualified from partaking from the tournament on grounds that he had previously represented Malaysia in a friendly against India. What a huge blow to us, and to Nic himself, it was. After all, this was his first appearance in competitive floorball since the horrific accident, which rendered him incapable to play the game he loved best, several months earlier.

But, no time to mourn the past, the present was fast catching up on us. The third, and final, match was up. Innebandy!Co took on Firebrands Bak Kua. Ironically, is was without our most senior forward in which we managed to rack up our biggest score. A comfortable 5-0 win saw the Innebandien skipper leading the charge with a well crafted hat-trick. This result ensured a place in the quarter-finals as well as guaranteeing Innebandy to be paired off with a “weaker” team.

So, the diagnosis so far? Looking good, Innebandy getting all 3 wins out of 3 and netting in 9 whilst conceding only a single goal so far. However, I don’t think these statistics really sank in to our tired heads as we all knew that we still had 3 tough games more to go before even hoping to win the Gold. After taking a well deserved rest, we got ready for our next encounter, against the SXI Kamikazes.

Quarter Finals
At first glance, this group of mostly small boys were not thought to be of any threat to us. Little did we know that they were not to be underestimated… The Saints played well, taking into account the short duration they have played the beautiful game, but conceded defeat to an overwhelming Innebandy side. In the end, the scoreline showed that size(and experience) really does matter as we took the quarter-finals 7-1. Still, it was a very good effort on their part for scoring against the much senior Innebandy team. Kudos to you guys if you’re reading this.

Semi Finals
The tension was building up. After coming so far, defeat was simply unacceptable. We were all a little worried just in case we haven’t started our ‘engines’ up yet. The game was up against team Ztec 2011. Many spectators would agree that this was the match to watch in this particular tournament. Both teams have a rich history against each other since the latters foundation; it wasn’t only about going to the next round, this was personal. Whoever won would not only be guaranteed a medal, but would have bragging rights till the next showdown.

Back to the game. Both Innebandy! Co. and Ztec 2011 showed high levels of energy and gave tremendous amounts of pressure. As you all know, it only takes a split second to net a ball in the goalpost in the game of floorball. We kept our game tight and focused on stopping their waves of attacks, one shot at a time. The camp we had definitely played a role in strengthening our teamwork and bonding, enabling us to play as better Innebandiens. The “holy trinity” of Innebandy, comprising of Lin Ken, Sam and Nicholes, combined to coach us and giving morale support by screaming their lungs out at us. It worked, with Captain E taking full advantage of a defensive error on Ztec’s part. The ball went through a practically non-existent free hit wall and into the net for the only goal of the game. Final score, Innebandy 1 : Ztec 0. Credit to the brilliant defensive teamwork of the ENTIRE team which played a vital part in making sure no goals were conceded. The three IC’s, particularly Insane Courage, were fully put into practice in this exhilarating match-up.

This is it. The moment you’ve all been waiting for. The Finals. Need I say more?

The Finals
Innebandy faced-off with a physical Minden Titanium team. Hearts pounding, we stepped on court for the final challenge in our pursuit for Gold. Win, and we make History once again. Lose, and be condemned to mediocrity for eternity(or at least another year). Right, here we go.

It was a somewhat diminished performance from both sides as it had been a long day. Nevertheless, the teams put in their best with all they had and set up a worthy finale for this prestigious competition. Solid defender, Rooban Chand, put an unstoppable shot in the back of the net, from not far off the half way line, to open the scoring. Minden Titanium were able to pull one back, but Innebandy proved just too hot to handle with a final scoreline of 3-1.
The feeling we got when the referee blew the final whistle was simply…

Indescribable.

Prize Giving
Mr. Christopher Koh gave a short speech before the top three (3) teams received their medals. Team Innebandy! Co. gave Ztec 2011 a “Whoosh!” as they were receiving their medals. Ztec 2011 then returned the favour by singing a part of the Innebandy! Co. cheer. We were all estatic when we heard the few words that go, “And the champions are……Team Innebandy! Co. !” We then marched to Mr. Edward Lim and received our medals. Each Innebandien walked up to him with great joy and pride. The smile on our faces told the whole story. After that, the all star team picks.

Goal keeper : Dawn Tan from Minden Titanium
Defender: Rooban Chand from Innebandy! Co.
Defender: Khoo Gim Hoong from Ztec 2011
Forward : Rish Van from Minden Titanium
Forward : Ephraim Teh from Innebandy! Co.

The day came to an end. We kept the boards, chairs, and tables back. After that, we headed home, weary from our exploits but well satisfied with the results.

Thank You very much..
Many thanks to Sam, Lin Ken, Deswyn and, to an extent, Nicholes, for each putting their heart and soul into coaching us week in, week out for umpteen years. Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to you guys for really sacrificing time and your own personal training by building us up individually as players and collectively as a team. Also, not forgetting our sole supporter on the day of the tournament, Previn, for bearing with us throughout the entire duration. I know we must have bored you terribly but we hope to make up for it by welcoming you with open arms into our big happy family, Innebandy! Co.

This section wouldn’t be complete without a proper appreciation for the Innebandy! Co. team which overcame the odds to claim the very first Rising Star Challenge Trophy. All of you guys(and girl) played an integral role in the road to glory. I fervently hope that we keep this momentum going and reach out for greater exploits to go down in our very own Hall of Fame (otherwise known as the Innebandy blog). Without every single player, the Inner Circle of Innebandy just wouldn’t have been complete. Well done, guys (and girl).

Lasty, and definitely not least, I would like to thank God for His abundant grace and mercy upon us even as we played in the Rising Star 2009 Challenge. It is truly by God’s protective hand upon each and every one of us that none of us sustained any serious injuries. And without His infinite grace, tempers would have surely been lost in the completion of the tournament. Thank you Jesus, for Your never ending Love for us.

And so…
As a conclusion, the Rising Star 2009 Challenge saw many Innebandiens realize their full potential as we took home the top honours. It is indeed true when they say that “With Great Teamwork comes Great Victories”. Many would say this was a fluke result, that it was a one-in-a-million thing. However, I can see this team rising up to even loftier heights in the not too distant future. Use this achievement as a stepping stone for times to come. Just keep on working towards the goal as a team and in your own Independent Culture. Lets prove the critics wrong and just go for it. Who knows where our next trophy would come from?
The Penang Floorball League 2010 anyone?

Special Olympics Motto-Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.

One Team, One Way.

floorball alike

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:39:00 +0000

It Was....A Splendid Night

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:27:00 +0000

Once upon a time, there was a floorball club called Innebandy! Co. Every member in this club believed and upheld 3 sacred philosophies which are the importance of the Inner Circle, Independent Culture, and Insane Courage as a team. Firmly holding on to these beliefs, they grew tighter and stronger as a team and eventually defied all odds to become champions of the Rising Star Competition 2009.

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Not at all dear readers. This is in fact just the beginning of many more achievements, victories and success to come. Therefore, the formula that can be deduced from this story is: Inner Circle + Independent Culture + Insane Courage = Gold Medals and a…….

CELEBRATORY POTLUCK!!!

Which was held on the 18th of September to not only celebrate our recent success as Rising Star Champions but also to grow tighter as a team, to makan as a team and most importantly, to have fun as a team!

The potluck was held in Deswyn’s apartment and was initially meant to be held at the poolside. However, as the weather did not permit and it started to pour heavily, the potluck was held inside Deswyn’s apartment. Nothing is going to deter us Innebandiens from makan time!

By the stroke of 7.30 pm, everyone was all there eager and waiting to begin makan time. All except Joshua who ‘cleverly’ went to the poolside of the wrong apartment and got stuck there due to the heavy rain. As Deswyn mentioned to Joshua that his apartment is 20 storeys high and white in color with a brown top, Joshua went to another apartment nearby with “deceivingly” the exact same characteristics!! Finding out that he was at the wrong apartment from a resident there, Joshua kept his teammates waiting and starving while waiting for the rain to stop.

The team was however very kind and gracious and waited for Joshua to arrive before beginning the potluck. In the meantime, everyone huddled up in Deswyn’s living room to watch the World Floorball Championships Final Match between Sweden and Finland. GOOD STUFF.

At the stroke of 8pm, Joshua finally arrived at the door dripping wet with his mashed potatoes ala josh still dry and edible as he risked his life and body as protection for the potatoes for the sake of the hunger of his fellow team mates. Well, that was the least he could do for causing the long wait=p

Everyone quickly gathered around the potluck table eagerly waiting to sample the many dishes prepared by the Innebandy members. After praying for the food by Captain E, the potluck began! Everyone was happily chomping away as the food was really good indeed. Who would have known that Innebandiens had a secret talent for cooking other than floorball ! Amongst the food brought were ·

Chicken ala “Chick Flick” (Rooban) [as named by Rooban himself]
TESCO’s “Kenny Rogers” Chicken (Deswyn)
Cream Puffs (Win Shern)
Nuggets (Chester)
Pudding (Valerie)
Sago Dessert (Andrew)
Fried Bee Hoon (Jason)
Mashed Potatoes (Darien)
Banana Cake (Lin Ken)
Curry Sandwiches (Previn)
Pork Curry (Ephraim)
Soft Drinks (Sam)

Just by going through that list, you can sort of have a rough idea on how happy our stomach’s were that very night.=)

Darien's Mashed Potatoes

Win Shern's Puff

Previn's Curry Sandwich

Every item brought was indeed scrumptious as all Innebandiens began attacking the potluck table round after round. Sam told us not to worry if they gain any weight cause he will make sure we all lose it again in training on Sunday by doing 2 rounds of Shuttle Runs!

After everyone was stuffed and happy, it was time to ‘toast’ to our success in the recent Rising Star Competition. And what’s more a better way to toast as a team if not the customary victory “champagne” toast together! However, in place of the champagne, a fine bottle of Sparkling Juice was brought by Sam which tasted almost as good as having real champagne itself. AHH the sweetness of victory=p.

The officiating of this ceremony began with Captain E really giving his best in trying to pop the bottle. After numerous tries, finally only was Captain E able to “merasmikan” the ceremony by producing a well rounded OOMPH filled POP!! Sparkling Juice was then distributed all around by the captain himself. The team then gathered in a circle and toasted to their recent success by singing the Innebandy song together followed by everyone BOTTOMING UP! Although sparkling juice was used instead of wine, Jason “the superstar” still did not dare to partake of the drink as he felt it safe to not drink from any wine shaped bottle for fear of being drunk.

Innebandy, Innebandy! CooooooOOoOOoooo

The night prolonged with much enjoyed rounds of the game MAFIA in which killing, saving and catching took over eating for the night. Since the last MAFIA session at the Innebandy Camp, this round of MAFIA saw the improvement of all players using psychology as well as body language to steer the crowd their way. Two outstanding killers of the night, Valerie and Jason were the only ones able to kill everyone in a single round. Certainly targets to be cautious of in future MAFIA games! (For those who don’t know what MAFIA is all about please refer to Sam for an Introductory Course)

Sam Phd in Mafia

Jason killed everyone with his fake drunkard technique

Valerie going in for the Kill

After rounds and rounds of killing, the night finally came to an end with everyone satisfied both in their stomachs as well as their hearts. We certainly bonded as a team and believe that our tighter Inner Circle will bring us to greater heights than ever. The team would like to thank the coaches for their dedication and undying “love” and sacrifice in constantly training, motivating us and pushing us to achieve more than what we already are. Most importantly, we would like to give all the glory to God!

Win Or Lose. Innebandy moving forward as a team can be truly felt in the hearts of each and every member and is indeed the most important form of victory any team can achieve.

Rising Star Champion 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:41:00 +0000

Only one word...

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:51:00 +0000

Penang Women State Team vs. Innebandy! Co.

24th August 2009, Monday

5-1 (2-0, 0-1, 3-0)

1st period

Jason (Ephraim)

Joshua

2nd period

Sarah Ng (Sheryn)

3rd period

Ephraim (Joshua)

Nicholes

Joshua

The first game for Innebandy! Co. since the end of the Penang Floorball League. How will we fare?

We were invited for a friendly match on the 24th of August, Monday night, by the Penang women’s state team. It was a win-win situation for both parties with the Penang side looking to build on their team chemistry and strategies while Innebandy hoped to gain some valuable experience for the junior players by facing them off against the much seasoned Penang women’s team.

The atmosphere that night was pretty quiet with both teams starting off with their respective warm-up drills. Sam Teoh and Deswyn Wan both refrained from participating and coached the team instead as the objective of that night’s game was more towards helping the team get use to coping without two of Innebandy’s main players rather than winning. On top of that, Innebandy had to play without Cuilin and Valerie Tan, who were called up for State duty. However, with the return of the much missed forward, Nicholes Ong, and the ever solid keeper, Lin Ken, in goal, things looked to be leaning slightly towards Innebandy’s side.

Preeeeet!

And we’re off.

The first period started off with the women’s team putting on an aggressive mind-set. Their quick passes and constant pressuring nearly paid off for them. Quite contrary to the oppsition’s strategy, Innebandy played a calm and collected game. Our forwards were having difficulties getting past the women’s first line of defence. That combined with Sharron in goal proved to be a difficult wall to break down. Furthermore, the female forwards were playing well for about half the period by pressuring the Innebandy defenders. Fortunately for us, they did not keep up their starting momentum and soon Innebandy drew first blood with Captain E setting up Jason “the Superstar” Chew followed by Joshua Yam.

Nevertheless, at the break, the two coaches were not happy with our game play thus far. Sam demanded a more solid performance from us Innebandiens especially the back two. He also challenged us to net in another five more goals by the end of the second period.

In the second half, things didn’t exactly go to plan. The women weren’t improving, Innebandy was counter attacking well from defence to forward in a blink of an eye. However, the players couldn’t finish off the opportunities and blew a number of one-on-one chances against the Penang goalie. More than once, the cutting edge of Deswyn was sorely missed by Innebandy as they came close on more than one occasion. But as we all know, in floorball, coming close is just not good enough. As for the women, they lacked the speed and dynamicism to penetrate our back line, the forwards did not chase down each ball and soon their game play grew stagnant. The period ended unexpectedly with not only a clean sheet for the state team but a late goal as well! The Ng sisters, Sarah and Sheryn, combined to catch the defense ball-watching which left Innebandy in shock and Lin Ken on his feet screaming profanities at his defense who left him wide open.

Wow. Not only did we NOT meet Uncle Sam’s target, but we let in a goal too. Things were looking bad. With the score at 2-1, the women’s team could easily turn the tables on us in the next 20 minutes of the 3rd ,and final, period. Once again, we were told to go out there and grab five goals while keeping the opponent’s at bay. After a invigorating team talk, Innebandy marched back into the court again to do battle with the Penang women’s state team for one final period.

The third period saw a transformed women’s team coming on court. They played with a burning determination to win and pushed up high with good fore checking. In the goalkeeping aspect Sharron was replaced by Suleen at the other end. Suleen managed to pull off many fine saves that would have done Lin Ken proud. Her quick reflexes proved to be a difficult obstacle for Innebandien forwards to overcome. However, with Insane Courage, we successfully netted in three more thanks to the Captain and Nicholes getting one goal each and Joshua finding the net for the second time of the night. The final score : Penang Women’s State Team 1 : 5 Innebandy! Co.

After the match, our coaches gathered us round in our Inner Circle for the customary team talk. Although we succeeded in getting a win, the scoreline did not reflect the real story. Our players squandered a host of chances while our defense was penetrated time and time again by the women’s team. Sam asked us to describe our game using only one word. The answers varied from player to player, some calling it “Messy” and “Rusty” while others thought the play was “Good” and “Okay”. In the end, Sam told us only one word “Gai”. I could understand how he felt like sitting on the sidelines, unable to do anything to help a struggling Innebandy side which he felt deeply about.

So, I strongly encourage each and every Innebandien to start or build on your Independent Culture. It is vital to have personal training sessions to improve on our physical condition and also our floorballing skills. Do it for yourself, do it for your coaches who place their trust in you by coming week in week out to train us, do it for the feeling of ecstasy of lifting up the 2010 Penang Floorball League Trophy and knowing you deserve every bit of it, and most of all, do it for Innebandy.

One Team, One Way.

One Team, One Way, One Malaysia

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:55:00 +0000

Innebandy! Co. had their first ever camp last weekend. It was a time for the team to hangout and fellowship after PFL 09.

The venue for the camp which was initially supposed to be held at Pantai Keracut but was later changed to Penang Watersports Centre. All the ‘campers’ gathered at T.O.P. somewhere around noon and had their ‘mee hun’ lunch. Oh boy, what a nice plate of mee that was!

Later on, we were all briefed on who’s following who to the camp site. The seniors drove us there. The lucky few who followed Nicholes managed to watch the chef at work, marinating the pieces of chicken which were going to be our dinner. The sight of the chicken being marinated made the observers drool.

When everyone reached the campsite, the campers were briefed on the groups they would be in for the camp. We were split into three groups of four. The three teams were named after each training philosophy : Inner Circle, Independent Culture, and Insane Courage. The seniors were all split into each team, except for Deswyn. He was the one who acted as the judge in our tasks and observed our every move. We then went to set up our tents. Each group had one except Deswyn and Sam, having their own tent. The girls had their own tent also. After that, were given a task. To write down what the philosophy of our team name meant to us and how we could apply it in everyday life. When it was complete, the paper we wrote on was stuck onto the tents respectively. However, for team Independent Culture, the crows ‘attacked’ their tent by bombarding a series of ‘poop grenades’. The paper merely lasted 5 minutes before being decorated with droppings of the crows.

Next up was the Amazing Race. Each team had to complete four tasks.
1) Answer a series of questions
2) Cook an egg
3) Roll the ball only using our stomach from one end to the other
4) Covering a floorball stick entirely and vertically in the sand without burying it.

The team started last at the final task but finished first thanks to the idea of Nicholes. All teams showed such teamwork in this challenge. After that, Deswyn told us that each team had to execute a morning exercise the next day. Each team was given the task of instructing either abs, upper body or lower body exercise Then, we were given free time to mingle around or take a shower. Soon after that, everyone chipped in to help prepare dinner. We had salad, BBQ Chicken and BBQ Sausage. The salad looked like it was prepared in a restaurant. The chicken pieces were simply magnificent and tender. The sausages were soft and well cooked.

As we were drinking orange juice, the guys sat around a big table. Each person shared their most embarrassing moment when it came to their turn, except for a few that decided to just listen. It could have gone on for rounds and rounds. We took a group photo, each holding the Malaysia flag as we were counting down for our National Day. Chester brought his beautiful camera to be used to snap photos throughout the camp. Sam then called all of us to play a card game called ‘Mafia’. He became the narrator at first. Many of us played the game until about 3 am in the morning. Kao Lin Ken succeeded as the only one that night to be the last killer standing. Kudos!

After that, chocolates were distributed among the campers who wanted some. Those who could not sleep went to shower. Some continued to playe ‘cho-tai-tee’ and others talked. As for me, I was talking to a team member of Innebandy! Co. who would be leaving Malaysia soon. We will miss her and we all wish her all the best in her pursuit. Her presence on court had always been noted.

Anyway, most of us slept at 5 am or so. Joshua Yam was the earliest to go to bed, but had difficulties sleeping because he heard the constant arguing of ‘My Bait Your Bait’ between Darien and Jason who were fishing alongside Nicholes. Nicholes was the last one to hit the sack. I woke up at about 8 am or so, from the morning alarm of nature, clucking of roosters and the chirping of crows. Yes , crows too. Lin Ken’s voice gave me the final push I needed to wake up. He was the earliest one ready (as usual) and standing in the middle of the camp site, waiting for everyone else. Everyone washed up and brushed their teeth, changed their clothes and met on the sandy, stone covered ground.

We had our morning devotion which was related to sports. I’m sure many of us learnt a couple of things besides reinforcing whatever we have already known. We were finally awoken by warming up with a game of dodge ball. The winners of the dodge ball game started their task last. Joshua Yam who did abs had such enthusiasm and showed such charisma in delegating the exercise for his team. His team was said to be the most ‘well-executed’. Then, Ephraim Teh took on the lower body. The song he chose to play along with the exercise was something to do with The Pink Panther and a soundtrack from Spongebob Squarepants. His team was awarded ‘most fun’ exercise. Then, team leader Cui Lin requested Nicholes to lead the upper body exercise. His team was awarded ‘most challenging’ exercise.

We then were told to pack up before having breakfast. Team Independent Culture were the last to finish packing up. Two of them washed the tent covered with crow droppings. After washing, they ran around the field trying to dry the layer. What a physical exercise! Then, we went kayaking. We were split into groups of two. The instructor briefed us on choosing the proper oar, rowing the kayak and staying safe. Four of the kayaks had a little race from one end to the other. After that, each team took a photo. Valerie Yentl Tan however wanted to be in every team’s photo. Sam was the photographer. Thus, he did not participate in the kayaking.

After that, everyone took their bath before they headed home. A few of the guys went for the group bath since the individual bathrooms were occupied. The few who went there (names not to be mentioned) really bonded after coming out of the bathroom. I wonder what might have happened in there.

A few of us then went to Fatty Loh Chicken Rice shop to have our lunch. I went to bed the moment I reached home. What a wonderful camp! Everyone had fun and made great team bonding. I can’t wait for the next outdoor activity!

p/s:photo will be updated soon

Reminder for Campers

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:27:00 +0000

Theme of Camp: One Team One Way One Malaysia

Things to bring:

Bible
Toiletries
Enough clothes for wet/dry activities
BBQ utensils (if possible)
Inne's jersey
Merdeka spirit
Yourself

In conjunction with the government's campaign to 'Kibarkan Jalur Gemilang'. All campers will receive a mini Jalur Gemilang this Sunday! =) Let's support our country together. I am proud to be Malaysian. Are you?

For more more enquiries please contact Deswyn @ 012.5515.205
See you at TOP this Sunday. Meet at 12.45 sharp. Lunch and transport will be provided to our camp site! Get excited for a great time of fellowship and fun. Happy Merdeka to all Malaysians!Merdeka!Merdeka!Merdeka!

Unleashed!3.0

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:26:00 +0000

PFL 2009 Div 1 Player's Review

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:07:00 +0000

#5 Chong Chau Chan: LF
He did not manage to make his debut due to work commitments.

#6 Rooban Chand: RD(2+2)
He is a player who aspires to play like Henrik Quist some day. And he showed great dedication to his passion and to PFL. Made a few good plays during the matches and passes the ball well to his forwards. However, he will still need to toughen up and be more aggressive when taking on the opposition forwards. His partnership with Win Shern in defence has been improving as the league went on.

#7 Valerie Yentl Tan: LF(4+1)
The girl with the most points in Penang League. She even beat some of the national players by getting herself 4 goals and 1 assist throughout the league. She is quick to get herself into threatening scoring positions and is a constant threat to opponents in their half. She is a good role model for the Penang girls' state team. If she is keen to play for the national team some day, she will have to work on her speed and endurance, which would definitely make her a even better player.

#8 Lee Chester: RD
The defender that makes the coaches' heart stopped beating at times with his ever “cool and calm” approach of passing the ball managed to rise up as the league progressed. Many times during the league, he was the last man defending for Innebandy as Sam goes up and help the attackers with his offensive runs. He should be investing in a new stick, which would help him improve on his basic techniques. The current stick that he is using is way too short for him.

#9 Ephraim Teh: C(2+1)
He is an excellent captain who constantly challenges his team to go the extra mile for the team and leading the team by example showing his team that nothing is impossible. Displayed some great skills on the court and shaking off defenders with a quick turn to leave defenders chasing shadows at times as well as having a good physique to hold the ball upfront while his fellow forwards makes their runs. Nevertheless, he still needs to work on his finishing as well as his stamina, which will definitely help improve his position on the point chart in the future.

#10 Joshua Yam: RF(0+2)
He successfully made his debut appearance for the club in PFL 2009. One of the reasons why the coaches’ think that he had a successful campaign is because he is very humble and teachable and ever willing to go the distance to improve himself. He will definitely be a better player in the years to come, if he continues working hard on his game. Thus, he will have to focus on his basic technique to further improve himself as a forward.

#11 Jason Chew: LF(1+0)
He was known as the "Superstar" and "National Player" in the team. Showed great promise at times with some good goal poaching skills in front of goal that catches team’s by surprise. He was the happiest boy alive, when he managed to put one pass Dalat Eagles at the end of the PFL outing. The boy shows great passion of the game as he made it to all 5 matches, even though he finishes school at 645pm. He will have to work on positioning and shots to become an even better player.

#12 Kao Cui Lin: LF
One of the senior players in the team, who is always there to give support to her team mates, be in verbally or morally. A player who never complains even if she does not get a chance to play and will give her every breath on court when she gets a chance to play. That is the sort of sacrifice/commitment she shows to Innebandy!Co, which is a fine example for the younger players. She still needs to be constantly reminded that she needs to be holding the floorball stick with both hands.

#13 Andrew Yeap: LF(1+1)
One of the few ‘runners’ for Innebandy!Co, which the club severely needs. He had a quiet outing this time round judging by his previous performance with the team. One of the factors of him being less threatening this time round is due to the change of court size. And getting into the right positions at the right time, which he does so well previously, takes time to improve and develop. With time, his predator instincts and his movement on court should improve and the coaches are confident that he will be a threat upfront as he always has been for Innebandy!Co.

#20 Deswyn Wan: C(10+5)
The coach of Innebandy!Co did not disappoint as he got himself a whopping 15 points in this league. He is a strong pillar for the team and is constantly inspiring the team on and off the court. Shows great appetite in front of goal and yet not selfish in supplying good goal scoring opportunities to his fellow team mates, which indeed make him a great playmaker. With more trainings and play ups, he would have a greater understanding with his fellow forwards. Hence, sharpening the attacks for Innebandy!Co. He was ‘awarded’ Man of the Match by BBF for the match against Frontliners and was also the ALL STAR CENTER for PFL Div 1 2009.

#22 Tan Win Shern: RD
The most well build defender in the team is very good in cutting off passes from the danger area. And in addition to that, shows great discipline in his own defensive zone. He will have to learn to support the team better by supplying the center and fowards with good passes to start up the attacks on a more frequent basis. His partnership with Rooban in defence has been slowly improving as the league went by.

#23 Darien Loh: LF(2+0)
This boy was the Man of the Match against Dalat Eagles and showed great potential throughout the league. He played without fear even though most of the opponents were ‘a-head’ above him. His never say die attitude and his good movement into empty spaces makes him one of the players to look out for in the future. And who could forget his special skill – The Spin Off, which not many players can do or dare to execute in a real game situation. However, he still neeed to shapens his basic skills to become an all-rounded player in the future.

#31 Kao Lin Ken: G
The “Henri Toivoniemi wanna be” constantly provides the team with good insight from his point of view as a goalie. He showed better mental strength this time round and was seen constantly encouraging his players throughout the league. Catching is one of the areas which he can improve on as he prefers to parry the on coming shots than trying to catch them. He was chosen as the All Star Goalie for PFL Div 1 2009.

#44 Sam Teoh: LD(5+4)
He was the coach that kept motivating the team to fight the “battle” and to win strong. The coach/player also showed great determination and promise by playing in all the matches even after his knee surgery. He was a constant threat to the opposing team with his frequent runs bombing up and down the court to support the team’s attacks from defence. On the other hand, he will have to toughen up especially when playing against better opposition. BBF chose him as their Man of the Match for both the games against Contact FireAnts and Ztec 8cers respectively. He was also selected in the ALL STAR TEAM as the left defender for PFL Div 1 2009.

#86 Nicholes Ong: RF(3+0)
He had a brilliant start to the 2009 league campaign by grabbing himself a well deserved hat-trick against Minden UniHawks, but had a shoulder injury later on which forced him to be sideline for the rest of the league. Innebandy!Co did miss his goal poaching instincts upfront badly, especially the game against Frontliners. He would definitely be one of the top point leaders, if not for his freak accident. Hopes he keeps himself in shape after a long floorball ‘break’ and to continue banging in the goals for Innebandy!Co in the future matches.

#89 Daniel Cheang: RF
He did not get to play much this time round as his parents did not allow him to come for the matches. However, he will still be playing for Innebandy!Co in the near future. He will have to continue practicing on his own at home and come for trainings whenever possible.

inner circle

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:42:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:04:00 +0000

div 1, 2009

insane courage

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:01:00 +0000

be inspired

innebandy!camp

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:14:00 +0000

INNEBANDY!CO v DALAT EAGLES

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Final Score 11-0 (5-0, 6-0)

0022 1-0 Deswyn Wan
0157 2-0 Deswyn Wan (Valerie Yentl Tan)
0500 3-0 Valerie Yentl Tan (Joshua Yam)
1230 4-0 Sam Teoh (Joshua Yam)
1658 5-0 Sam Teoh (Deswyn Wan)

0404 6-0 Valerie Yentl Tan
0509 7-0 Darien Loh (Ephraim Teh)
0558 8-0 Own Goal by Edwin Ooi
1150 9-0 Jason Chew (Deswyn Wan)
1553 10-0 Deswyn Wan
1942 11-0 Deswyn Wan

Ztec played it the Woossshhh way, Contact played it the FireAnts way, Minden played it the Hawks way, Frontliners played it the Spartans way, Dalat played it the Eagles way.....

And we played it our way. Innebandy!Co's way.
We are One Team, One Way

A win by a goal will get us bronze for PFL Div1 2009.

Despite the fact that Innebandy!Co is head to head with Contact FireAnts on the table before this game is played, this is the only game in the league that the Coaches did not give any pressure on innebandiens. How often would this happen during a league?

The only reason is because this is the last game and the whole team should enjoy it. But this doesn't mean that we took this game lightly. The team were asked to maintain ball possessions throughout the game and to score as many as possible due to the fact that Dalat has only one and a half line on the bench that night. And for the goalie, he gave himself clean sheet as his priority.

Goals were pouring into the Eagles' net not long after the faceoff. With the freedom the Coaches gave, everyone wants to put their name for glory for the last time in this league.

However, only a handful made it. Deswyn dominated the centre court and seized every opportunity to break their defence and beat the goalie. And Valerie being unmarked most of the time did well too in helping the team getting the bronze with her goals. Sam being kiasu also grabbed 2 for himself. Both Joshua and Captain E did some really nice passes to assist into scoring as well.

2 innebandies that are the youngest and were most insignificant throughout the league rise up for the occassion. Against all odds and against "goliath", they managed to find themselves on the right spot at the right time to slot in the goal perfectly into the net. They made their team mates, supporters, spectators, parents, brothers, sisters, friends and most of all they made God proud!

Boy oh boy. My heart shouts for joy when I saw them scoring. It felt way way better than winning the gold medal. Both of them played as if they are in the world championship finals. They may be small in size but they have a great hunger for Floorball. Definitely a contender for future all-star.

Innebandy!Co saw the fruits of its harvest that moment. Much more to come! Be prepared to reap what you sowed.

INNEBANDY!CO v ZTEC 8CER

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:43:00 +0000

Final Score 2-5 (1-3, 1-2)

0323 0-1 Loh Jo-Wyee (Chiam Ter Min)
0844 1-1 Rooban Chand (Andrew Yeap)
1828 1-2 Wong Ken Wye (Yeoh Jun Wooi)
1847 1-3 Yeoh Jun Wooi (Wong Ken Wye)

0733 1-4 Chiam Ter Min
1003 2-4 Sam Teoh
1427 Innebandy! Co's time out
1519 2-5 Loh Jo-Wyee (Chiam Ter Min)

The toughest match in the league.

Deswyn was the Coach of the day and he decided to do something different. His main strategy was not to concede any goals in the 1st period. How? By asking all innebandiens to be discipline in their positions and put pressure on the opponent as they cross the half court line.

Did that happened? Obviously no. Ztec drew the first blood. Careless mistake by Sam which gave Ztec the chance to score. However our defender-turned-forward Rooban leveled the game by a nice one-two with his partner Andrew. He scored as if there were no goalie guarding their goalpost.

10 mins later disaster strikes again. The score was favourable to Ztec at the end of 1st period. And Inne down by 2 goals. Did I mentioned that Deswyn and Sam played the whole 1st period? That was part of his strategy as well.

2nd period's strategy was to try winning the game back. And that didn't happen as well although Sam did scored one goal but they gave back 2. Guess the 2 pairs of legs are really tired.

Like I've said. It's the toughest match for Inne in the whole league. And innebandiens gave their best for this match. If not the scoreline would tell otherwise. Credit must be given to our goalie as he was on the peak of his performance. Marvellous goalkeeping by "Henri wannabe".

That night we showed the spectators what Insane Courage is all about. We were fearless and we fight until the last whistle was blown. Btw, Sam could not get up for work the next morning. pfft

i heart innebandy!co

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:23:00 +0000

“If everyone is moving forward together,

then success takes care of itself.”

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:00:00 +0000

FRONTLINERS SPARTANS v INNEBANDY!CO

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:10:00 +0000

Final Score 3-2 (3-0, 0-2)

0255 1-0 Kenny Ng
1315 2-0 Kenny Ng
1735 3-0 Kew Pei Li (Nicholas Teoh)

1400 3-1 Deswyn Wan (Sam Teoh)
1938 3-2 Deswyn Wan

The ball is round.

A match with a few scorer. A match with little assists.
A match that stopped out hearts beating. A match that crushed our dreams for the gold.
A match that spells ouch!

The most difficult 1st period so far for IC in this league.
But nonetheless, the 2nd period was ours.
That's the exciting part of Floorball.
It's never only win, win and WIN!
The greatest battle is within each man him/herself. To be able to overcome the defeat and focus on the reward.
Each innebandiens has to understand that losing a game is part of our team development and not team determent. (please click on the word)
The journey of our team development is really exciting as we go through each and every game together throughout this league.

Are you on this interesting journey with me?

The title is still open for all teams including IC. Lets strive for it!

2 more games and that's the end. But the team developments continue on and never ends. And as innebandiens we always strives for excellence because perfections can never be attained. Lets play our next two games like we never played Floorball before!

For the love of Floorball

Inner Circle
Independent Culture
Insane Courage

I'm lovin' it!

our harvest field

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:48:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:04:00 +0000

Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:14:00 +0000

Coming together is a beginning;

keeping together is progress;

working together is success.

noreply@blogger.com (Innebandy!Co Floorball Club) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:01:00 +0000

...

Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand.

You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere... to win week in and week out.

You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you gotta hang though together.

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