Story by Tamara Lie/Red Sports. Photos by Chua Kai Yun/Red Sports.

Foo Jun Wei (RI #17) dribbles the ball against his opponent. He scored 3 consecutive goals in the last period. (Photo © Chua Kai Yun/Red Sports)

Foo Jun Wei (RI #17) dribbles the ball against his opponent. He was the top scorer with three goals in the final period. (Photo 1 © Chua Kai Yun/Red Sports)

Hougang Sports Hall, Friday, April 22, 2016 – Raffles Institution (RI) beat Pioneer Junior College (PJC) 7-2 for their third win in round 1 of the National Floorball A Division Championship.

PJC had previously lost 1-5 to Anglo-Chinese Junior College and beaten Innova Junior College (IJC) 8-1. RI remain undefeated and are currently top of their group.

Foo Jun Wei (RI #17) was the top scorer with three goals in the last period. Mohamad Ruzain (#6) scored 2 goals for PJC.

Ryan Tan (RI #68) scored the first goal in the opening period but PJC soon equalised with a goal by Mohamad Ruzain (#6) from a free hit.

Caius Goh (RI #9) then placed the ball in the back of the net to take back the lead. Despite countless shot attempts from both sides, the keepers Chester Ng (RI #1) and Sherman Teo (PJC #1) were in fine form and the first period ended 2-1 to RI.

Pioneer made a comeback in the second period as Mohamad Ruzain (#6) scored within the first few seconds to equalise. However, Raffles quickly took the lead again with a fast break by Mohammad Haziq (#29) who set up Caius Goh (#9) for an easy goal.

Besides an impressive offence, Raffles had a good double team defence as well and pressured Pioneer in their attacking half. Pioneer stood their ground and had a few shots on goal but goalkeeper Chester Ng (RI #1) saved to help RI preserve the 3-2 lead at the end of the second period.

The third period saw Raffles dominating with four goals. Pioneer could not keep up and were scoreless throughout. Foo Jun Wei (RI #17) in particular scored three consecutive goals to end the game.

Top scorer Jun Wei (#17) said, “It was a very slow start but I think we managed to pick up towards the end. We are always very sluggish at the start so I think we need to improve on that and have a fast start.”

Regarding his three goals, he added, “I think it was very much a team effort because it was a pass and shoot and we had to work together to get the goal.”

Raffles next face IJC while Pioneer will go up against Tampines Junior College.

Scoring by Period
RI vs PJC
1st Period: 2-1
2nd Period: 1-1 (3-2)
3rd Period: 4-0 (7-2)

Top Scorers
RI
Foo Jun Wei (#17) – 3 goals
Caius Goh (#9) – 2 goals

RI Roster
Chester Ng Yan Hao (#1), Chia Wei Kit Samuel (#91), Chua Hao Jie Marcus (#23), Foo Jun Wei (#17), Goh Jun Shyan Caius (#9), Ho Wei En (#10), Joshua Tan Yin Feng (#25), Kamal Hariz B Othman (#19), Law Shao Yu (#21), Lee Min Hao (#4), Liew Wei Xiong Shawn (#22), Lim Yi (#12), Mudzakkir B Aziz (#15), Muhammad Haziq B Abdul Rased (#29), Muhammad Ihsan B Mohd Azmi (#42), Sean Toh Shan Meng (#8), Shaun Heng Wei Hao (#7), Silas Choe Cheng Xun (#11), Tan Hong Jie Jared (#71), Tan Jiaju Ryan (#88), Teo Chee Hao (#76), Tng Zong Wei (#88)

PJC Roster
Ang Jun Ming (#2), Chen Hui Long (#18), Darren Siew Fook Kai (#44), Daryl Ng Wei Keat (#4), Enoch Yang Sheng Xun (#10), Jim Vincent Andes Engay (#12), Leonard Lim Ke Yuan (#16), Liew Jie Ying (#17), Lin Zhan, Zane (#27), Luqman Hakeem B Salim B Omar (#23), Mohamad Ruzain B Zainudin (#6), Mohammed Jamal S/O Abdul Kahlid (#7), Muhammad Hanis Bin Alias (#21), Muhammad Lutfurrahman B Husin (#5), Mun Chun Yew, Shane (#8), Nicholas Chai Chen Yee (#11), Peh Kai Ming (#13), Phang Yan Feng Benito (#30), R Sriraam Lechman (#14), Samuel Tay (#9), Sherman Teo Xuwei (#1), Siew Jun Wei (#24)

National A Division Floorball Championship – fixtures and results

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