The 3rd Penang Youthwave Floorball Tournament, ranked as one of the much awaited floorball event of the year was held at the Balik Pulau Sports Complex. Although it seemed to be a long journey from town to Balik Pulau, it did not deter players and supporters to throng the place. They were all just simply floorball maniacs!! A sure good sign of floorball development in Penang! This year, we had a new category, the Under-12 Mixed Team, so as to encourage more junior players to play floorball. 3 teams vied for the gold medals and challenge trophy, and they played a total of 4 matches each, 2 matches against the same team. Indeed it was a very outstanding performance by the kids, possibly the category with the most goals scored.
Team Impact emerged Champion, while trailing behind was Sri Pelita, and Frontliners Kids. Bryan Looi (Team Impact, also one of Contact players) played very well, garnered 9 goals in the overall matches which gave him the Top Scorer award. Joshua Lim (Team Impact), with his excellent moves and good saves won him the Best Goalie award.
The Ladies' category comprised 4 teams. Frontliners sent 2 teams while Innebandy! Co and G12 (Methodist Girl's School) sent a team each. This year we saw many new faces in the Ladies' category and some excellent play by the more experienced players. Frontliners did not do too well this time round, paved the way for G12 to take home the Challenge Trophy and Innebandy! Co, the second placing. The Top Scorer award went to Goh Simin (Team Frontliners B, also Contact player) with 2 goals. Although there were another 2 candidates with 2 goals scored but award was given to her based on her good play. The Best Goalie award went to Ithrana (Team G12).This year, we had a total of 7 teams in the Men's category. St. Xavier's Institution, considered as rookie of floorball in Penang did the school proud by emerging as one of the semi-finalist. However Frontliners, coupled with skillful and experienced players, beat St. Xavier's Institution with a score of 3-1 to win the bronze medals. The final match was the most interesting, one that got everybody on their toes. The final was between Innebandy! Co and MyTeam. Both teams played very well, but Nicholes of Innebandy! Co scored the final goal to make it to 3-2, a win over MyTeam. It has been three consecutive years for Innebandy! Co (formerly known as Blazing Eagles) to take home the Challenge Trophy. Looks like it is theirs to keep! Deswyn Wan and Kao Lin Ken, both from Innebandy! Co were awarded the Top Scorer and Best Goalie respectively.
It was truly a great tournament, with great players, great goalies, great teams, great supporters and not to mention great sponsors. Many thanks to Excel again for their generous contribution as well as Express Systems (Pg) Sdn. Bhd., Raine & Horne and Great Jack-In for their contribution towards the rink boards. Prize presentation was held on the following day, 11/6/06 at Full Gospel Assembly, Air Itam. Players and supporters packed the place for concert, prizes and watching themselves on the video clips!
It was definitely a good fight between both teams. Innebandy! Co won the match by a score of 9-3. Losing only a game to Frontliners in the overall league, they took home the Challenge Trophy and having their name marked down in the history of Penang Floorball for being the Champion of the 1st Penang League. Syabas! The 1st Runner-Up went to Penang Islanderz who did fairly well in the league. 
Frontliners who did not do too well in the first few matches rose above their inferior position by winning Innebandy! Co and Dalat in their last two games. With the 2 wins, they stood a chance to take home the bronze medal. However, Dalat managed to keep their 2nd Runner-up position by winning over Contact in their last game. 
Contact did not do very well in this league, technically. But then, despite the continuous loss in the matches played, it did not dampen the team spirit. Everyone certainly did their best to make every match count. The last game against Innebandy! Co was ultimately the best game in the whole league. At the third and final period, Contact had drew 4-4 with Innebandy! Co. It was indeed a close and tough fight as the team trailed behind Innebandy! Co to allow them the win of 7-6. The league which ran for 6 weeks was held in Dalat International School . The league got many people excited, regular players, non-regular players, non-players, young and old alike. Supporters flocked the arena every match to cheer for their favorite teams. It was indeed a great scene to see many being involved in the development of floorball in Penang whether directly or indirectly. Cheers to all who came!!
This league was a platform to identify and nurture younger players for the development of floorball in Penang. The league which runs for 3 consecutive weeks beginning 26 February 2006 , attracted the participation of 3 teams from the Frontliners, St. Xavier's Institution (SXI) and Contact Juniors.This league is of no less importance than the Penang League although the latter caters to the more seasoned players, state players and national players. It got many people excited over it, players and supporters alike, particularly parents of the players who flocked the Penang Red Crescent Society Hall for the 3 weeks. Many of the players had their first taste of playing in a league, with official size goalpost and goalkeeper. The first and opening match between SXI and Frontliners was full of intense and actions as we saw the latter trailing behind SXI . The Frontliners had to field in one of their outfield players as goalkeeper at a very last minute to win the match by a score of 9-8. A very close fight indeed!
The second match was between Frontliners and Contact Juniors. Contact Juniors comprised mostly kids below 12 years old fought a great battle against the more experienced players from the Frontliners. Although they lost by 11-4, it was truly a great experienced for the first-timers. The final match saw SXI and Contact Juniors battling in the court for the 1st Runner-Up placing. Although small in size, Contact Juniors showed no intimidation to take on challenges. Their never-give up attitude and an excellent spirit truly deserved applause. SXI won the match by a score of 4-3. 
All's well, end's well with Frontliners emerging Champion, whilst SXI got the second placing and Contact Juniors the third placing. The league would not have been such a great success without the enthusiasm for floorball by the players, supporters, helpers and our faithful sponsor, EXCEL isotonic drinks. Hip hip hurray for all who make this event a reality!!!
Some were just curious to know exactly what floorball is. Some others were seen practicing their passes and shots (especially those from the Floorball School!) As most of the kids were first timers coming to experience the game, a crash course on how to play floorball was given by Edward just before the matches took place. Both categories (junior and senior, in terms of age) had their matches run simultaneously. 
All the kids showed their enthusiasm on court by playing their hearts out, although they were new to the game. The kids from the Floorball School did the school proud by qualifying for semi-finals, and 2 teams, each from Junior and Senior category emerged champions. The junior champions were represented by Josiah, Ashlynn and Nathalynn who made their debut appearance in a floorball competition. The Senior Champions were represented by Eythan, Nicholas and Ross. Overall, it was truly an awesome event with participation from all the teams, cheers and support from the crowd, assistance from referees and helpers and last but not least, contribution of drinks and hampers from Excel Cranberry Isotonic Drinks. Syabas folks! 
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