Mercantile 'stickers' on tour in Malaysia

HOCKEY: The Mercantile Hockey Association will celebrate their Golden Jubilee year with a foreign tour to Perak and Penang, Malaysia from December 6 to 17.

The Mercantile team is quite a versatile team with four Internationals, three former Internationals, seven Mercantile caps and seven freshers. There are three officials who are all ex-Internationals and the coach too has enough experience as he is one of the Sri Lankan coaches.

The opening match on the tour is on December 7 against Kuala Kangsar District H. A. at Sultam Azlan Shah Stadium and on Saturday 8th December the Mercantile 'stickers' play against Ipoh City Council at the same venue.

The other matches are: December 9: Vs Royal Malaysian Navy at Limut and on December 10th match against Kinta District H. A. On Tuesday 11th December there is a match against Ipoh City H. A. and on December 12, the Mercantile team play against Perak H. A. President's XI. December 13 will be a rest day and on Friday 14th December, the Panang S.C. will play against the Mercantile.

Then the Mercantile team will put out three teams for the Penang six-a-side hockey tournament on December 15 and 16 and that ends the tour.