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John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd Second Division Hockey League…Exciting matches played over the weekend
Saturday – All Greys v Hikers – 4-4, Saints v Old Fort – 6-0
Sunday – Airbenders v Saints – 2-1, G.C.C. v Old Fort – 2-2
It was an action-filled weekend for the John Fernandes Second Division Hockey League which saw four high intensity games played, at the Saints Ground on Carifesta Avenue as teams battled to find their place at the top of the table.
Saturday afternoon began with the young Saints taking on Old Fort and they gave their fans and teammates lots to cheer about when Joel Hunte in the 11th minute opened the scoring for them.
Airbenders Kerensa Fernandes fights for the ball against Saints Rene Edwards in their recent encounter.
Young Parmanand Dindial increased the lead as he joined his teammate, netting their second goal in the 22th minute.
Saints continued with their rampage and netted four more goals through Kevin Edwards, Yonnick Peters, Dindial, who ended with a double and Hilton Chester.
The remaining goals were scored in the 30th, 32nd, 34th and 66th minutes respectively to seal what a convincing 6-0 triumph for the Saints team.
The second match between the All Greys Veterans and leaders of the tournament, Hikers, saw the same perseverance and intensity from both teams.
The veteran side opened the scoring with a blistering shot from Damon Woodroffe in the 5th minute. However, Hikers responded with a goal by Hubert Forrester in the 17th minute to level the score.
A defensive error by Hikers gave All Greys a penalty which was easily netted by Damon Woodroffe in the 18th minute to give them the lead, but Hikers once again answered through George Melville in the 23rd minute.
Alan Fernandes’ 25th minute strike found the back of the nets for the Veterans, however, Travon Younge fired back in the 32nd minute for Hikers to level the scores 3-3 at the break.
Alan Fernandes it was who broke the deadlock in the 41st minute to send them into the lead once more.
With only a few minutes left to play, Ivor Thompson was red carded and young Jamarj Assanah converted the resulting penalty stroke in the 57th minute for the Hikers. However, the All Greys were down to only 8 men and were unable to continue the game. As such they forfeited the rest of the match. This awarded a victory and full three points to Hikers.
The Airbenders withstood a second half barrage, before clinching a 2-1 victory over Saints to gain their first points in the tournament.
The game began at a frantic pace, with both sides creating chances, but the first decisive shot was taken by Kerensa Fernandes when she wriggled away from the flat footed Timothy McIntosh, before hitting the ball past goal keeper Lorenzo Bethune.
Another decisive shot was taken before the horn for the first half by Avonda James, who deflected Gabriella Xavier’s pass into the back of the net.
However, a late response by Saints saw Devin Hooper dancing skillfully through the Airbenders defence to relay a pass to teammate Joel Hunte, who placed a beautiful shot into the goal in the 70th minute to get the lone goal for the Saints.
The GCC Bourda boys took the field against Old Fort.
Scrambling with time running down, Old Fort found a way to score in the dying minutes of the second half to secure a dramatic 2-2 draw against the Bourda Boys.
Eric Hing for G.C.C. took the opener in the 33rd minute by wonderfully netting a shot which deflected off goalkeeper Aderemi Simon into the back of the goal.
The Bourda Boys pushed themselves further into the lead when Hing netted another for his team in the 41st minute.
Terry Shaw finally broke Old Fort’s scoring drought when he found the net in the 53rd minute. With the intensity still high, Onassis Fraser made no mistake as he deftly eluded the Bourda Boys’ defence and found the back of the net to even the scores in the dying minutes of the game that resulted in a draw.
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