Old Fort stages one-day tournament in Linden

Mar 07, 2009 Sports

Trisha Woodroffe

Shaquille Assanah

All the top clubs are expected to participate in the Old Fort Hockey Club organised one-day competition which is scheduled to be played next Tuesday, at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.
According to President of the club Ivor Thompson, clubs have been permitted to field as much as two teams for the seven-a-side event which promises to bring together most of the leading players in the country.
The aim of the tournament is to help resuscitate interest in the sport within the community which has seen a decline in activity over the past decade.

The clubs who’ve confirmed participation include Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Hikers and Western Dragons.
Thompson also declared that players such as Dwight

Askofu Simon

Maria Munroe

Sullivan, the Simon brothers (Aderemi and Askofu), John Abrahams, Jason De Santos, Gavin Hope, Dwayne Alleyne and Mark Xavier will appear for Old Fort.
GCC will be led by Phillip Fernandes and includes Alan Fernandes, Devin Hooper, Zach and Stuart Gonsalves, Orland Semple, Phillip and Michael Xavier, Raphael DeGroot and Shad Fernandes, while Hikers will come from Jerazeno Bell, Timothy McIntosh, Devin Hooper, Alex Gouveia, Shane Samuels, Randy Hope, Robert Fernandes, Shaquille Assanah and Robert France.

On the distaff side, GCC will have in their line-up Trisha Woodroofe, Tricia Fiedtkou, Sonia Jardine, Tiffany Solomon, Vanessa Pires, Brenette Gordon, Alysa Xavier and Marzena Fiedtkou, while Hikers’ unit will include Maria Munroe, Wendy Boodhoo, Amanda Garnette, Marisha Rodrigues, Avonda James and Cora Towler.