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Hornets, Caribs dominate opening day
The National Women’s team that won the NACRA Championship pose with President of the Union Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento (centre) and donor William Blackman (fourth right) following the completion of play yesterday.
Pepsi Hornets (Men) with two wins from as many matches and Yamaha Caribs (Women) which ended with two wins and one loss took pole position at the end of the first round of matches in the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) League which started yesterday, at the National Park.
In the day’s full results:
(Women’s) Yamaha Caribs defeated Hornets 24-5.
National player Andrea Lashley scored two tries and a similar amount of conversions, while National Captain Sabola Gray and Carrin Skeete added a try apiece.
Shennelle Daniels was the lone scorer for Hornets, going over the tryline once.
In the second encounter, Caribs (Men) beat GDF 19-0.
Walter George, Claudius Butts and Gordon Andrews each scored a try, while Theodore Henry converted twice.
Hornets (Women) then rebounded to defeat Caribs 10-5.
Nicole Nero scored two tries for the winners, while Shebenna Daniels responded with one for the losers.
Hornets (Men) crushed Caribs 21-7 with Troy Bascom registering a brace of tries, while Elwin Chase added the other and Ryan Hinckson converted a treble.
C. Butts scored the lone try for Caribs which was converted by T. Henry.
Caribs (Women) then hammered Hornets 15-0 in the decisive third game 15-0.
Laurel Anderson scored a pair of tries and A. Lashley added the other.
In the final game of the day, Hornets recovered from being 7-0 down to record a 19-7 win over the GDF.
T. Bascom, Dane Parks and Peabo Hamilton each registered a try apiece, while Hinckson converted a pair.
Meanwhile, former Hornets player William Blackman made a presentation of medals to the National Women’s squad for their outstanding achievements over the past two years where they dominated at the Caribbean level.
Blackman also presented current President of the Union Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento with a similar accolade for his dedication to the sport.
Blackman in his comments stated that he recognised during the last National Awards Ceremony that the women were not acknowledged for their accomplishments over the years and felt it was a glaring oversight and it was his duty to duly recognise them for their efforts.
“I decided to contact the President of the Union and inform him of my intentions and he immediately gave his approval, adding that it was a very good gesture,” Blackman said.
He indicated that it was his hope that the girls see it as additional motivation to continue to dominate at the regional level.
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