Hikers Junior Team Indoor Hockey Tournament opens tomorrow

Mar 23, 2012 Sports

Western Union branded Hikers Hockey Club Junior Programme will host its second annual junior indoor tournament tomorrow and Sunday, at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
The tournament is expected to feature the same six categories from last year, including the Under-13 and Schools categories which will feature mixed teams made up of boys and girls, while the other four categories are for Under-16 and Under-21 boys and girls.
The competition is open to all school and club teams, with the under 13 category being a 5-a-side tournament, while the schools and under 16 categories will be four-a-side small goal tournaments. The under Under-21 category will be played as a standard indoor 6-A-Side competition utilizing the full court.
The School of the Nations won the Schools Category last year, but is expected to receive stiff competition from St. Stanislaus College, North Ruimveldt Multilateral and Marian Academy, as well as the heavily favored Queen’s College team which has benefited from the addition of several six formers who are graduates of both the Saints and Marian Academy hockey programs.
The other categories will see hosts Hikers matching their skills against the likes of GCC, Old Fort and the newly formed Saints Hockey Club, as all clubs are expected to field several teams in each division.
The Hikers attack is expected to be led by the under-13 talent Akheame McDonald, with the outstanding players Makeda Harding, Aroydy Branford and Leon Bacchus leading the Hikers charge in the under-16 category.
The under-21 challenge will be led by the exceptional talents of Macaela Harding, Rushelle Matthias, Renee James, Jamarj Assanah, Andrew Stewart and Osafo Timmerman.
The GCC teams are expected to be led by Daniel Hooper and the Woodroffe siblings Dominique and Samuel in the under-13 division, while their under-16 teams will have in their line-ups 2011 Schools MVP Aliyah Gordon and 2011 Under-16 MVP Dacia Woodroffe for the Girls as well as Antonio Seenanon in the Boys.
Alyssa Xavier, Marzana Fiedtkou and last year’s under 21 MVP Ashley DeGroot will spearhead the GCC under 21 charges for top honours, with Mark Sergeant and Meshach Pierre doing the same on the boys’ side.
Defending under 13 champions Old Fort is expected to be led by last year’s MVP Akeem Wilson, while Onassis Fraser and David Williams will lead their under 16 and under 21 teams into battle.
Debutants Saints Hockey Club will be looking to Lashonda and Ezekiel Springer to create waves in the under 13 category.
Their under 16 teams will be led by the talented quartet of Shemuel King, Marcia Persaud, Hilton Chester and Paramanand Dindial, while Leroy Jack, Yonnick Peters and Lorenzo Bethune will lead the under 21 charge.
Action begins from 10:00 hrs tomorrow with the Under 13 category and that will be followed by the James Service Centre sponsored under-16 categories.
The following day, the Global Technology sponsored Schools tournament will commence from 9:00 hrs to be followed by the Woodpecker Products sponsored under-21 competitions.
This will be the Hikers Junior Programme’s second fundraising event of 2012, as the club plans to send both male and female junior teams to the Magnolias Indoor Tournament in Trinidad in November of this year.
Food and Drinks will be on sale and the presentation ceremony is scheduled for 17:00 hrs on Sunday.

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