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GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships…GCC Men and Women secure final berths in respective categories
The second night of action in the GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships being played at the National Gymnasium saw the GCC Tigers take control of the women’s competition with another unbeaten run, while the men’s first division competition remains deadlocked between Hikers and Old Fort for a place in the final against the GCC men.
Saints chalked up their first competition win against Old Fort in the men’s second division competition, while favourites Hikers seem destined for a place in the final.
Action in the clash between GCC Tigers and Hikers Divas.
The most entertaining match of the evening ended as evenly as the flow of play as Hikers and GCC, both winners in the recent past, showed moments of brilliance to slot in a total of 6 goals in their 3-3 draw. GCC’s Eric Hing raised the hype just two minutes into the match with a nippy tip in shot. Reginald Harper’s response for the Hikers just two minutes later signalled the tone of the match as the lead see-sawed between the two with the crowd at the edge of their seats down to the very end. An Aroydy Branford double for the Hikers and a second from Hing with one more for GCC, the match ended in the 3-3 stalemate setting up a possible replay in the finals.
Sean Sookhai scored a double for Saints in their victory over Old Fort in the other men’s second division tie with teammates Yonnick Peters and Leroy Jack adding one each. Old Fort’s goals came off the sticks of Dwight McCalman and Onassis Fraser in their 2-4 loss to Saints.
The GCC Veterans made light work of Old Fort with a 10-1 drubbing. Philip Fernandes led the scorer’s table with a hatrick supported by doubles from his brother Alan and Rawl Davson. Damon Woodroffe, Marcus Fiedtkou and Devin Hooper rounded out the scoring for GCC. Old Fort’s lone goal came from striker John Abrahams.
The Hikers Divas put up a fierce battle against pre-tournament favourites, the GCC Tigers, in the ladies competition as the Tigers managed to scrape through with a 4-3 victory.
Although the Tigers seemed to dominate the possession of the game, the Hikers quick outlets always proved a threat to the GCC goal. The GCC Tigers goals were shared among Carol Caine, Sonia Jardine, Kerensa Fernandes and national sweeper Ulrica Sutherland, while Cora Towler, Tremayne Junor and Maria Munroe scored one each for the Hikers.
The final game of the night pitted last year’s international champions, Old Fort against GCC in the sole men’s first division matchup of the evening.
Although the match proved to be another cliff-hanger which was held in the balance until the very end, the depth of the GCC bench seemed to give them the edge to hold out for the 5-4 victory. Captain Devin Hooper led the GCC score sheet with a double including a brilliant solo run six minutes into the second half, while Trevon Smith, Peter DeGroot and Stuart Gonsalves added one each to the tally. Old Fort’s John Abrahams was on fire with a hat-trick and has proven so far to be one of the most lethal strikers in the competition, while top defender Aderemi Simon managed to add one more for Old Fort from a penalty corner set piece. This was not enough however for Old Fort to secure points from the match as GCC finished on top by the one goal margin.
Matches continued last evening at the same venue, while the finals in the different categories will be played today from 16:00hrs.
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