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GCC men and women sweep top honours
GCC’s Orland Semple scores a beauty in their clash against Hikers Cadets.
Bounty GCC romped to victory in an unbeaten display of high quality hockey throughout the Bounty One-Day Championships which was played on Sunday, at the Providence Stadium. Having taken apart the young energetic Hikers Cadets in their pool round clash by a 4-2 margin, Bounty GCC showed their consistency, winning the final 4-3 in their second match of the day against the Cadets.
The dynamic duo of Orland Semple and Kevin Spencer each found the back of the net in the opening two minutes of the final, stunning the voluminous Hikers supporters to silence. Just as the game seemed to slip from grasp of the Cadets, top junior strikers Aroydy Brandford and Michael Harding brought the crowd to its feet by equalising through two goals in the 8th and 10th minute.
GCC’s full back Dwayne Scott, however, completed an overlapping run with a bullet of a shot that left goalkeeper Jason Hoyte with no chance for a save to give GCC the 3-2 lead at the half.
The second half saw more thrilling hockey as GCC pulled further ahead in the 21st minute through a second goal by Spencer while Brandford added his second a minute later for the Cadets. The final whistle brought jubilation to the Bourda camp as GCC held on to win 4-3.
The Antonio’s Grille ladies final was an even more competitive tie as it took a penalty shootout to separate the GCC Tigers from rivals Spice after a 1-1 draw in full time.
The two teams also met earlier in the pool round when the Tigers managed to steamroll their less experienced opponents 5-1.
Although Gabriella Xavier got the Tigers off to a blistering start by slipping an early goal past goalkeeper Natalie Hing in the opening minute, Samantha Fernandes equalised with the only other goal of the match in the 18th minute to see the scores level at 1-1 at full time.
In the ensuing penalty shootout, Hing got the better of Xavier who misfired during the first penalty attempt for the Tigers. Fernandes then made good on her penalty to give Spice the lead. However that would be the final Spice goal of the afternoon while Tigers Ulrica Sutherland and Kerensa Fernandes made it a 3-2 victory for the Tigers with their double penalty strikes.
Thirteen year old Shania Riley of Spice, who scored three goals during the tournament, received the Most Promising Player Award for females, while Omar Hopkinson of Old Fort received it for the males.
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