GT&T National Indoor Hockey C/ships Cold Old Fort endure another night of agony

Oct 24, 2013 Sports

It was another night of agony for Old Fort as they crashed to a crushing 8-4 loss to Hikers Cadets in their men’s First Division clash when play in the GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships continued on Tuesday evening, at the NATIONAL Gymnasium.
Old Fort, finalists in last year’competition and loaded with players who’ve donned national colours, succumbed to the Cadets 8-4 in what can safely be classified as another disappointing display against a young and emerging team.
While both teams were held scoreless in the opening ten minutes, Cadets Aroydy Branford continued his goal scoring form of the previous evening with a penalty corner flick in the 11th minute to put his team ahead.
Old Fort would then wrest the lead briefly as Dwight McCalman and Aderemi ‘Dove’ Simon rattled in a field goal each to make it 2-1 for Old Fort. The Hikers Leon Bacchus, lurking in the Old Fort scoring circle, found his form at the right moment as he registered a personal hat-trick in the following ten minutes with teammate Michael Harding adding one more.
A tired Old Fort would manage two more goals in their attempted comeback before full time by Ascofu Simon and Dwight Sullivan, but a single by young Cadet Seon Sookhai and a double by Cadets captain Jamarj Assanah kept the result beyond doubt at 8-4.
The mighty GCC Tigers seemed on course to retain the trophy for a fifth straight year when they defeated the Hikers Divas 3-1 in their ladies tie. The two top seeds played their usual exciting game to the melody of an excited crowd, cheering on every play. Kerensa Fernandes opened the GCC account in the third minute when she was first onto a loose rebound to take the score to 1-0.
Trisha Woodroffe then completed a penalty corner that comprised of a plethora of passes that put the Hikers defence in disarray and Captain Sonia Jardine got a well-deserved field goal in the second half to complete the Tigers tally of three.
The Hikers seemed intent to make a challenge when national striker Cora Towler made a brilliant solo run eleven minutes to give her team its first goal of the match, but the game would remain at 3-1 for the remainder of time giving the Tigers an easy victory.
Teenage star Aliyah Gordon rained in 6 of the 15 goals that the GCC Spartans scored as they crushed newcomers Old Fort Heats by 15-0 in the other ladies matchup of the evening. Samantha Fernandes added four goals for the Spartans and Carol Caine three, while Ashley DeGroot and Gabriella Xavier scored one each.
The GCC second division side finally found their form when they upstaged Saints by 6-4. Saints, however, with improved performances in every tournament kept the game competitive to the very end.
GCC seemed in for an easy night when Steven Xavier and Eric Hing, with a field goal each, put them up by 2 in the first eight minutes of the match. Diminutive striker Hilton Chester and teammate Kwesi Lewis however each found the back of the GCC net to even the score within the next four minutes.
The game then shifted back and forth as the two young energetic teams went head to head in an effort to secure the victory. GCC would manage four more through Andrew Xavier, Mark Sargeant and a double by Hing to complete his hat-trick, while Chester added a second for Saints and Captain Joel Hunte completed their four goal haul with a single.
In the lone veterans clash, a GCC side littered with former national players, outclassed Old Old Fort by 6-3. Hockey Board President, Philip Fernandes, was in fine form as he slammed home a bevy of four goals for GCC, while Damon Woodroffe and Alan Fernandes added one each.
Old Old Fort seemed to be making a comeback shortly after the resumption of the second half as they scored all three of their goals shortly after resumption but failed to continue the trend as the game progressed. Dwayne Allen, Ivor Thompson and John Abrams each scored one for Old Old Fort.
Matches continue every evening at the National Gymnasium until Sunday when the finals for all four divisions will be contested from 16:00 hours.

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