Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival…

Dec 07, 2014 Sports

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Another thriller for Old Fort as they beat GCC

The Old Fort men’s hockey team produced their second thrilling performance in as many

nights when they upstaged GCC 7-4 as the Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival continued on Friday evening.   PEPSI Hikers maintained their unbeaten run with a 5-0 victory over the under-19s, while Renegades chalked up their first win at the hands of Saints.  The GCC Tigers cruised to a 5-0 win over Spice in the ladies division while the Hikers ladies defeated Old Fort Shooting Stars 5-1.  Both veterans matches of the evening were settled in the final minute as the Hickers maintained their unbeaten run with a 4-3 victory over Carib Hockey Club of Trinidad and Old Fort completed a 4-3 come-from-behind win over GCC.
Old Fort threw two goals on the board before the half in their high-paced and entertaining duel with GCC in the men’s division.  A Chris Low-Koan field goal and an Aderemi Simon penalty corner goal, while his team was down a man due to a yellow card, separated the teams at the half.  GCC came out pressing hard in the second period and it only took two minutes for Orland Semple to complete a fine string of passing by the Bourda side with a goal to pull them back within one.  GCC produced several opportunities that were thwarted by brilliant goalkeeping from national player Tony Cole in goal for Old Fort.
Old Fort however in absorbing the GCC onslaught, executed a brilliant counterattacking play that saw

Captain Chris Low, high in the left corner, hammer home a first time shot with surgical precision.  Old Fort would move further ahead through Jason Dosantos but despite the now 4 – 1 score line, GCC seemed to be determined to close the gap.  A plethora of goals would fill the final 6 minutes of play as GCC’s Alan Fernandes scored a penalty corner and Aderemi Simon replied for Old Fort.  Stephen Xavier scored for GCC in the 35th minute and John Abrams gave a reply.  In the penultimate minute a skilful spin and fire from Old Fort’s Stephon King sealed the deal and GCC’s penalty corner goal by Xavier in the final minute would be far too little to catch Old Fort leaving them the 7-4 victors.
The highly anticipated clash between the Pepsi Hikers and u19 men’s sides produced a result of experience over exuberance.  With both teams beginning patiently like two prize fighters assessing each other in the opening rounds, it would take until two minutes into the second half before Captain Robert France could put the national champions, the Hikers, on the score sheet.  As the match wore on however, the under-19s seemed to wear down and the superior quality of the Hikers was evident as they smashed home four more goals to secure a 5-0 win.
The Renegades and Saints squared off in the final match of the men’s division with each team trying to secure their first points.  The Renegades managed to achieve their first success of the competition with

a 4-2 victory in the end.  Young Dylan Francis of Trinidad was the high scorer of the match with a double to close out Saints.
The GCC Tigers managed to record their second convincing win of the competition, this time over Spice by 5-0.  Sisters Kerensa Fernandes, with the opening double, and Sonia Jardine a hatrick, were too much for the Spice defence to handle.  Despite their lack of goals, Spice put in a creditable performance with young striker Aliyah Gordon proving to be a handful for the Tigers defence.
The Hikers ladies secured their first win of the competition at the expense of the Old Fort Shooting Stars with a 5-1 victory.  Former national Amanda Garnett led the scores with a hatrick while teammates Makeda Harding and Tekeisha Deleon chipped in with one a piece.  Old Fort’s Carol Caine managed to salvage a lone goal for the Stars in the dying minutes.
The veterans division saw to exciting and competitive matches for the evening.  The Carib hockey club of Trinidad surprised the defending champions, Hickers with an opening goal in just the third minute of play but the Hickers soon corrected the score in their favour going into the half with a 2-1 lead.  Scores were drawn at 3-3 until the final seconds when Jerazano Bell let fly a ferocious penalty corner shot high into the Carib net for the win.  GCC seemed once again the victim of complacency as their 3-1 lead by half time would be squandered by some sloppy defence in the closing minutes.  With the teams tied at 3-3, Old Fort’s Ivor Thompson found himself unmarked in the GCC circle for the easy put away and 4-3 victory.
RESULTS
Men
Renegades defeated Saints by 4 – 2
Goals:  Renegades – Dane Ramsammy, Jael St Louis, Dylan Francis 2.  Saints – Joel Hunte, Yonnick Peters.
Old Fort defeated GCC by 7 -4
Goals:  Old Fort – Chris Low-Koan 2, Aderemi Simon 2, Jason Dosantos, Shaquille Thomas, Stephon King.  GCC – Orland Semple, Alan Fernandes, Stephen Xavier 2.
Hikers defeated Under-19 by 5 – 0
Goals:  Hikers – Robert France 3, Devin Munroe, Andrew Stewart.
Ladies
GCC Tigers defeated Spice by 5 – 0
Goals:  Kerensa Fernandes 2, Sonia Jardine 3
Hikers defeated Old Fort Shooting Stars by 5 – 1
Goals:  Amanda Garnet 3, Tekeisha Deleon, Makeda Harding.  Old Fort – Carol Caine
Veterans
Hickers defeated Carib by 4 – 3
Goals:  Hickers – Jerazeno Bell 3, George Melville.  Carib – Samuel Carty, Kevin Adams, Andre Durant
Old Old Fort defeated GCC by 4 – 3
Goals:  Old Old Fort – John Abrams 2, Anthony Marcano, Ivor Thompson
Matches continue today with the finals set to begin at 16:00hrs.

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