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UWI indoor hockey tourney… Supernova finish third
Guyana’s skipper Jamarj Assanah (on the ball), playing against Trinidad and Tobago.
Yesterday, in their semi-final against group B winners, Trinidad and Tobago Police Force (TTPF), the match was played at the T&T’s Sports and Physical Education Centre (SPEC) hockey facility, finished 3-3 but TTPF got the better of the Guyanese with a 4-3 win via sudden death penalties. After being 2-0 down in the match, courtesy of goals from TTPF’s hat-trick hero; Wayne Legerton, Supernova’s Kareem McKenzie and Warren Williams scored one goal each before Omar Hopkinson gave the lads the lead. However, Legerton completed his hat-trick soon after to tie the game and send it into the shootout which Supernova lost.
In their third place playoff, braces from Omar Hopkinson and Warren Williams and one goal from Kareem McKenzie helped the Golden Arrowhead to a 5-4 win over Paragon Hockey Club and more importantly, a bronze medal finish. On the score sheet for the T&T hockey club were Kellon Skerrit with a brace, while Jabari Perez and National Forward Akim Toussaint each netted one goal.
Coach of the team, Robert Fernandes, shared with Kaieteur Sport that, “The boys gave their all and because of that we were competitive in every match we played. I’m very proud of them and I believe we surpassed all expectations and definitely achieved our pre tour goals.”
During Saturday’s play, Guyana’s indoor developmental hockey side; Supernova, squeezed into the semi-finals of the University of the West Indies (UWI) invitational indoor hockey tournament being competed in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) on goal difference after a fighting loss and miracle comeback in their final two preliminary matches on Saturday.
First up it was their early morning encounter against Ventures Indoor Champions Queens Park Cricket Club (QPCC). Despite being vastly out matched in terms of experience, the young Supernova side used their superior speed and work rate to make it a competitive match throughout. Evin Farrell put QPCC ahead in the second minute before Supernova’s inspirational captain Jamarj Assanah equalised three minutes later.
Kareem McKenzie continued his fine form from penalty corners to make it 2-1 to Supernova in the 10th minute before Aidan DeGannes scored twice in the 13th and 15th minutes to put QPCC up 3-2 at half time. Omar Hopkinson would tie things up again in the 21st minute, but shortly after received a green card. QPCC executed their one minute numerical advantage to perfection to go up 4-3 through the stick of Jerazeno Bell. Bell scored again in the 26th minute to put QPCC two goals clear, before Warren Williams answered in the 28th minute to make it 5-4. Shawn Lee Quay put the match out of doubt in the final minute when he converted a QPCC penalty corner, but Supernova earned a penalty corner soon after which McKenzie converted on the stroke of full time to make the final score 6-5 in favour of QPCC.
In their second match on Saturday, Supernova came up against a young exciting Malvern team, who played a disciplined compact half court defence for the majority of the game to negate Supernova’s pace. The tactic worked to perfection and it was not until the final minute of the first half that Assanah was able to put one past the Marlvern goalkeeper. The second half was much of the same, with Malvern sitting deep and frustrating the Supernova attack before springing counter attacks of their own. Two such counters were converted by Michael Stewart and Kristian Emmanuel in the 20th and the 25th minutes, respectively, to turn the game on its head. Down 2-1 with less than two minutes remaining, Supernova pressed high, and Shakeem Fausette deflected a pass from Malvern’s right back on to the sick of Assanah who sprung the counter attack before slipping the ball to Fausette for the finish. Immediately following the restart of play, Kareem McKenzie intercepted a pass and slipped the ball to right forward Warren Williams before receiving the return pass and completing the miracle comeback.
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