Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey C/Ship Branford bangs home 11 goals in massive Hikers’ win

Jun 27, 2019 Sports

Tuesday evening’s matches of the 2019 Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships witnessed the first showing of the mighty PEPSI Hikers who amassed the highest total of goals for a single match with 21 to signal a real threat to their opposition. Apart from the Hikers, GCC and Saints also had productive evenings in both the male and female competitions.

Saints’ Captain Tekeisha Deleon controls the ball against Tamala Glenn of Bellatrix.

The PEPSI Hikers, boasting a plethora of senior national players, seemed to be on cruise control as they crafted goal after goal against the junior YMCA OFHC Champs. The Champs began with a 12-goal handicap, the Hikers would pull within two by the half and then continued their dominance in the second half en route to a victory of 21 goals to 12. Prolific striker Aroydy Branford was the standout of the match in terms of goals as his total of 11 in a single game is unmatched for the tournament so far.
A fit and fast YMCA OFHC Top Form indeed seemed to be in top form as they took on the seasoned Hikers Generals. Top Form beginning on a 5-goal handicap to the Generals 9, they would first need to make up a four goal deficit to draw even. Top Form earned a penalty corner in just the second minute of play which was converted with much aplomb by marksman Omar Hopkinson i

Aroydy Branford (#18) scores one of his many goals for the Hikers.

n what seemed like the beginning of a long and difficult match for the Generals. The seasoned Generals, led by former national Devin Munroe, stemmed the tide and held Top Form scoreless for the rest of the half. The second half of play seemed a carbon copy of the first as Hopkinson slammed home a second penalty corner goal two minutes after resumption but was unable to produce any further goals for the match. The final outcome saw the Generals stroll off with a 9-7 victory.
GCC Vintage chalked up their second win of the competition by defeating the YMCA OFHC Pacesetters by 15 – 13. While Vintage enjoyed a five goal handicap, they still needed six goals just to draw even with the Pacesetters with a handicap of eleven goals. Veterans Dwayne Scott and Alan Fernandes led the charge for Vintage who made up the deficit before the end of the first half and cruised to victory in the second.

GBTI GCC Tigers Striker Shebiki Baptiste in action against Jasmine Assanah of YMCA.

The ladies competition saw two close matches with the unbeaten GBTI GCC Spice with a zero handicap facing the Bingo Spartans with five goals. From the opening whistle, the Tigers applied pressure on their junior opponents and Dacia Woodroffe’s opening penalty corner goal in the fifth minute signalled their intent to win.
The highly contested match between the two undefeated sides saw their unbeaten records remain intact as the final score read 6-6.
The Saints ladies, with a five-goal handicap, took to the court for the first time in the other female matchup of the evening against the YMCA OFHC Bellatrix with a nine-goal handicap. Captain and national striker Tekeisha Deleon led from the front for Saints scoring four goals for her side, while young speedster Charlia Webb added a single. The five unanswered goals, the last of which came in the final minute, saw Saints edge the Bellatrix by 10 – 9.

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