OLD Fort and GCC treated spectators to a Bryden’s Super Classic Indoor Hockey spectacular final duel as the teams battled in the lone Kellogg’s Men’s first division match on Friday evening before the latter emerged victorious.
When the dust settled GCC were on top 4-2 on Sunday. GCC took the game to Old Fort with some aggressive attacks early in the game but fine goalkeeping for Old Fort by Tony Cole kept the scores from being toggled until the 14th minute when GCC’s Stephen Xavier managed the breakthrough from a field goal.
Captain Devin Hooper doubled GCC’s lead the very next minute. Just as Old Fort seemed to fade, Jason DeSantos pulled off one of his trademark bullets when he sent a penalty corner shot sailing high into the GCC net to get Old Fort off the mark.
Young Omar Hopkinson scored Old Fort’s second goal immediately after the half-time break and sent Old Fort supporters into ecstasy. GCC’s midfield maestro Kevin Spencer, however, replied with a goal of his own and Dwayne Scott added a skilful penalty corner deflection to put the game away and earn the 4-2 victory for GCC.
The lone Tetley Tea competition of the evening saw the GCC Tigers take apart the inexperienced Revelation by 7-1. Rene James put in a good performance once again for Revelation and Latacia Chung managed to score their first goal of the competition but the Tigers never seemed troubled throughout the encounter.
Marzana Fiedtkou and the diminutive Shania Riley led the score sheet for the Tigers with two goals each while Aliyah Gordon, Ashley DeGroot and Kerensa Fernandes added one each.
The surprise result of the evening was produced in the Mr Toppers second division competition when Old Fort managed to upstage pre-tournament favourites Western Union Hikers by 2-1.
The final second division match saw Saints cream a severely depleted All Greys by 11-1. With All Greys clearly missing some of their main players, Saints exploited their weaknesses and made good on their many opportunities. Kwesi Lewis led Saints with a hattrick while Kevin Edwards added a double.
Teammates Yonnick Peters, Leroy Jack, Ezekiel Springer and Shemar Boston added one each for Saints. Azad DeAbreu managed the lone goal for All Greys.
The Cadets led the Kellogg’s first division pool with six points going into the final day of pool matches, followed by GCC on four, Hikers with one and Old Fort trailing without points.
In the Tetley Tea ladies’ pool, Spice sit on top with six points followed by Hikers Divas and GCC Tigers both with three points while Revelation bring up the rear with no points on the board.
Ol Skool are the surprise-finalists in the Mr Toppers second division competition which awaits the outcome of Saturday’s matches to determine whether they face the Western Union Hikers or Old Fort in the final.
Saturday’s matches continue at the National gymnasium from 13:30hrs and the finals are scheduled for Sunday afternoon from 16:00hrs.