THE ANNUAL Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) sponsored Indoor Hockey tournament organized by the Guyana Hockey Board bullies off this evening at the National Gymnasium, with teams doing battle in four categories namely Ladies, Veterans and First and Second Division.Bully off time is 17:30hrs and will occur in a male second division contest between Old Fort and Saints, with Hikers taking on Georgetown Cricket Club in the other fixture.
The Veteran Hikers and Old Fort play the third match with the Ladies in at match number four, which will see Old Fort and the National U-19 ladies doing battle, to be followed by GCC Spice and Hikers taking the court to battle for supremacy.
The lone first division contest for today would be a male fixture, featuring the defending champs GCC and Hikers, in a repeat of last year’s final.
GCC Spartans defeated the GCC Tigers in last year’s female final and this year, it seems the GCC Spartans opted for the more feline name – Spice even as the GCC Tigers return with the same name.
Matches in the round-robin tournament will be played between today and Wednesday, with Thursday being the rest day while play resumes on Friday and concludes on Sunday.
At the end of the round-robin tournament, the top two teams in each division will contest the finals.
The ladies, veterans and 2nd division teams play for 30 minutes in the round robin stage and 40 minutes in the finals. All first division teams play for 40 minutes, and three points will be awarded for a win and one for a draw.