Points leaders All Greys held to draw, GCC ladies register third victoryVETERAN side All Greys were held to a 2-2 draw when action in the John Fernandes Insurance Limited men’s second division hockey tournament continued over the weekend, while Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) ladies’ hockey team registered their third consecutive victory in the tournament with a 2-0 win against Hikers.
Playing at the St Stanislaus College ground, Carifesta Avenue over the weekend, frontrunners in the John Fernandes Insurance Men’s Second Division League, All Greys, were again held to a 2-2 draw by a resurgent GCC men’s side who have kept their title hopes alive with the result.
The match was almost like a carbon copy of their first encounter, where All Greys used their superior experience and tactics to get out to a 2-0 lead through a double from Sheldon Corlette. The tide would slowly turn in the second half as experience succumbed to youth and GCC drew level through goals from Patrick Edghill and Michael Craig.
The only other men’s match of the weekend saw an opportunistic Old Fort side take an early lead against Hikers.
Old Fort led for the greater part of the match, after taking the early lead through Trolex Young and thanks to some stout defending by the Old Fort back line and poor finishing from the Hikers forwards.
The Old Fort defence held strong until the third quarter, but once Hikers drew level there was no stopping them as they scored three more unanswered goals on their way to the 4-1 victory.
In the Woodpecker Products Ladies League, the GCC women, fresh off their good showing in Trinidad, took charge of the tournament with three wins from as many matches, despite the absence of several key players due to injury.
After disposing of Old Fort and the National Under-20 Women 5-0 and 4-0 respectively, GCC faced Hikers last Sunday and were tested by a resolute Hikers side filled with several former nationals.
Hikers frustrated the GCC forwards for most of the first half before Tricia Woodroffe gave GCC the lead late in the second quarter.
Hikers continued to frustrate the GCC forward line through some intelligent defence from sweeper Marisha Rodrigues and which led to some counterattacks of their own.
This pattern continued until GCC’s Ulrica Sutherland put her team further ahead in the 42nd minute.
The result means that GCC remain the only unbeaten side in the competition with nine points from three matches followed by Hikers on six and the National Under-20s and Old Fort.