PEPSI Hikers remain unbeaten at Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey
Dominique DeGroot scores for GBTI GCC Spice
Dominique DeGroot scores for GBTI GCC Spice

… Finals set for today

PEPSI Hikers put in another dominant performance on Friday evening to complete their pool round, unbeaten, in the men’s division of the 2019 Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships.

GCC Vintage also came up successful by the narrowest margins to secure the second spot in Pool A SHC Splinters draw with YMCA Old Fort Top form saw then secure second place in Pool B behind the Hikers Generals.

A convincing win by the Bingo Spartans held them in the top position of the ladies’ pool round while the GBTI GCC Tigers and GBTI GCC Spice hold the second and third spots.
The final match of the evening proved to be the most entertaining matchup of the day.
The GCC Vintage, primary comprising former national players, took the floor against SHC Slick Sticks featuring some of the most talented juniors in the country.

Despite Slick Sticks enjoying an 8-goal handicap to the Vintage 5, Baraka Garnett answered a Dwayne Scott 7th minute opener for Vintage with a goal for the Slick Sticks four minutes later.

The Slick Sticks kept the tempo high with a stifling, pressing game that seemed to age the Vintage even further as time went on. The halftime score remained 9-6 in favour of the Slick Sticks.

After a scoreless ten minutes in the second half, Scott finally found a solution as he drilled home three successive penalty corner goals to tie the score with three minutes left in the match.

As the seconds counted down to what seemed to be a certain stalemate, a right-sided attack for Vintage by Alan Fernandes saw him carve a pass that split the Slick Sticks defence and found lurking striker Patrick Edgehill in front of goal.

SHC Slick Sticks Shomere Garnett about to unleash a powerful penalty corner flick against GCC Vintage.

Edgehill’s deflection rattled the back board of Slick Sticks goal with just 6 seconds remaining on the clock.

A scoreless first half The 10-9 victory secured the second spot in the semi-finals for Vintage and knocked Slick Sticks out of the semi-finals.

SHC Splinters and YMCA OFHC Top Form almost had a similar encounter as Splinters enjoyed a 9-goal handicap while Top Form began the match with a 5-goal.
seemed to indicate an easy Splinters victory but the individual brilliance of Omar Hopkinson made its mark on the game as the midfielder hammered in two penalty corners and a field goal within the first twelve minutes after resumption.

Former national stalwart Aderemi Simon drew the game with a 36th minute goal for Top Form who topped the game to a 9-9 full time score.

PEPSI Hikers made light work of a depleted YMCA OFHC Pacesetters with an easy 20-11 victory after Pacesetters began the game with 11 goals as their handicap.
Aroydy Branford was at his usual devastating best as he scored a match-laden 7 goals for the Hikers.

The Ladies competition saw the three GCC affiliated teams all come out victorious and earn semi-final berths.

The Bingo GCC Spartans upstaged the YMCA OFHC Bellatrix by 15-9 with striker Abosaide Cadogan leading the charge with 5 goals.

Sarah Klautky added a double for Spartans while cousins Georgiana and Madison Fernandes, in addition to Alana Chung, each scored one.
GBTI Spice, top-ranked side in the tournament based on their zero handicap, defeated the YMCA OFHC Wolves 8-6.

With Wolves starting with a 5-goal handicap, they mustered only one goal through Jasmine Assanah but Spice scored four penalty corner goals and a similar number of field goals to secure the victory.

GBTI GCC Tigers managed just two goals in the first half against Saints.
The 5-goal handicap of Saints compared to three for GBTI GCC Tigers meant the halftime scores were locked at 5-5.

The second half was all GC, however, as the Tigers shredded the defence of Saints with five more goals to one solitary goal for Saints.

The victory ensures a semi-final spot for Tigers while Saints needed to await the outcome of yesterday’s games to know their fate.

In the final two days, the men’s competition moves to the quarter-final stage while two more matches in the women’s competition will determine the four semi-final spots.
The finals are scheduled for today at 17:40hrs.

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