Bounty Supermarkets National Indoor Hockey Championship …

THE Bounty Supermarkets National Indoor Hockey Championship kick-started at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with both the Saints Snipers and GCC Spice recording wins.

The opening match of the night saw GCC Pitbulls and Saints Superstars play to a 1-1 draw while in the following second division match Saints Snipers defeated Hikers Cadets 4-1.

J. Fausette led the scoring for the Saints side, scoring 2 of the 4 goals while the lone Hikers’ goal came off the stick of Sherwyn Caesar.

In the Ladies’ division GCC Spice defeated the youthful YMCA Old Fort Igniters 4-2 with Abosaide Cadogan netting 2 goals for her team while Tricia Fiedtkou and Sonia Jardine added one goal each.

Carolyn Dean, the captain of the Igniters, scored both goals.

Woodpecker Hikers Ladies came from behind a 1-0 margin and edged the Saints team with a 2-1 win.

The Saints girls brought immense energy to the game but it was the young Jasmine Assanah who took a moment to stop and flick the ball past the goalkeeper to seal the deal for the Hikers.

In the Vets division, GCC stalwarts lost to the more youthful Hikers in a nail-biting game, as the national captain Robert France, who is a newcomer to the Veterans division barely managed to upset the experienced stalwarts of the GCC team, who gave Hikers a good fight. Both France and Devin Hooper scored a double for their team and Devin Munroe and Kevin Fogenay, with one goal each, edged Hikers to a 4-3 victory.

Matches continue nightly from 17:00hrs at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall until Sunday’s final.