England squeeze past Guyana
–to take gold medal

GUYANA’s fairytale run on their inaugural outing at the Masters Indoor Hockey World Cup came to an end with their clinching a silver medal after losing the final in Nottingham, England to the host nation on Monday.
England recovered from a pool-round loss to Guyana, showing up to edge Guyana 5-4 to claim the Men’s Over-45 title.
The final clash saw Devin Hooper giving the Guyanese the early lead with a field goal, which went unanswered in the first period of play.

However, the second period saw Andy Langlands converting two awarded penalty corners to overturn the advantage as the English led, 2-1, at the break.
Guyana’s Dwayne Scott turned up in a major way in the second half, with a hat-trick of goals in the 31st, 35th and 36th minutes to put Guyana up 4-2.

England Langlands hit another gear as he returned to register a penalty corner and field goal in the 37th and 38th minutes to level the scorers, 4-4.
On the final play of the match, Langlands managed to sneak in a field goal in the final minute of regulation time, as England tipped Guyana for the gold medal, winning narrowly, 5-4.
Guyana settled for the silver medal, with Germany capturing bronze, after beating France, 8-2.
Earlier in the competition, Guyana upset France, 3-2, in the semis.