Igloo GCC Hockey Festival…

IT took a penalty shootout to decide the U17 Girls final after intense action in the Igloo GCC hockey festival held yesterday at the GCC Ground, Bourda.

In the end, the win went to the GCC Her-Ricanes 2-1 after penalties, with the game ending 1-1 in regulation time.

In the U-14 mixed finals, Saints Scorchers battered Saints Slayers 4-nil, thanks to Carenza Copeland scoring a double, while in the U-17 boys third-place contest, GCC outlaws also went down to YMCA Old Fort Bob Squad.

In the senior men’s open category, Saints Hockey Club opened day two action in the Igloo GCC Hockey Festival with a 3-nil defeat of GCC Vintage.

YMCA Old Fort Top Gun then edged Hikers Remnants 6-5 in a titanic clash.

Hikers were down 3-1 at the half after YMCA Old Fort had dominated the opening minutes. However, the second half saw Hikers stepping up their game to go within touching distance of levelling the score.

In the end, Old Fort held on despite a late goal from Hikers to take a narrow victory.

Saints women also took a comfortable 2-1 win over Rebels after goals from Makayalah Poole and Clayza Bobb.

In the U-21 boys division, Saint’s ‘S’ team suffered a 3-1 loss to YMCA Old Fort Young Guns.

In other U-21 clashes, Saints Conquerors overcame GCC Pitbulls 4-3, compliments of a hat-trick from Shakeem Fausette, while club mates Saints Sigma and Saints Legends ended in a draw in regulation time, but Sigmas won in the shoot-out 3-2.

The U-21 girls contest featuring Saints and GCC Spartans saw Saints coming out on top 2-0.