BOUNTY GCC and Old Fort captured impressive wins in the men’s open category on Tuesday when the Guyana Hockey Board kicked off action in their top 4 series being played throughout the week at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Bounty GCC took a commanding 8-3 victory over club mates GCC Outlaws.
It was Kareem Mackenzie that got the ball rolling for Bounty when he converted a penalty corner 7 minutes into the contest.
Luke Sargeant then equalised for Outlaws 2 minutes later. Goals then followed off the sticks of Bounty players Mark Sergeant, Kevin Spencer, Marcus Fiedtkou and another from Mackenzie give Bounty the 5-1 advantage.

Sargeant pulled back the lead with his second, 5-2 the score read, however subsequent field goals from Dwayne Scott and Lennox Carrol put Bounty’s lead beyond Outlaws reach.
Tariq Nelson scored another consolation goal for Outlaws before Scott wrapped up the 8-3 victory to start off their campaign with a bang.
Old Fort also trounced Saint Stanislaus squad 6-2 after a double from Shaquon Favorite
Simeons Moore, Jason de Santos, Quinn Tobin and Donnell Alleyne scored the other field goals in the comfortable victory.
Keeland Cummings and Shakeem Fausette scored Saints goals in the losing effort.

In the open women’s category GBTI GCC draw 2-2 with Saint’s ladies and GBTI GCC also drew with Old Fort women 3-3.
The Guyana Hockey Board’s Technical Director Robert Fernandes says the senior competition was necessary to provide matches for the senior club squads ahead of important upcoming competitions.

“The opportunity to provide the senior club teams with some court time, so they can be better prepared for the senior national championships in October and the Diamond Mineral
International Indoor in November and what has happen in the past because of the high demand for time in the gymnasium it is difficult to put down the floor early so teams can get enough practice time ahead of time, so at times our local teams are not as well prepared as the foreign teams coming in so we try to get them more court time, so that they can be more competitive.”

Meanwhile, in the National Junior Indoor competition which is running in tandem with the senior competition, the first game was a walk over for GCC Spartans, as Hikers were no shows.
The other schedule contest was a draw between Hikers Hatchets and Old Fort with both clashes in the Under 17 boy’s category.

The tournaments run until Sunday September 21st at the National Gymnasium.
The junior competition is sponsored by Sunshine Snacks and Igloo Ice-Cream.
The categories are Under -13 (mixed), Under -17, and Under -21 (male and female) featuring 10 Under-13 teams, eight Under-17 teams, and five Under-21 teams.