CARIB Magnolias halted Maritime Harvard Checkers' four-game
winning streak with a hard-fought 2-0 triumph, while Notre
Dame hammered Corona Fatima 6-0 as action in the Men's and
Women's Championship Division of the Trinidad and Tobago
Hockey Board competitions continued at the National Hockey
Centre last weekend in Tacarigua.
In the third-to-last event on the Father's Day programme
before an encouraging crowd, Magnolias got field goals from
Alicia Waithe and national player Stacy Siu Butt.
Waithe netted her item in the 29th minute to give the
ladies in yellow a 1-0 lead going into the break, after
both clubs had even exchanges in the first 35 minutes of the
70-minute encounter.
Six minutes after the resumption, prolific Siu Butt put
Checkers' unbeaten run in further danger when she hit the
target in the 41st minute. In the remaining moments of the
second half, both teams engaged in an end-to-end battle in
search of more goals, but good goalkeeping by the pair of
custodians prevented any additional scoring.
The win pushed Magnolias record for the season to three
wins from the same number of matches, while Checkers slipped
to their first defeat from a handful of outings. In the
final game of the night, national skipper Kwan Browne netted
four times to pace Notre Dame to their third triumph of the
new campaign.
Browne had field goals in the fifth, 26th and 37th minute,
while adding a penalty corner in the 40th minute. The other
couple of efforts came off the sticks of Ken Whiteman, who
scored from a penalty corner in the 45th and Akill Nancoo,
who netted in the 61st minute of the one-sided contest via a
field goal.
Notre Dame led 2-0 at the break. It was Fatima's first
loss in four games, while drawing two and winning one.
Paragon Hockey Club established made it two wins in a row
after losing their first pair of matches when they were
very impressive in humiliating defending champions Queen's
Park Cricket Club 4-2 in a men's match-up.
Doing the job for Paragon-coming off an equally
impressive triumph over former champs Defence Force
(3-2)-were Keil Murray (ninth and 27th minutes) and Dillet
Gilkes who struck the mark in the 37th and 60th minutes.
Matthew Tang Nian also registered a brace for the champs,
scoring in the seventh and 44th minutes.
In a result from the Trinity Women's Division, Raiders
edged Ventures 2-1 after a goalless first half. Chantal
Fernandes notched both items for Raiders through a penalty
corner and penalty shot in the 48th and 61st minutes in a
close game.
In the boy's under-19 category, Corona Fatima and SHAPE
shared the points in a 3-3 draw. Jordan Butts (23rd and
30th) and Quinn Clarke (64th) were the marksmen for the
winners, who led 2-0 at half time.
Gerron Frank claimed all three items for SHAPE, hitting
the mark in the 43rd, 62nd and 68th minutes.
On Saturday, QPCC were 3-0 winners over Notre Dame in
another U-19 match.
And in a Trinity Women's game, also last Saturday, there
were no goals in the affair between Ventures and Maritime
Harvard Checkers. Play in the in the TTHB competition
continues tomorrow and over the weekend.