Hockey season has commenced with a bang as the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) aims to develop a steady crop of new players by means of numerous tournaments to facilitate the influx of players.
The school boys draw battle in the first-ever Hockey School’s Tournament
The GHB embarked on two tournaments, an outdoor under-18 and an in school under-14 tournament, both of which are set to commence over the weekend with the under-14 set for today across the various schools auditoriums and facilities. Amongst those schools that the tournament will be played include St Joseph High School, where it was hosted on the opening day, Marian Academy and the St Stanislaus College, with a different venue being used every week.
The under-14 league has gathered the support of brand sponsors Ansa McAl through their Smalta Brand, who expressed the company’s delight in being a part of the first-ever hockey tournament to be played in schools, as well as their ever so often presence in youth development.
The tournament which is played on a four-a-side basis, will have a team comprising of no more than 10 players who are registered under the team.
The teams in the tournament are Saints Hockey Club (SHC), Hikers Hockey Club (HHC), Old Fort, the Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) Hockey Team, Marian Academy and St Joseph’s High School. Recapping on the action from the first day of the tournament, the Girls Division saw SHC Silencers overcoming SHC Sensations 2-1 and St Joseph’s 3-0 in back to back games with Mariah Seegobind scoring both goals in the first game and Devonte Hernandez scoring all three goals in the second game. St Joseph’s made their debut with both their boys and girls teams, with some players holding a hockey stick for the first time. St Joseph’s boys managed to defend a 3-2 lead over the SHC Scorchers who earlier in the day beat HHC Hatchets 5-3. Old Fort defeated SHC Samurai 3-2, despite having started the game with only two players. HHC Garnett Street, despite losing to SHC Scalpels 3-1 earlier in the evening, managed to draw with Old Fort 3-3 in one of the most exciting matches of the night with Samuel Garnett from HHC Garnett Street and Kai James from Old Fort being the only goal scorers for either team.
The league will be held every Friday with games starting at 16:00h and concluding at 19:00h. This Friday, the action will continue at Marian Academy with the GCC and Marian Academy teams getting their first games of the tournament.
