After the fifth day of competition in the Guyana Hockey Board GTT National Indoor
Pizza Hut GCC faced their toughest competition to date in the tournament
Hockey Championships, experience is making the difference. At the National Gymnasium, tournament favourites, Pizza Hut GCC extended their undefeated streak in the tournament with another crushing victory, this time Woodpecker Hikers facing the sword. The contest ended 4-2 with GCC seeming dominant from the outset of the match. The second half proved more entertaining to the supportive crowd as striker; Kerensa Fernandes pushed the score to 2-0 five minutes after resumption. The 4-2 victory places Pizza Hut GCC at the top of the pool and will face the Old Fort ladybugs in the first semi-final on Saturday while the Woodpecker Hikers take on Spartans in the other. Bounty GCC and the Pepsi Hikers both outclassed their opponents on the evening by 8-1 in their men’s first division clashes. GCC was led by a hat trick from midfielder, Peter DeGroot against Team 2020 while junior national captain Mark Sargeant chipped in a double and Stephen Xavier, Eric Hing and Kevin Spencer added singles. Young Meshach Sargeant scored a penalty stroke for Team 2020 as their lone goal of the match. Aroydy Branford of Pepsi Hikers managed a hat trick on the night against Saints while teammates, Robert France and Randy Hope added a pair each. Yonnick Peters managed the lone response for Saints in their defeat. The men’s second division competition saw GCC with yet another 8-1 victory, this time over Hikers while Old Fort defeated Saints by 3-0 and Phoenix edged past Saint Stanislaus College by 2-1. Hickers thumped Old Fort by 4-2 in the lone veterans’ fixture of the evening.
