The Guyana Hockey Board, GTT Indoor Hockey Tournament came to a close at the National Gymnasium on Sunday with Antonio’s Hikers, Pizza Hut GCC, GCC Vintage and Old Fort Supersonics winning the title in their respective disciplines in a night dedicated to finals.
With many celebrations from the crowd, fans were treated to some of the best indoor hockey matches produced on local soil.
Vanessa Pires breaks the defence of the Hikers ladies to score her third goal of the night
In the female category the Pizza Hut ladies handed the Woodpecker Hikers a sound 7-1 thrashing to remain undefeated in yet another tournament. While Laticia Chung scored for Hikers in the 19th minute (19’), it was all that the girls in green could produce. Meanwhile, Vanessa Peres scored a hat trick of goals (6’, 28’, and 29’) and two goals from Gabriella Xavier (13’, 36’) were the high point of the dominant girls’ run.
In the veterans’ category, the Bounty GCC men followed the girls to yet another dominant win as they triumphed over Antonio’s Hickers 5-4.
In the first half of the 30 minute game, Hickers would have felt that they were in a commanding position closing it on a smooth 1-3 lead with a goal from Timothy Jonas and two from Devin Munroe. However, two goals each from Philip Fernandes and Dwayne Scott were enough to sink the Hickers.
In the second division, a questionable operation from the umpires saw a late goal for Old Fort Supersonic proving vital to the downing of GCC Pitbulls. With the scores locked 2-2 at half time, Jael Gaskin’s goal in the penultimate minute of the game was the deciding factor as he worked past the switched goalkeeper, ending the game 4-3 in favour of supersonics.
The organizers were pleased to have a turnout of this magnitude and welcomed the competition the teams produced as they prepare for the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival later in the month.
