he Guyana Hockey Board/Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament continued on Tuesday night at the National Gymnasium with the Hikers men remaining as the table toppers in the tournament, while the youngest team in the competition, Saints, marked their second win.
In the first match up of the night, the two last place teams battled for supremacy, but in the end, Saints saw their second win, while Old Fort Knockers were still searching for their first win.
Saints goal scorers (L-R) Joel Hunte, Hilton Chester and Yonnick PetersUndefeated Hikers team
Lead brilliantly by their skipper, Yonnick Peters, Saints rushed to a 4-nil victory over the Knockers team.
In the first half, Joel Hunte produced the first goal for Saints in just 10 minutes of play, capitalising on a fumble by the Knockers men to get past the goal keeper. Knockers tried valiantly but were unable to score a goal in the first half but in the 19th minute, Saints’ Hilton Chester found a way to get past the Knockers defence to end the first half 2-nil.
The second half showed some quality skills in the sport, but it belonged to captain Yonnick Peters, who scored two penalty goals.
Peters scored in the 29th and 32nd minutes as Saints managed their second win of the tournament.
In an entertaining second game, Hikers extended their undefeated streak to 11 matches with a comprehensive 7:4 drubbing of fourth place Vintage.
Leading goal scorer, Aroydy Brandford showed why he has been such an integral part to Hikers’ success, penetrating the Vintage defence in the third minute to start proceedings.
Seconds before the end of the first half, Alan Fernandes secured a goal for Vintage to level the scoreboard 1-1 heading into the second half.
As the match resumed, Vintage took the early lead as Eric Hing found the back of the net in the 21st Minute.
However, Hikers did not take it easy, levelling the score once more through the efforts of Bradford in the 23rd minute.
Two minutes later, a goal from Randy Hope sent Hikers in the lead while two goals from Michael Harding in the 28th and 31st minutes placed Hikers well ahead with the score 5-2.
Vintage would also score in the 31st minute as Fernandes worked his way through the Hikers’ defence.
In the 33rd minute, Vintage registered their fourth and final goal compliments of Fernandes’ brother, Phillip.
Hope secured his second goal of the night in the 35th minute of play and Jamarj Assanah scored his first of the night in minute 37 to show their level of dominance, Hikers have produced throughout the tournament with this next 7-4 victory added to their tally.
Action continues on Friday at the same venue from 17:00h.
