When the Guyana Hockey Board/Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament continued on Tuesday evening, the first knockout match of the competition was forced to be abandoned at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
The first knockout match to be played in the women’s category between Old Fort, who placed fourth on the league’s points table and Georgetown Cricket Club Spartans, third came to an abrupt end due to an unforeseen lighting issue.
The match was in its halfway stage when the lighting problem occurred. Technical maintenance of the National Gymnasium was unable to restore power to the building and Guyana Power and Light was subsequently called in.
Action in the GHB/Lucozade Indoor Hockey tournament
The Game was going in favour of Spartans as they secured a 2-nil lead over Old Fort heading into the second half.
It was Spartans leading goal scorer, with 11 goals to her name, Marzana Fiedtkou who opened up the Spartans’ account in the fifth minute of play while two minutes later it was Shebiki Baptiste who penetrated the Old Fort defense.
But Old Fort is not to be taken lightly and could very well bounce back in the second half which is now slated for Thursday at 17:00h at the same venue.
The winner from this match will then move on to play Hikers who finished second on the table.
This was not the only game affected. The clash between GCC teams, Bounty and Vintage which is expected to be one of the most entertaining matches in the tournament will also be played on Thursday.
With Kevin Spencer, who has 24 goals to his name, Bounty is a formidable match while Dwayne Scott will not make it an easy job for Vintage to be defeated.
