The Guyana Hockey Board 1st division outdoor league got off to a flying start at the St. Stanislaus College Ground, Carifesta Avenue on Saturday with Pizza Hut GCC and Pepsi Hikers registering valuable victories.
Pepsi Hikers (green and yellow uniform) were too hot for Old Fort to handle
In the Wood Pecker Products’ sponsored women’s division, Pizza Hut GCC demolished the Old Fort Shooting Stars in a 10-0 clobbering. Shebiki Baptiste was the first lady to mark her name on the scoresheet, blasting a tricky shot from the left into the back of the net in the 8th minute. Sonia Jardine would follow her team mate to score a penalty goal three minutes later while following it up with a field goal in the 19th minute. Aliyah Gordon netted Pizza Hut’s fourth goal of the night in the 21st minute to send panic through Old Fort camp. Jardine then closed off the first half with another goal that completed her hat trick in the 25th minute to. Baptise then found Old Fort lapsing and capitalize to score her second goal in the 45th minute. In the final quarter of the hour long contest, Gordon then scored once more while Jardine scored two more for a total of five goals for the day.
Meanwhile, when the men took to the field, Hikers edged Old Fort 3-1 by regulation time. The contest, via international rules was played in four 15-minute quarters with neither side able to score by the end of the first quarter. In fact, it was until the 19th minute that Warren Williams had scored to give Old Fort the early advantage. However, it was short lived as Andrew Stewart equalized in the 23rd minute while Robert France sent Hikers in the lead with one minute remaining in the first half.
Tevisarid Garnett blasted the final blow in the 48th minute to see Old Fort unable to bounce back.
The action continues today at the GCC Ground located at Bourda where two more breath taking matches are booked to unfold. At 15:00h, GCC Spartans will come up against a strong Woodpecker Hikers team in the women’s division while at 16:30h the men will take to the field as Bounty GCC battle Saints.
