The Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival culminated at the National Gymnasium on Sunday, December 3, 2023 with exhibiting action and jubilant supporters.
In the ExxonMobil Women’s tourney, the GCC Vintage were presumed to be at the top of female hockey as they defeated TT Police with the scoreline reading 6-2.
The puck found its way into the back of the net in the 2’ with a strike from Abosaide Cadogan, which seemed to set the tone for the GCC outfit as Princessa Wilkie netted a double in the 22’ and 37’.
The dominance from GCC did not stop as in the 4’, the puck was put into the back of the net by Sonia Jardine and in the 7’ and 9’, Cadogan and Jardine secured their doubles before the former elevated hers to a hat-trick in the 17’.
TT’s Police Captain Brittney Hingh managed to give her team hope scoring in the 22’ and 33’, but it was not enough as Jardine secured her hat-trick in the 39’ to seal the victory for her team.
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The Republic Bank Over-35 final came down to the penalty spot, and Antonio’s Hikers came out victorious over the defending GCC ,with the scoreline reading 3-2.
The GCC looked forceful in the opening minutes of the game as a strike in the 1’ from Orlando Semple managed to give them the advantage, but Antonio’s Hikers with their young and powerful team then broke down the GCC outfit to equalise with a goal from Akim Toussaint in the 3’. Two minutes later, they went one up with another strike from Toussaint.
In the 9’, the GCC equalised the game with a strike from Dwayne Scott, and the Hikers once again showed the importance of youth inclusiveness as they equalised the game with a goal from Captain Devin Hooper in the 12’ and from Alan Fernandes in the 14’.
The GCC power force then sent the game into shots from the spot after Semple scored in the 18’ and Peter de Groot in the 25’.
In the penalty area, Hikers’ Jason Hoyte managed to secure the win for his team-mates as he managed to keep out the puck on two occasions.
In the Value4U Over 45, the TTO Masters came out on top of proceedings as they defeated GCC Vintage with the scoreline reading 2-1.
A strike from Roger Daniels in 6’ seemed to set the tone for the TTO Masters outfit, but GCC did not go out without a fight as they equalised the game in the 15’ with a Dwayne Scott goal. The game was sealed for the TTO Masters outfit by Daniels in the 22’.
The Diamond Mineral Water final came down to the penalty spot, and the Pepsi Hikers looked forceful in the opening minutes of the game as a strike in the 4’ from Devin Munroe managed to give them the advantage.
The Saints with their mixture of youth and experience then broke down the Hikers outfit to equalise with a goal from Jabari Lovell in the 40’ and four minutes later, they went one up with a strike from Shakeem Fausette.
In the 32’ and 49’, the Hikers sent the game into penalty kicks with a strike from Meshach Sargeant, and Captain Robert France in the penalty area.
