National duo, Solomon Eccles and Atiba Whittington both scored hat-tricks as defending champion Petrotrin rebounbed from a 4-3 loss to Queen’s Park to hammer Paragon 8-2 in a key T&T Hockey Board Indoor Championship’s Men’s Open Division clash at the Woodbrook Youth Centre, Hamilton-Holder Street, Woodbrook, on Sunday night. Fellow national player Dwain Quan Chan added a double for the Oilmen while Paragon got a pair of goals from its own national standout Akim Toussaint.
With the win, the Oilmen improved to six points from three matches, in second spot, six adrift of unbeaten leader Queen’s Park which has maximum 12 points after four matches. Today, the Parkites close off their round-robin play against winless Shape, but are already assured of the top seeding going intoThursday’s semifinal round. With the loss, Paragon stayed fourth on the table with three points from three matches, one behind Notre Dame while Fatima has one point from two matches.
In the Women’s Open Division, Harvard Maritime Checkers picked up three valuable points without breaking a sweat after Malvern defaulted to end without a point from its five matches. The win carried Checkers to six points after three matches on the six-team table, the same as Paragon which has a match in hand and one behind defending champion Ventures. Notre Dame is next with four points from three matches while Shandy Carib Magnolias has three points after two matches. In the Mixed Veterans category, both Carib and Queen’s Park won to improve to seven points, however, the Parkites still have two matches to play.
Carib led by trebles from Kern Ramsammy and Andre Durant blasted Petrotrin 12-2. Kirk “Crabbie” Adamson and Randall Ramsammy added two goals each for Carib while Hillary St Louis and Ronald Ramsammy got one each. Meanwhile, the Parkites got a beaver-trick and Raphael Govia, one in their 5-4 nail biting win over Corona Fatima.
RESULTS
National Indoor Hockey Championship Results:
Friday
Women’s Open
Checkers 3 vs Malvern 0 - By Default
Men’s Open
Petrotrin 8 (Solomon Eccles 3, Atiba Whittington 3, Dwain Quan Chan 2) vs Paragon 2 (Akim Toussaint 2)
Mixed Veterans
QPCC 5 (Robert Mouttet 4, Raphael Govia) vs Fatima 4 (Derek Lee, Rolph Young)
Carib 12 (Kern Ramsammy 3, Andre Durant 3, Kirk Adamson 2, Randall Ramsammy 2, Hillary St Louis, Ronald Ramsammy) vs Petrotrin 2
Source: www.guardian.co.tt