National forward Alanna Lewis ran riot as she helped herself to a beaver-trick in leading Paragon to a 5-0 blowout of Shandy Carib Magnolias in their final T&T Hockey Board’s National Indoor Women’s Championship Division group match at the Woodbrook Youth Centre, Hamilton Holder Street, Woodbrook, on Wednesday. Lewis netted as early as the second minute followed by items in the 14th, 15th and 18th minute while Zene Henry added the other in the 28th minute. With the win, Paragon ended its five match schedule with 12 points, one behind defending champion Ventures, followed by Notre Dame with seven and Harvard Maritime Checkers, the other semifinal qualifier, with six points. Checkers have the same point total as Magnolias but with a superior goal-difference. Last night in the final-four matches, Ventures came up against Checkers and Paragon played the Dames. In the Men’s Open Division, Notre Dame also sealed a last-four spot despite losing its final match to reigning champion, Petrotrin 7-1.
The Dames who ended with four points from five matches went into the encounter needing to avoid defeat by 16 goals, which they did to finish ahead of Corona Fatima on goal-difference. Earlier on, Paragon whipped Fatima 5-3 to end with nine points in third spot, three behind the Oilmen, while Queen’s Park topped the table with a maximum 15 points. In last night’s semifinal round, the Parkites faced Notre Dame while Paragon battled Petrotrin for places in tonight’s title match. On Tuesday night, Raphael Govia scored a beaver-trick as Queen’s Park crushed Petrotrin 11-0 to inch ahead in the race for the Mixed Veterans Division title. The victory improves the Parkites to ten points from four matches, the same as Notre Dame, ahead of last night’s final round of matches. The Dames came up against Fatima needing a win to have a chance of lifting the title as they trail the Parkites on goal-difference. This while Parkites tangled with Malvern in a match which had ten minutes left to be completed after their initial meeting on October 31was stopped due to bad weather, with the Tragarete Road team ahead 3-0.
National Indoor Hockey Championship Results
Wednesday:
Women’s Open:
Paragon 5 (Alanna Lewis 2nd, 14th, 15th, 18th, Zene Henry 28th) vs Magnolias 0.
Notre Dame 3 (Tamara De Nobriga 5th, Stephanie Whiteman 22nd, Curlyne Wynn 26th) vs Checkers 2 (Patrice Padmore 14th, Brittney Hingh 27th).
Men’s Open:
Paragon 5 (Akim Toussaint 15th, 29th, Syl Sinnette 2nd, Kiel Murray 7th, Richard Roach 24th) vs Fatima 3 (Ishmael Campbell 22nd, 30th, Jose Gonzales 21st).
Petrotrin 7 (Atiba Whittington 3, Dwain Quan Chan 2, Kern Chan Sue, Triston Grant) vs Notre Dame 1 (Tobias Ottley).
Mixed Veterans:
Fatima 3 (Mark Nieves, Derek Lee, Colin Young) vs Malvern 2 (Anthony Marcano, Charles Carter).
Tuesday
Women’s Open
Ventures 4 (Yesenia Luces 2, Cristina Abreu 2) vs Paragon 3 (Danielle Thompson, Kristin Thompson, Avion Ashton).
Magnolias 2 (Brianna Govia, Elise Olton) vs Notre Dame 0
Men’s Open
Petrotrin 8 (Triston Grant 2, Solomon Eccles 2, Atiba Whittington 2, Jason Allan, Jonathan Williams) vs Fatima 0
QPCC 16 (Evan Piers-Farrell 5, Nicholas Camacho 3, Stefan Mouttet 2, Shawn Lee Quay 2, Mark Ayen, Dominic Young, Khadeem Fortune, Kade Lue Sue) vs Shape 4 (Gerron Frank 2, Lyndell Byer, Hakeem Badal)
Mixed Veterans
QPCC 11 (Raphael Govia 4, Nicholas Wren 3, Gary Chin 2, Derek Daniel, Azad Ali) vs Petrotrin 0
Current standings:
Men’s Open:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
QPCC 5 5 0 0 39 13 15
Petrotrin 5 4 0 1 35 9 12
Paragon 5 3 0 2 24 19 9
Notre Dame 5 1 1 3 17 23 4
Fatima 5 1 1 3 11 27 4
Shape 5 0 0 5 10 45 0
Women’s Open:
Ventures 5 4 1 0 16 12 13
Paragon 5 4 0 1 22 11 12
Notre Dame 5 2 1 2 15 15 7
Checkers 5 2 0 3 11 8 6
Magnolias 5 2 0 3 7 12 6
Malvern 5 0 0 5 8 22 0
Mixed Veterans:
QPCC 4 3 1 0 25 8 10
Notre Dame 4 3 1 0 22 9 10
Carib 5 2 1 2 20 15 7
Fatima 4 2 1 1 15 9 7
Malvern 4 1 0 3 12 15 3
Petrotrin 5 0 0 5 10 48 0
By Nigel Simon
Source: www.guardian.co.tt