Front runners in the John Fernandes Insurance Limited men’s second division league, All Greys, were held to a 2-2 draw by a resurgent Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) side which kept their title hopes alive with the result last weekend at the Carifesta Avenue ground.
The match was almost a carbon copy of their first encounter with All Greys using their superior experience and tactics to get out to a 2-0 lead through a double from Sheldon Corlette. The tide would slowly turn in the second half as experience succumbed to youth and GCC would draw level through goals from Patrick Edghil and Michael Craig. The only other men’s match of the weekend saw an opportunistic Old Fort side take an early lead against Hikers. Old Fort would lead for the majority of the match following Trolex Young’s early strike and some stout defending by the Old Fort back line coupled with poor finishing from the Hikers forwards. The Old Fort defence would hold strong until the third quarter, but once Hikers drew level there was no stopping them as they would score three more unanswered goals on their way to the 4-1 victory.
In the Woodpecker Products ladies league the GCC women, fresh off their good showing in Trinidad, took charge of the tournament with three wins from as many matches despite the absence of several key players due to injury. After disposing of Old Fort and the National Under 20 women’s team by scores of 5-0 and 4-0 respectively, GCC would be tested by a resolute Hikers side filled with several former nationals. Hikers would frustrate the GCC forwards for most of the first half before Tricia Woodroffe gave GCC the lead late in the second quarter. Hikers would continue to frustrate the GCC forward line through some intelligent defence from sweeper Marisha Rodrigues, which led to some counter attacks of their own. This pattern continued until GCC’s Ulrica Sutherland put her team further ahead in the 42nd minute. The result means that GCC remain the only unbeaten side in the competition with nine points from three matches followed by Hikers on six. The National Under 20s and Old Fort are the other two teams in the competition.
