West Demerara side Western Dragons “A” recorded a resounding 7-3 win over previously unbeaten Old Fort ‘B’ to put themselves in line for a top place when action continued Wednesday evening in the GT&T-sponsored National Indoor Hockey championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The other Western Dragons teams failed to repeat the performance however as the Dragons “B” side went down 1-3 to the Carib Degenerates and the Dragons ladies lost to GCC Tigers by a walkover.
However, in the main match of the evening, Old Fort held off the Dragons for most of the first half but when the first goal was scored the floodgates were opened.
Jermain Murray made the breakthrough when he found the back of the net just before the end of the first half and changed the momentum of the game.
The second half told a different tale as Dragons poured in five more unanswered goals before Old Fort could muster one of their own.
Old Fort managed two more in the half and Dragons one more in the one-sided affair that saw Dragons pull off the 7-3 win.
Adrian Sampson top-scored for the Dragons with a hat trick, teammate Deon Carew added a double while Jermain Murray and Trason Corbin each scored a single.
Tony Cole, John Abrahams and Dwayne Allen each scored one for Old Fort.
Rawl Davson, Sheldon Corlette and Wendy Boodhoo each scored a goal for the Carib Degenerates on their way to a 3-1 victory against the Western Dragons B in the other second division clash of the evening.
At three goals down, the promising Downes Austin would manage to pull back a consolation goal for the Dragons at the final buzzer.
Friday’s first division games see the GCC A & B teams come up against each other while the more critical Old Fort and Hikers clash is likely to determine who will challenge GCC in the final. Hikers B play the Degenerates with third place bragging rights at stake while the Dragons A and Old Fort B seem unlikely to be challenged for their top two spots and the opportunity to contest the second division final.
Hikers ladies seem poised to draw even with the GCC Tigers and meet them in Sunday’s final if they can maintain their form and defeat the newcomers Western Dragons.
Matches continue today from 6pm.
