Georgetown Cricket Club `A’ will look to increase their lead when they square off with Everest Hikers `B’ in a men’s fixture when six more matches in the Guyana Hockey Board warm-up six-a-side hockey tournament will be played this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The GCC ‘A’ men extended their unbeaten run to join club mates GCC ‘B’ at the top of the men’s competition by handing Old Fort ‘A’ their first loss of the competition while Everest ‘A’ picked up the third spot in matches Tuesday night.
The Everest Hikers ladies upstaged the Spartans of GCC to lead the points table in the ladies competition after action on the second night, Tuesday, at the Sports Hall.
GCC ‘A’ and arch-rivals Old Fort ‘A’ collided in one of their usual high-paced duels which the Bourda side won 3-1.
GCC’s Alan Fernandes sent his team into the lead by converting a Kevin Spencer pass with a powerful flick past Tony Cole in the old Fort goal.
Old Fort equalised just one minute later as Dexter Wyles registered with a diving effort off a blazing counter-attack as the score remained 1-1 at the half.
However, GCC dominated the second session of play with Dwayne Scott and Patrick Edghill netting for the victors.
Everest Hikers ‘A’ exacted revenge for their `B’ team’s loss the previous evening by obliterating the Carib Degenerates by a whopping 24 – 2 defeat in what may have been the longest 40 minutes experienced for most of the Degenerates.
The Hikers side, the reigning Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor champions, dominated the veterans with Robert France leading the way with nine goals followed by Jerry Bell – six, Randy Hope – five, Devin Munroe – three and Alex Gouveia, one.
The Western Dragons/ Police men’s match ended 7-4 in the Dragons’ favour with Adrian Sampson scoring a hat-trick for the Dragons and teammates Deon Carew, Deon Brandford, Selwyn Brandt and Andel Sampson scoring one each.
The Police goals were scored by Rockwell Scarder, R. Lyte, Kevin Fogenay and Rawle Haynes.
The GCC `B’ team enjoyed another successful evening winning both their matches. They defeated Old Fort ‘B’ by a 6-1 margin through a double by Andrew Xavier and single goals from Leonard George, Errol Toppin and brothers, Stuart and Zack Gonsalves.
Xavier racked up another six goals against the Everest ‘B’ team later in the evening in GCC’s 9-1 rout of Everest with Zack Gonsalves, Leonard George and Errol Toppin adding one apiece.
Diminutive Andrew Stuart managed the lone goal for the Hikers.
The lone ladies match saw the Everest Hikers getting the better of the GCC Spartans by 2-0.
The Hikers scored one goal in each half through nationals Avonda James and Cora Towler.
GCC ‘B’ tops the men’s pool with seven points from three games followed by their senior counterparts GCC ‘A’ on six points from two games.
The Everest Hikers ‘A’ team holds third place in the pool with four points from two games while Old Fort ‘A’, Western Dragons and Carib Degenerates have three points each. Cellar dwellers Police, Everest ‘B’ and Old Fort ‘B’ are yet to earn points. In the ladies’ competition the Everest Hikers top the table with three points from one match while the GCC Spartans are without a point while the GCC Tigers are yet to play.
In the other fixtures for this evening, Dragons will battle with Degenerates, Hikers will meet Super Mix in a ladies encounter, Everest ‘A’ will meet Old Fort ‘B’ in the opening match of the evening, Everest ‘A’ will meet Police while Old Fort ‘A’ will test their skills against GCC ‘B’.
Matches will also be played tomorrow and Saturday with the finals set for Sunday.
Bully off is at 18:00 hours.
