Hikers overcome big deficit to draw 6-6 with Bajan team 

Hikers striker Aroydy Branford (left) on the attack against YMCA of Barbados

Defending men’s first division champions, Hikers overcame a second half deficit to draw with the Young Men’s Christian Association of Barbados 6-6 when action in the  Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival continued on Thursday.

Played at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, Rohan Thomas would open the scoring for YMCA with a second minute strike. He would add a second minutes later as YMCA began to dominate the exchanges.

Robert France would narrow the gap as he pulled one back for Hikers in the seventh. However Thomas would complete his