Team captain Alanna Lewis scored a hat-trick to lead defending champions Paragon to an 8-5 come-from-behind triumph over Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the T&T Hockey Board Indoor Championship Women’s Open Division at the Woodbrook Youth Centre, Hamilton-Holder Street, Woodbrook on Saturday.
Lewis, also the co-captain of the senior national women’s team netted in the 18th, 33rd and 35th minutes while national midfielder Avion Ashton (eighth & 15th) and Keima Gardiner (13th & 23rd) added two goals each, and T&T forward, Kristin Thompson, the other in the 20th minute.
For, GCC, Gabriella Xavier had a beaver trick, first getting the opening goal of the match in the third minute, and the added items in the 16th, 29th, and 39th while Aaliyah Gordon also scored in the tenth.
With the win, Paragon improved to maximum nine points and certain of a semifinal spot, while Ventures and Harvard Checkers are next with six points each with a match left for each of the top three clubs.
Ventures’ got back in the title hunt with back-to-back wins over winless Courts Malvern, 4-3 and then Harvard Checkers 3-2 while the latter edged GCC 1-0 in the other women’s matches.
...Dames hand Paragon men first loss
Kieth De Peza scored with a minute left on the clock as Notre Dame inflicted the first defeat on Paragon, 4-3 in the Men’s Open Division, also on Saturday.
Paragon, which won its first three matches before dropping its first points in a 4-4 draw with Courts Malvern, looked set to rebound when Australia-based Akim Toussaint fired in a fifth minute opener only for De Peza to get the Dames even three minutes later.
Paragon then stamped its authority on the contest with goals from Toussaint (12th) and Syl Sinnette (19th) for a 3-1 lead.
However, instead of folding, the Dames mounted a stunning comeback with Aidan De Gannes (24th) and Chad Pedro (34th) getting their team on level terms, before De Peza’s second item seal all three points.
Despite the loss, Paragon still lead the seven-team table with ten points from five matches, one ahead of Petrotrin which has a match in hand, and two more than the Dames, who also have played a match less.
The Dames also drew 7-7 with Defence Force on Saturday, while reigning champions, Queen’s Park had a 6-2 win over Fatima and a 4-4 draw with Malvern to stay in the chase for a semifinal place with five points.
And in Saturday’s other match, Defence Force trounced Malvern 9-1 led by a Roger Daniel beaver trick.
Saturday's T&THB National Indoor results:
Men's Open:
Notre Dame 7 vs Defence Force 7 (Shane Legerton 8th, 9th, Roger Daniel 23rd, 28th, Nicholas Wren 36th, 38th, Marcus James 21st) vs Notre Dame 7 (Shaquille Daniel 6th, 32nd, Aidan De Gannes 10th, 14th, Joshua Olton 16th, 26th, Darren Cowie 40th)
QPCC 6 (Kadeem Fortune 7th, 38th, Nicholas Camcho 21st, 29th, Dominic Young 11th, Jerry Bell 36th) vs Fatima 2 (Che Modeste 23rd, Jeremy Nieves 32nd)
Malvern 4 (Kristien Emmanuel 12th, Leary Inglesbirth 13th, Kieron Emmanuel 18th, Anthony Marcano 40th) vs QPCC 4 (Dominic Young 5th, 39th, Jerry Bell 24th, Kadeem Fortune 26th)
Defence Force 9 (Marcus James 12th, 26th, 31st, Roger Daniel 13th, 32nd, 33rd, 37th, Mickel Pierre 9th, Nicholas Wren 24th) vs Malvern 1 (Kieron Emmeanuel 33rd)
Notre Dame 4 (Keith De Peiza 8th, 39th, Aidan De Gannes 24th, Chad Pedro 34th) vs Paragon 3 (Akim Toussaint 5th, 12th, Syl Sinnette 19th)
Women's Open:
Paragon 8 (Alanna Lewis 18th, 33rd, 35th, Avion Ashton 8th, 15th, Keima Gardiner 13th, 23rd, Kristin Thompson 20th) vs GCC 5 (Gabriella Xavier 3rd, 16th, 29th, 39th, Aaliyah Gordon 10th)
Harvard Checkers 1 (Patricia Wright-Alexis 12th) vs GCC 0
Ventures 3 (Amanda George 27th, Arielle Cowie 35th, Gian Sealy 40th) vs Harvard Checkers 2 (Kwylan Jaggassar 17th, Patrice Padmore 39th)
Ventures 4 (Jade Piper 7th, 21st, Amanda George 10th, Ornella Schneider 3rd) vs Malvern 3 (Krizia Layne 10th, 38th, Sherlan Cabralis 6th)
Current T&T Hockey Board Indoor standings:
Women's Open Division:
Teams*P*W*D*L*F*A*Pts
Paragon*3*3*0*0*15*8*9
Ventures*3*2*0*1*8*5*6
Harvard Checkers*3*2*0*1*9*7*6
Malvern*3*0*0*3*9*15*0
GCC*2*0*0*2*5*9*0
Men's Open Division:
Paragon*5*3*1*1*24*17*10
Petrotrin*4*3*0*1*19*14*9
Notre Dame*4*2*2*0*19*18*8
QPCC*4*1*2*1*15*15*5
Defence Force*4*1*1*2*22*17*4
Fatima*4*1*0*3*14*20*3
Malvern*5*0*2*3*12*25*2