National forward had a beaver trick as Paragon outgunned Courts Malvern 7-3 to move within one win of repeating as T&T Hockey Board Indoor Championship Women’s Open Division champions yesterday.
Playing in the first women’s semifinal at the Woodbrook Youth Facility, Hamilton-Holder Street, Thompson scored in the fifth, 18th, 23rd and 35th minutes for Paragon which led 3-2 at the half.
Keima Gardiner added a double in the first and 34th minutes, and national captain Alanna Lewis the other for Paragon, winners of all five matches it has played. Former national standouts and captains, Nicole Aming (17th & 24th) and Sherlan Cabralis (3rd), were on target for Malvern which kept it close for a while at 3-4 before falling away.
In the final today from 5pm, Paragon will face Ventures after it earned a come-from-behind 2-1 triumph against Harvard Checkers with Arielle Cowie and Rose-Ann Reyes cancelling out Patrice Padmore’s third minute opener.
The Men’s Open semifinals were also contested last night with round-robin winners Paragon against Petrotrin and Notre Dame versus reigning champion Queen’s Park ahead of today’s third place and final.
Today will also see the Girls and Boys Under-19 finals as well as the Trinity men and women and Mixed Veterans.
Yesterday results: Semifinals:
Trinity Women
Paragon 2 (Kelly Francis 22nd, Danielle Thompson 26th) vs Police 0
SC Magnolias 5 vs Harvard Checkers 0 - by default
Trinity Men:
Carib 7 (Jael St Louis 18th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, Edwin Christmas 14th, 29th, Dylan Francis 4th) vs Shape 3 (Lyndel Byer 26th, 30th, John Hernandez 7th)
QPCC 4 (Raphael Govia 3rd, 12th, 20th, 29th) vs Paragon 2 (Isaiah Scott 26th, Saleem Clapham 28th)
Mixed Veterans:
QPCC 6 (Raphael Govia 4th, 10th, 19th, 19th, Claire Dos Santos 20th, 24th) vs Malvern 0
Fatima 2 (Cristina Abreu 2nd, 15th) vs Notre Dame 0
Women’s Open:
Paragon 7 (Kristin Thompson 5th, 18th, 23rd, 35th, Keima Gardiner 1st, 34th, Alanna Lewis 40th) vs Malvern 3 (Nicole Aming 17th, 24th, Sherlan Cabralis 3rd)
Ventures 2 (Arielle Cowie 19th, Rose-Ann Reyes 20th) vs Harvard Checkers 1 (Patrice Padmore 3rd)
Today: Third place playoffs: Mixed Veterans: Courts Malvern vs Notre Dame, 9 am
Women’s Open: Malvern vs Harvard Checkers, 10 am
Men’s Open: Paragon/Petrotrin loser vs Notre Dame/QPCC loser, 11 am