Source: www.guardian.co.tt
By: Nigel Simon
Wayne Legerton and Triston Grant were each on target as Petrotrin retained hold of the T&T Hockey Board Men’s Championship Division title with a 2-0 shut-out of Defence Force at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Sunday night. Going into the clash, the Oilmen needed only a point to seal a second straight title with one match left to play while Defence Force needed a victory to keep its faint hopes alive. At the end of the first-half it was anybody’s guess as to the outcome of the contest as both teams were locked at 0-0. However, Legerton eased the nerves of his team-mates when he fired Petrotrin into a 56th minute lead and two minutes before full-time Grant sealed the deal for the Oilmen to send the small gathering of travelling supporters from the south-land in a frenzy.
With the win, Petrotrin carried its points tally to 34 from 13 matches, four ahead of Defence Force which completed its 14-match campaign while Paragon is third with 28 points, and Queen’s Park, fourth with 23. On Saturday, Paragon stayed in contention for a top-two finish after a comfortable 5-2 victory over Notre Dame led by a double from national forward Akim Toussaint while the Parkites made certain of fourth spot via an 8-1 clobbering of Malvern thanks to a hat-trick from Raphael Govia on Sunday.
Malvernites beaten, but still women’s champ
Malvern suffered its first loss of the season in the Women’s Championship Division after it was edged out by last year’s winner Shandy Carib Magnolias, 1-0 with Gayle-Ann Nieves the scorer in the sixth minute. However, the win for Magnolias came in vain as the Malvernites were still crowned champions after it was awarded a 3-0 win by default over Notre Dame for a scheduled match that did not come off last month. The win by Magnolias had briefly put them ahead of Malvern on goal-difference with both teams on 28 points, but the Tournament’s Appeals Committee decided to award three points to Malvern for a match it had originally won by default from the Dames. The default win improved Malvern to 31 points, three more than Magnolias which has completed its campaign. Today, the Trinity Men’s Division semifinal will flick off with Queen’s Park facing Shape from 8 pm while tomorrow, Paragon meets Notre Dame also from 8 pm.
T&THB SELECTED RESULTS
Sunday
Championship Men
Petrotrin 2 (Wayne Legerton 56th, Triston Grant 68th) vs D/Force 0.
QPCC 8 (Raphael Govia 16th, 25th, Jerry Bell 34th, Shawn Lee Quay 43rd, Dominic Young 45th, Kadeem Fortune 55th, Nicholas Camacho 60th, Jamarj Assanah 68th) vs Malvern 1 (Anthony Marcano 17th).
Championship Women
Magnolias 1 (Gayle-Ann Nieves 6th) vs Malvern 0.
Saturday
Men’s Championship
Paragon 5 (Akim Toussaint 21st, 45th, Kiel Murray 42nd, Chester Sealey 50th, Syl Sinnette 68th) vs Notre Dame 2 (Nigel Providence 44th, Aidan De Gannes 62nd).
Championship Women
Paragon 5 (Kristin Thompson 10th, 12th, 42nd, Alanna Lewis 27th, Falina Jack 35th) vs Ventures 0.
CURRENT STANDINGS
Women’s Championship
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Malvern 12 10 1 1 35 8 31
Magnolias 12 9 1 2 54 14 28
Paragon 11 5 3 3 23 21 18
Checkers 12 4 4 4 14 18 16
N/Dame 12 3 4 5 28 28 13
Ventures 12 3 1 8 19 38 10
Petrotrin 11 0 0 11 3 50 0
Men’s Championship
Petrotrin 13 11 1 1 45 15 34
D/Force 14 9 2 3 33 23 29
Paragon 13 9 1 3 49 31 28
QPCC 13 7 2 4 52 25 23
N/Dame 13 5 1 7 32 32 16
Malvern 14 4 0 10 25 41 12
Fatima 12 2 2 8 19 42 6
Paradise 14 1 2 11 16 62 5
Girls’ Under-19
Magnolias 8 7 1 0 64 3 22
Notre Dame 9 6 1 2 33 14 19
Paragon 9 6 0 3 25 8 18
Ventures 7 4 0 3 16 7 12
Paradise 10 1 0 9 4 55 3
Shape 9 1 0 8 4 59 3