The veteran side of ex-national players All Greys, took the upstart defending champions Hikers to school on Sunday afternoon to remain unbeaten after the fifth round of matches in the John Fernandes Insurance Men’s Second Division League.
The action-packed weekend started on Labour Day when All Greys struggled to get past an organised Saints side, who played good disciplined hockey for the majority of the match before a moment of brilliance from striker Sheldon Corlette gave All Greys the narrow victory.
Corlette picked up the ball near the top of the scoring area and pulled left to give himself just enough room to unleash a reverse tomahawk shot that looped over the keeper and ended up in the top right hand corner of the goal. GCC would then make like work of Old Fort, running away 4-0 victors.
On Saturday All Greys would receive a walkover from Old Fort before Hikers came roaring back from a 0-1 deficit to edge Saints 2-1, thanks to a Leon Bacchus goal in the final minute of the match.
Sunday’s opener between GCC and Saints would see another tactical battle between an organised Saints defense and a creative GCC front six. It took an individual run from forward Stuart Gonsalves to unlock the Saints defense before Patrick Edghill tapped in at the last post in the dying minutes of the game to earn the victory for the Bourda side. The feature match of the weekend between points leaders Hikers and second place All Greys lived up to expectations. The game started as a cagey affair before All Greys went out to an early lead through midfielder Alan Fernandes in the 5th minute. Hikers would respond three minutes later through a Leon Bacchus equalizer. The first quarter would end 2-1 in favour of All Grey after a spectacular Gavin Hope, overhead deflection which beat an advancing Jason Hoyte. Attack after attack was turned back by a stout All Greys defense and, with Hikers growing increasingly desperate, All Greys took advantage and counter attacked with great efficiency, sealing the match in fourth quarter through another Alan Fernandes goal.
With half of the league matches completed All Greys lead the way with 10 points followed by Hikers on nine, GCC on seven, Saints on three while Old Fort is yet to pick up a point.
