Pepsi Hikers, Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Roulettes and Saints Scorpions won their respective categories when the ExxonMobil National Indoor Hockey Championship ended Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
In the men’s first-division championship match, Pepsi Hikers completed the tournament with a perfect record as they thumped Guyana 40s 9-1.
Jamarj Assanah fashioned five conversions in the rout with the experienced quartet of Randy Hope, Aroydy Branford, Jason Clarke, and Robert France scoring one goal each.
For the losers, Chris Low-Koan scored the team’s lone consolation goal.
In the women’s division final, GCC Roulettes battered GCC Spartans 7-1. Abosaide Cadogan recorded five goals in the lopsided encounter while Lea Berlie added a double. For Spartans, Gabriella Xavier netted their consolation goal.
In the men’s second-division final, Saints Scorpions stung YMCA Old Fort 6-2. Siblings Shomere Garnette and Tahrea Garnett recorded five goals in the rout with the former tallying a hat-trick alongside a brace from the latter. Adding to the score was Shakeem Fausette.
For the losers, Daniel Woolford and Theodore Thierens netted one goal each.
In the presentation ceremony which followed the conclusion of the tournament, Assanah was adjudged the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the men’s first-division, while Anthony Cole of Guyana 40s copped the Best Goalkeeper award.
Lea Berlie of GCC Roulettes received the MVP accolade of the women’s division, with Donyale Nurse of Saints walking away with the Best Goalkeeper accolade.
Federico Cush of GCC Pitbulls received the Most Promising Player award for the men’s second-division, while Raol Whittaker of Saints walked away with the Best Goalkeeper title.
