Abosaide Cadogan and Gabriella Xavier scored hat-tricks as GCC Elite beat Hikers 9–4 in the Open Women’s division on Wednesday night when the Guyana Hockey Board’s Kellogg’s National Senior Indoor Hockey Championships bullied off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown.
Bounty GCC held off Saints 3–2 in the Premier Men’s division to close the five-match opening night. Saints won their Open Women’s match, while GCC Outlaws and Antonio’s Hikers also picked up victories.
Cadogan opened the scoring in the first minute of the 6:45 p.m. match before Dominique Fraser converted a seventh-minute penalty corner to put GCC Elite 2–0 up. Tannisya Cameron replied for Hikers a minute later, but Xavier scored in the 14th minute to give GCC Elite a 3–1 halftime lead.
Cadogan struck again in the 21st minute, Hannah Percival added a field goal in the 26th and Xavier converted a penalty stroke in the 27th. Kiara Samuels scored from a penalty corner in the 30th minute and Jasmin Assanah added a field goal in the 31st to bring Hikers within three at 6–3.
Cadogan and Xavier completed their hat-tricks from penalty corners in the 32nd and 36th minutes, respectively. Trinity Greaves scored Hikers’ fourth in the 37th minute before Makeda Harding rounded off the scoring with a penalty corner a minute later.
In the 8:45 p.m. Premier Men’s match, Vladimir Woodroffe opened the scoring for Bounty GCC in the seventh minute. Meshach Sargeant converted a penalty corner in the 16th to make it 2–0 at halftime and added a field goal in the 26th. Shakeem Fausette and Oshazay Savory converted penalty corners in the 30th and 32nd minutes to bring Saints within one, but Bounty GCC held on. Saints’ Jabari Lovell received a red card in the 37th minute.
Saints had opened the tournament at 5 p.m. with a 3–2 win over OFHC Rave in the Open Women’s division. Keitanna Percival put Rave ahead in the third minute, but Makayla Poole equalised in the 11th and Mariah Seegobind converted a penalty corner in the 15th to give Saints a 2–1 halftime lead. Kaiyra Scott extended the lead in the 27th before Rave captain Carolyn Deane scored in the 40th.
In the 6 p.m. Over-40 match, Sherwyn Ceasar gave OFHC Expendables an eighth-minute lead that lasted until halftime. Robert France equalised for Antonio’s Hikers in the 21st minute and Brian Asregado converted a penalty corner three minutes later to secure a 2–1 win.
GCC Outlaws beat Hikers Cadets 2–1 in the 7:45 p.m. Open Men’s match after a goalless first half. Kristian Viapree broke the deadlock with a 27th-minute penalty corner and Eli Atwell added a field goal in the 33rd. Micheal Payne replied for the Cadets a minute later.
Play continues at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue through Sunday, November 8.
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