The goals continued to flow in the Barbados Hockey Federation’s Outdoor Classifiers at the new sand-based AstroTurf at the Hockey Centre, Wildey, last weekend.
Combermere School Old Scholars (CSOS) maintained their lead in the men’s division by thrashing Deacons 7-0 on Sunday. They have moved to 12 points after four rounds of matches.
CSOS’ captain Kofi Hinds led the scoring with a fortuitous hat-trick as he scored the last two of his goals from deflections. One came off the feet of Deacons defender Shonkeel Wharton and the other was an easy tap in from a rebound off of Deacons goalkeeper Ayoub Suttle, after a lobbed shot from veteran Peter Harris.
Hinds netted in the ninth, 15th and 34th minutes, while Chetwyn Henry scored in the 13th minute, followed by Kamar Bovell, who converted from a penalty corner in the 18th minute. Aaron Forde also got a brace in the 19th and 36th minutes.
Williams Industries Avengers, piloted by a beaver-trick from Shomari Inniss, sent BUT crashing to a third straight defeat with an 8-0 drubbing in the Men’s Division to move into second position.
Inniss scored in the 18th, 19th, 24th and 35th minutes with field goals, while Ackhil Griffith (26th), Shaquille Callender (27th), Che Roach (42nd) and Reshawn Greenidge (53rd) were also on target.
In the Women’s Division, Empire edged Avengers 1-0 in a keenly contested match to secure their first points of the competition after forfeiting two games against Maple and CSOS.
Aleina Stanford got the winning goal in the 20th minute for an Empire outfit, which featured returning national midfielder Kimberley Rock.
In another men’s match, Empire blanked Combermere School 6-0 as national midfielder/forward Laurando Davis logged a hat-trick with ease and was noticeably the main play-maker.
Davis scored in the eighth, 15th and 26th minutes, while Samson Romain netted in the 17th minute. Jabari Brathwaite nailed a second-half brace in the 56th and 60th minutes.
On Saturday, the experienced Maple side trounced Combermere School 6-0 in a women’s match to lead the table with nine points from three matches.
Lisa St Hill had a double strike in the 29th and 53rd minutes, while there were also goals from Leslie Austin (15th), Kenya Alleyne (16th), Benita Maynard (33th) and Vanessa Johnson (38th).
Other results:
Men’s
YMCA 2 (Mario George 5th, Roger Bailey 38th), UWI Blackbirds 1 (Jamal Graham 24th).
B.D.F. 1 (5th minute), Monster All Stars 2 (Omar King 23th, Mario Moore 39th).
Women’s Division
CSOS 1 (Tiffany Belle 11th), UWI Blackbirds 1 (Josanne Thomas 19th). (EZS)