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Feb 17, 2015 Sports
In the brilliant Sunday afternoon sunshine on an immaculate Providence stadium field, the GCC ladies and Hikers men shone brightly as they took gold in the opening competition of the hockey calendar of 2015.
The annual Bounty/Antonio’s Grill One Day Hockey Competition saw teams showcasing their skills in what is promised to be an exciting year in the sport.
After having finished in the top position of their pool round, the Hikers men met Old Fort in the first of the men’s semi-final matches.
Old Fort’s star midfielder, Aderemi Simon was noticeably absent from his team’s line-up, leaving the weight of the team’s success on the shoulders of Chris Low-Koan, Jason Dosantos and national goalkeeper Tony Cole.
The Hikers did not disappoint their fans as they dominated most of the match with National midfielder, Shaquille Assanah making several surging runs into the Old Fort circle.
The Hikers managed to pull ahead by two goals to nil by the final whistle with unlikely goal scorers Colonel Heywood and Randy Hope leading the charge.
The other semi-final saw the two GCC entrants face off against each other with huge bragging rights at stake in addition to a place in the final. After a scoreless first half, Kevin Spencer struck twice to put GCC A ahead and young Eliomar Silva, making his debut, managed to add a third for the eventual victors. GCC B created chances of their own late in the game and were rewarded when a powerful strike by Philip Fernandes found the back of the net. The GCC A side however predictably emerged to victors.The men’s final between the Hikers and GCC A had spectators in an uproar as the high-paced game swung from end to end with both teams creating chances. While the first half remained scoreless, GCC’s Kevin Spencer teamed up with Orland Semple to produce a string of passes to get around goalkeeper Jason Hoyte and into the Hikers goal.
In swift response, the dynamic Jamarj Assanah completed a fine run up the right wing and slipped his pass to a poised Robert France to deflect into the GCC goal.
With Hoyte producing a penalty save for the Hikers in the dying minutes, the game reached full time with scores deadlocked at one each. After the first round of penalties still saw the scores even, the Hikers managed to secure the victory as a Robert France penalty goal could not be matched by GCC.
In the all GCC ladies final, defending champs the GCC Tigers and their inspirational captain, Sonia Jardine, pulled off the win by 1-0 to separate the teams in an otherwise dead even match. With each team having their share of possession, Jardine capitalized on the slow recovery of GCC’s defence two minutes into the second half to slam home her shot for the lone goal of the final.
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