DMW Hockey Festival Guyanese clubs looking to retain titles

Nov 27, 2019 Sports

The 15th Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) international hockey festival hits off this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (

Hikers, Old Fort, and GBTI GCC all pose for a photo following their triumph last year in the men’s open, over-35 and women’s open division respectively in the DMW Hockey Festival.

CASH) with five matches from 17:00hrs. This year, the tournament will feature teams from the twin island republic of Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) with the usual three categories set to be contested namely; the DMW men’s open, ExxonMobil women’s open and the Stag Beer veteran’s division.
Last year’s men’s final was a replay of 2017 fixture between Hikers and Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) men’s hockey team of T&T who were defending their title.
Hikers led 4-2 at the half and seem to be on track for an easy victory but two late goals in the final two minutes of play by Jordan Vieira and Jerazeno Bellesent the match into penalties which Hikers won.
In the 2018 women’s final, GBTI GCC successfully defended their title after overcoming the strong opposition of T&T’s Shandy Carib Magnolia in the semifinal round before edging Ventures hockey club 3-2 in the final.
QPCC and their prolific forward Jerazeno Bell couldn’t stop the charge of the Old Fort team that clinched the Over-35 division title with a nervy 4-3 victory, as the Guyanese swept all three the categories.
Today’s opening matches be contested amongst the local sides with Saints crossing sticks with YMCA Old Fort in the women’s division before GBTI GCC Spartans play GBTI GCC Tigers in the subsequent match in the women’s category.
YMCA Old Fort will be pitted against Antonio Hickers in the lone over-35 division match. The open men’s division matches will see Bounty GCC against Saints, while YMCA Old Fort will match skills with Pepsi Hikers.

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