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Planet Field Hockey

By Michael DaSilva

One-day men hockey champions Everest Hikers were dethroned by top Georgetown club GCC when the `A' teams met in the final of the Footworks Plus sponsored 6-a-side indoor tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday. GCC won by a 2-1 margin.

The Bourda club (GCC) also retained their ladies one-day title by defeating Everest Thugs 1-0 in the final through Ann Sue who netted the winning goal.

Everest Hikers however, did not leave the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall empty handed, since their top striker Jerry Bell was voted `Most Valuable Male Player' of the tournament. Bell scored in all four matches his team contested.

The `Most Valuable Female Player' award went to Tricia Fiedtkou (GCC) while young Chantelle Fernandes (GCC), known more for her exploits on the squash court, carted off the `Most Promising Female Player' award. Fiedtkou and Fernandes along with Chantelle's older sibling, Guyana and Caribbean ladies squash champion Nicolette Fernandes, scored one goal each for GCC in their 3-0 victory over Western Dragons in the semi- inal.

GCC `A' secured their place in the final by defeating their `B' team counterparts 2-0 in one of the two semi-finals while Everest `A' defeated Vikings 4-1 in the other.

Both GCC `A' and Everest `A' finished on top in the points standing in their respective groups. GCC `A' secured the maximum nine points from their three Group `A' matches, while Everest `A' recorded 12 points from their four Group `B' matches. Group `A' comprised GCC `A', Old Fort `A', Everest `B' and Vikings while Group 'B' comprised Everest `A', Old Fort `B', GCC `B', Police and Western Dragons.

In the Group `A' points standing, Vikings finished second with four points while Old Fort `A' ended third with three points. GCC `B' ended second in the Group `B' points table with nine points while Police finished third with four points.

In their group preliminary matches, Hikers `A' scored a 6-3 victory over Western Dragons, a 3-2 win against GCC `B', a 3-1 win over Old Fort `B' and a 4-1 victory over Police.

In the Group `A' preliminaries, GCC `A' defeated Vikings 3-2, Old Fort `A' 1-0 and Everest `B' 1-0 to amass their nine points.

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