National forward Wayne Legerton scored a second-half double as defending champion Petrotrin flicked off the defence of its T&T Hockey Board Men’s Championship Division “Big-Four” crown with a 4-0 mauling of Queen’s Park Cricket Club at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Thursday. The Oilmen went ahead as early as the 11th minute when another national player Atiba Whittington scored for a 1-0 lead at the break. Legerton doubled the lead in the 45th and his international teammate Triston Grant added a third three minutes later. Legerton then sealed the deal in the 57th with his second goal, the team’s fourth.
A day earlier, Defence Force also started its campaign off in commanding fashion with a 4-1 whipping of newly crowned league champion Notre Dame. The second-half did not turn out to be the goalfest that was the first with Shaquielle Daniel’s 57th minute consolation item being the lone goal. Today, Defence Force tackles Queen’s Park from 4pm while Petrotrin comes up against Notre Dame at 8pm while tomorrow, Petrotrin plays Defence Force (3pm), and Notre Dame entertains Queen’s Park from 7 pm. On Wednesday, T&T forward Kristin Thompson scored a last gasp equaliser to earn reigning champion Paragon a 2-2 regualtion time draw before a 3-2 penalty-stroke shoot-out win over Notre Dame in their Women’s Championship Division “Big-Four” clash.
Thompson had earlier given Paragon an 11th minute lead only for Tamia Roach and Venessa Chewitt to hit back in the 14th and 27th minute for the Dames to lead until Thompson’s last minute equaliser, which was followed by a 3-2 win in the shootout. And on Thursday, Shandy Carib Magnolias also won via penalty-stroke shootout, 4-1 after a 1-1 draw with long-time rival Courts Malvern. Today, the Dames meet Magnolias from 2 pm and Malvern faces Paragon at 6 pm while tomorrow, Notre Dame lock horns with Malvern from 1 pm and Paragon meets Magnolias at 5 pm.
Results
Thursday
Men:
Petrotrin 4 (Wayne Legerton 45th, 57th, Atiba Whittington 11th, Triston Grant 48th) vs QPCC 0
Women:
Magnolias 1 (Stacey Siu Butt 30th) vs Malvern 1 (Krizia Layne 56th) - Magnolias won 4-1 on penalty-shoot-out
Wednesday
Men:
Defence Force 4 (Shane Legerton 9th, Nicholas Wren 17th, Marcus James 28th, Mac Allister Estrada 35th) vs Notre Dame 1 (Shaquielle Daniel 57th)
Women:
Paragon 2 (Kristin Thompson 11th, 70th) vs Notre Dame 2 (Tamia Roach 14th, Venessa Chewitt 27th) - Paragon won 3-2 on penalty-shoot-out