Solomon Eccles scored a handful of goals as Petrotrin got back on winning track in the T&T Hockey Board Men's Championship Division with an emphatic 11-4 mauling of Paradise at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Sunday.Following a 3-3 draw with a youthful Courts Malvern on Friday night at the same venue which ended its six-match winning streak to start the season, the Oilmen were eager to get back for yet another national Outdoor crown.
It did not take the Oilmen long to open the scoring as No 18 netted in the third minute while discarded national forward Wayne Legerton doubled the advantage in the ninth.Ten minutes later Eccles got his first and then added further items in the 22nd, 28th, 53rd and 58th while Atiba Whittington helped himself to a hat-trick, in the 23rd, 34th and 59th, and Acheem Benjamin the other on the half-hour mark.
For Paradise, which also suffered a 7-1 loss at the hands of defending champions Notre Dame on Saturday, Theron Stoute got a double, in the 55th and 60th, while J Thompson (31st), and Handel Thom (51st) added one each.The win took Petrotrin to 22 points from eight matches, two ahead of Notre Dame which used a late surge to register a 4-2 win over third placed Paragon (15 points).
Despite being without reigning T&THB "Men's Player of the Year" Akim Toussaint, who left for a contract in Sydney Australian, Paragon went ahead in the sixth minute via its other national standout Kiel Murray which it held until the end of the first quarter.The Dames then drew level in the 23rd thanks to Dillon Tam Wing, but in the 32nd minute Paragon regained the lead when Barry Clarke netted.
National forward Shaquille Daniel got the Dames back on level terms in 56th minute and within three minutes his club and national captain Darren Cowie, put his team ahead for good at 3-2 followed by a 60th minute item by Lorenzo Lodai.
In other Men's Championship Division matches on Sunday, fourth and fifth placed teams, Queen's Park (12) and Defence Force (11) failed to make up any ground on the top trio after battling to a 1-1 draw while Malvern concluded a productive weekend with a 2-1 defeat of Fatima, thanks a 36th minute from Christopher Lazar.
Results
T&T Hockey Board results: Friday:
Men's Championship Division:
Courts Malvern 3 (Tariq Marcano 2nd, 60th, Teague Marcano 16th, )
vs Petrotrin 3 (Tristan Grant 15th, Devante Stewart 35th, Solomon Eccles 39th)
Saturday: Men's Championship Division:
Notre Dame 7 (Shaquille Daniel 15th, 21st, 47th, Lorenzo Lodai 28th, Darren Cowie 36th, Gabriel Monderoy 57th, Justin Beharry 58th) vs Paradise 1 (J Thompson 39th
Sunday: Trinity Women:
SC Magnolias 10 (Kristi-Ann Chin 1st, 3rd, 11th, 20th, 51st, Stacey Siu Butt 22nd, 32nd, 38th, 47th, 56th) vs Police 0
Men's Championship Division:
QPCC 1 (Shawn Lee Quay 38th) vs Defence Force 1 (Shane Legerton 50th)
Petrotrin 11 (Solomon Eccles 19th, 22nd, 28th, 53rd, 58th, Atiba Whittington 23rd, 34th, 59th, Wayne Legerton 9th, #18 � 3rd, A Benjamin 30th) vs Paradise 4 (Theron Stoute 55th, 60th, J Thompson 31st, Handel Thom 51st)
Courts Malvern 2 (Kristien Emmanuel 11th, Christopher Lazar 36th) vs Fatima 1 (Marlon King 19th)
Notre Dame 4 (Dillon Tam Wing 23rd, Shaquille Daniel 56th, Darren Cowie 59th, Lorenzo Lodai 60th) vs Paragon 2 (Kiel Murray 6th, 32nd, Barry Clarke 55th)