Former national standout, Penelope Sharpe and starlet Daniella Cabralis were on target within six second-half minutes of each other as Courts Malvern dented the title hopes of Shandy Carib Magnolias with a 2-0 beating at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Saturday.
Starting the day, two points behind leaders Paragon (19 points) with two matches left for each club, Magnolias needed to get full points against Malvern and in their final match with last year's champions Notre Dame to have any chance of the crown.
However, after a 0-0 first-half, it was the Malvernites who went ahead via Sharpe in the 38th minute before Cabralis, the niece of former national captain Sherlan Cabralis got the insurance item in the 44th.
Last night, Paragon had a chance to clinch the title ahead of its final match with Notre Dame when they came up against Malvern as victory would have extended its advantage over Magnolias to five points with only a match left to play.
On Friday, Harvard Checkers and Ventures battled to a 2-2 draw in their women's encounter and last night both teams were expected to face off again.
Meanwhile, national forward Shaquille Daniel scored in either half to lead Notre Dame past Paradise 4-0 to maintain a seven-point lead at the top of the Men's Championship Division standings, yesterday (Sunday).
But it was Daniel's fellow national team-mate Aiden De Gannes who got his team off and running as early as the fourth minute while Daniel got his first on the half-hour mark for a 2-0 cushion at the break.
Three minutes into the second-half, Daniel virtually sealed all three points for the Dames with his second of the match while Lorenzo Lodai added a fourth in the 55th.
With the win, its tenth from 13 matches, the Dames improved to 31 points, seven ahead of Queen's Park with a match left to play while the latter has three.
On Saturday, the Parkites (24 points) had trimmed the Dames lead to four points with a 6-3 hammering of Paradise led by a late double from Jarryon Paul in the 58th and 60th.
Earlier on Nicholas Camacho (25th) and Shawn Lee Quay (30th) were on target for Queen's Park to lead 2-0 at the break while Jordan Reynos (41st) and former national player Raphael Govia (47th) added items in the second-half for a 4-0 lead and certain of all three points.
For Paradise, Theron Stoute (55th), national midfielder Alan Henderson (65th) and Keston Alleyne (70th) got their replies
And on Friday, four-time time reigning champions Petrotrin without a chance of a fifth title put an end to the slim chances of Defence Force claiming the title with a 3-0 blanking thanks to a double from Atiba Whittington, in the 14th and 49th while his national team-mate Wayne Legerton added the other in the 51st.
Petrotrin now has 22 points from 13 matches in third spot while Defence Force stayed on 15 from nine matches, the same as Courts Malvern which has played two matches more.
results
Friday
Women's Championship
Harvard Checkers 2 (Dara Ransome 20th, Sekayi Liburd 53rd) vs Ventures 2 (Karissa Wyke 15th, Yesenia Luces 56th)
Men's Championship
Petrotrin 3 (Atiba Whittington 14th, 49th, Wayne Legerton 51st) vs Defence Force 0
Saturday
Women's Championship
Courts Malvern 2 (Penelope Sharpe 38th, Daniella Cabralis 44th) vs Shandy Carib Magnolias 0
Men's Championship
QPCC 6 (Jarryon Paul 58th, 60th, Nicholas Camacho 25th, Shawn Lee Quay 30th, Jordan Reynos 41st, Raphael Govia 47th) vs Paradise 3 (Theron Stoute 55th, Alan Henderson 68th, Keston Alleyne 70th)
Yesterday
Men's Championship
Notre Dame 4 (Shaquille Daniel 30th, 38th, Aiden De Gannes 4th, Lorenzo Lodai 55th) vs Paradise 0
Standings
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Men's Championship
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Notre Dame 13 10 1 2 39 16 31
QPCC 11 8 0 3 28 16 24
Petrotrin 13 7 1 5 33 21 22
Malvern 11 5 0 6 19 29 15
D/Force 9 5 0 4 20 23 15
Paragon 12 3 2 7 34 35 11
Paradise 10 2 1 7 17 30 7
Fatima 11 2 1 8 11 30 7
Women's Championship
Paragon 8 6 1 1 16 7 19
Magnolias 9 5 2 2 27 14 17
Malvern 9 4 1 4 18 19 13
Notre Dame 8 3 3 2 23 17 12
Checkers 9 2 3 4 8 12 9
Ventures 9 0 2 7 10 33 2
Mixed Veterans
QPCC 7 6 0 1 55 9 18
Notre Dame 7 5 1 1 34 8 16
Fatima 7 4 0 3 46 37 12
Malvern 7 3 2 2 29 18 11
D/Force 6 3 0 3 32 34 9
Carib 5 2 1 2 13 13 7
Police 7 1 0 6 10 27 3
Shape 6 0 0 6 4 77 0
Trinity Men
QPCC 9 8 0 1 55 7 24
Paradise 7 7 0 0 22 3 21
Notre Dame 8 6 0 2 23 12 18
Paragon 9 5 1 3 29 20 16
Malvern 8 5 1 2 20 10 16
Fatima 9 4 0 5 15 20 12
Shape 8 3 0 5 13 28 9
Carib 8 1 0 7 5 27 3
Police 6 0 0 6 2 22 0
Petrotrin 8 0 0 8 3 38 0
Trinity Women
Magnolias 5 5 0 0 34 3 15
Paragon 6 4 1 1 12 4 13
Checkers 5 4 0 1 17 2 12
Ventures 7 3 1 3 7 10 10
Notre Dame 6 2 0 4 6 21 6
Police 7 1 2 4 7 24 5
Paradise 6 1 1 4 4 10 4
Malvern 6 1 1 4 12 25 4
Under-19 Girls
Magnolias 3 3 0 0 22 0 9
Notre Dame 3 3 0 0 11 6 9
Paragon 4 2 1 1 12 5 7
Malvern 5 2 1 2 23 19 7
Checkers 6 2 1 3 7 16 7
Ventures 4 1 1 2 12 5 4
Raiders 5 0 0 5 0 36 0
Under-19 Boys
QPCC 7 6 0 1 52 11 18
Paradise 7 6 0 1 36 9 18
Malvern 5 5 0 0 86 3 15
Fatima 6 4 0 2 57 12 12
Shape 8 4 0 4 46 20 12
Notre Dame 8 4 0 4 21 33 12
Carib 7 1 0 6 6 68 3
Paragon 5 0 0 5 2 35 0
Raiders 7 0 0 7 1 114 0