Former national standout, Albert Marcano scored a hat-trick as Malvern won for only the second time in the T&T Hockey Board Men's Championship Division, 6-0 over Paradise at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Sunday. Marcano opened the scoring as early as the eighth minute while he made it 2-0 three minutes later before completing his treble in the 46th minute for Malvern. The other scorers were Darryl Hume (28th), Albert's son Tariq Marcano (43rd and Jamaican, Marlon Jackson in the 53rd minute.
Despite the win, Malvern stayed sixth on the table with 12 points from 11 matches while Paradise remained bottom of the standing with five points from 12 matches. A day earlier, Paradise battled to an exciting 3-3 draw with Corona Fatima. Alan Henderson scored two goals for Paradise in the 12th and 27th minutes while Jarel Thompson got the other in the 17th minute. For Fatima, former national foward, Dean Nives also scored twice, in the 15th and 21st, and Jordan Vieira, the other, in the 11th minute.
Current standings
Women's Championship
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Malvern 9 8 1 0 29 6 25
Magnolias 10 7 1 2 41 14 22
Checkers 11 4 4 3 13 15 16
Paragon 10 4 3 3 18 21 15
N/Dame 10 3 4 3 28 13 13
Ventures 11 3 1 7 19 33 10
Petrotrin 11 0 0 11 3 50 0
Men's Championship
Petrotrin 10 8 1 1 35 13 25
Paragon 10 7 1 2 39 23 22
QPCC 10 6 2 2 40 16 20
D/Force 10 6 2 2 21 16 20
N/Dame 12 5 1 6 30 27 16
Malvern 11 4 0 7 22 27 12
Fatima 12 2 2 8 19 42 6
Paradise 13 1 2 10 14 56 5
Mixed Veterans
Teams P W D L F A Pts
QPCC 14 11 1 1 45 22 34
Malvern 14 10 3 1 42 16 33
Carib 13 7 3 4 25 23 24
Fatima 14 6 4 4 34 31 22
D/Force 13 5 2 6 34 32 17
N/Dame 14 4 4 6 35 33 16
Police 14 1 1 12 18 40 5
Paragon 14 1 2 11 23 59 5
T&T HB results
Friday
Trinity Women
Magnolias 6 (Gayle-Anne Nieves 2nd, 30th, 52nd, Brianna Govia 59th, 67th, Elise Olton 63rd) vs Ventures 0.
Trinity Men
QPCC 2 (Nicholas Camacho 2nd, Shaquelle Assanah 22nd) vs Carib 0.
Saturday
Trinity Men:
Paragon 2 (Lyndon Cummings 30th, Salim Clapham 68th) vs Shape 1 (G. Straker 25th).
Championship Men
Fatima 3 (Dean Nieves 15th, 21st, Jordan Vieira 11th) vs Paradise 3 (Alan Henderson 12th, 27th, Jarel Thompson 17th).
Under-19 Boys
Fatima 16 (Quinn Clarke 19th, 24th, 33rd, 47th, Ishmael Campbell 31st, 54th, 61st, 69th, Jordan Vieira 25th, 52nd, Jeremy Nieves 27th, 67th, Dominic Jaikaransingh 66th, 69th, Jozsua Nieves 10th, Kristoff Nieves 25th) vs Paradise 0.
Under-19 Girls
Ventures 3 vs Paragon 0 - By Default
Magnolias 3 vs Paradise 0 - By Default
Sunday
Under-19 Boys:
Shape 3 (Jordan Reynos 31st, 34th, 36th) vs Paradise 1 (Stephen Henry 41st).
Under-19 Girls
Shape 3 vs Paradise 0 - By Default
Trinity Women
Malvern 3 (Krizia Layne 46th, 54th, Khailicai Alexander 19th) vs Police 1 (Ornella George 61st).
Magnolias 3 (Gayle-Anne Nieves 5th, 15th, 47th) vs Notre Dame 1 (Chelsea Dey 50th)
Trinity Men
Notre Dame 2 (Sean Olton 7th, 47th) vs Fatima 1 (Shane Newallo 63rd).
Shape 7 (Gerron Frank 28th, 29th, 31st, Jordan Reynos 47th, 52nd, Devon Haywood 6th, Lorenzo Lodae 67th) vs Paradise 2 (Brent Graham 22nd, 64th).
Championship Men
Malvern 6 (Albert Marcano 8th, 11th, 46th, Darryl Hume 28th, Tariq Marcano 43rd, Marlon Jackson 58th) vs Paradise 0
Tuesday
Trinity Men:
Notre Dame 2 (Romell Tam Wing 1st, Akil Nancoo 30th) vs Carib 2 (Kevin Adams 6th, Randal Ramsammy 24th).