Queen's Park used goals from three different players to whip Notre Dame 3-1 and extend its lead in the T&T Hockey Board Mixed Veterans Division at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua, on Thursday night. Raphael Govia opened the scoring for the Parkites in the 19th minute which it carried into the break. Seven minutes into the second-half Gary Griffith extended the lead to 2-0 while Sheldo Cockburn added a third item item in the 51st minute for a 3-0 cushion before Scott Dopson netted a 61st minute consolation for the Dames. The win was the ninth in ten matches for 27 points, six ahead of the Dames who have played two matches more.
Defence Force is next with 19 from ten matches after a 3-3 draw with Malvern on Wednesday. Brian Burrows scored a pair (22nd & 67th) after Neil Lezama had scored the opener for Defence Force while Lisa Hernandez (36th), David Francois (44th) and Peter Edwards (47th) got a goal each for Malvern. On Tuesday, Edward Carmichael netted a first-half double to lead Police to a 2-1 upset of Corona Fatima and its first win. Wayne Nieves fired Fatima into a fourth minute lead but Carmichael drew Police level two minutes later before he netted the eventual match winner in the 26th. It was the first win for Police in nine matches to move off the bottom of the eight-team table with three points while Fatima stayed fourth with 15 points. Today, matches will continue in the Under-19, Trinity and Championship Divisions from 11 am.
Results & Fixtures
Mixed Veterans
• Police 2 (Edward Carmichael 6th, 29th) vs Fatima 1 (Wayne Nieves 4th).
• Defence Force 3 (Brian Burrows 22nd, 67th Neil Lezama 8th) vs Malvern 3 (Lisa Hernandez 36th, David Francois 44th, Peter Edwards 47th).
• QPCC 3 (Raphael Govia 19th, Gary Griffith 42nd, Sheldon Cockburn 51st) vs Notre Dame 1 (Scott Dopson 61st).
Mixed Veterans
• Carib 7 (Ian Chong 4, Robert Ramsammy 3) vs Petrotrin 0.
Trinity Women
• Malvern 3 vs Ventures 0 - By Default.
Today's fixtures
Under-19 Girls
• Magnolias vs Paragon, 11 am.
Under-19 Boys
• Notre Dame vs Fatima, 12.30 pm.
Trinity Women
• Magnolias II vs Petrotrin, 4.30 pm.
Women's Championship
• Notre Dame vs Checkers, 6 pm.
Men's Championship
• Fatima vs Petrotrin, 7.30pm.
STANDINGS
Mixed Veterans
Teams P W D L F A Pts
QPCC 10 9 0 1 62 15 27
Dames 12 7 0 5 35 32 21
D/Force 10 6 1 3 36 27 19
Fatima 9 5 0 4 26 30 15
Carib 10 5 0 5 35 22 15
Malvern 9 4 1 4 26 25 13
Police 9 1 0 8 4 46 3
Petrotrin 8 0 0 8 5 44 0
Trinity Women
Checkers 8 8 0 0 35 6 24
Ventures 8 5 0 3 14 10 15
Magnolias I 6 4 0 2 15 4 12
Malvern 8 4 0 4 18 21 12
Notre Dame 5 3 0 2 14 8 9
Paragon 6 3 0 3 9 8 9
Magnolias II 4 1 0 3 1 13 3
Petrotrin 7 0 1 6 2 15 1
Police 8 0 1 7 1 22 1
