Edge takes Big Apple tournament honours

T&T’s Kristin Abreu, in her debut at the Edge Field Hockey Club, helped its Under-16 team cop the Division’s title at the Big Apple Tournament in New York, last week. The Edge, under technical director, Kelvin Nancoo also of T&T, continued its run of success when the girls won two of the three major trophies. The U-19 team also grabbed gold, while the U-14s finished second. “Our U-19 team was superb and won as champions do,” said Nancoo. “They won the final by a margin of 4-0. The U-16 were also good, winning 4-2. However, my heart broke for the U-14 who lost 3-2.”

 

Nancoo, who is continuing the work of his late brother Kenwin, was happy about the wins as it qualified the club for the National Club Championship (NCC) in Virginia Beach in July. “Now we are going after NCC gold and I expect that we will improve on our third place finish in this national tournament last year. We are getting set for victory in Virginia as everyone drapped in gold and blue seek to enhanced the reputation and standing of the club.” Nancoo continued, “We lost Kenwin some 15 months ago and we are all trying to ensure his legacy continues. This result should have him smiling from above as it was the best result ever for our club at this tournament. Two from three is not bad but we really prepared to win them all. We failed in that aspect.” Kristin, daughter of former national hockey captain Cristina Abreu, is a member of the T&T national under-21 training squad. The mother and daughter duo are expected to be in action today when their club Ventures take on Harvard Maritime Checkers in the T&TBH’s Championship Division at the National Hockey Centre from 6.30 pm.