Raphael Govia scored a second-half double as Queen's Park held off Carib 3-1 to go top of the T&T Hockey Board Men's Trinity Division standings at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua, on Monday night.Prior to the match flick off, the Parkites were handed some great news by the local board as they were awarded a 3-0 default victory over Police after the latter showed up for an encounter on Thursday last with only five men.
The news seem to have a positive affect on the Parkites with Ryan Daniel firing in the go-ahead item against Carib to lead 1-0 at the half-time whistle.Govia then doubled his team's lead but Dane Francis got Carib back into the match when he found the back of the net.Carib's joy was short-lived though as Govia slammed home his second of the match to starve off any hopes of his opponents clawing their way back into the match.
The win lifted Queen's Park to 19 points from their eight matches, four more than Courts Malvern, which has only one match left and six ahead of Paradise which has two to play and is the only team that can deny the Parkites the tile.However, Paradise must take full points from both encounters against lowly Shape and Carib and also improve its goal-difference of plu-seven to overhaul Queen's Park, plus-16 tally.
On Wednesday, Shape used goals from John Hernandez (45th) and Roshane Hamilton (53rd) to beat Fatima 2-0, also in the Men's Trinity Division.Last night, (Thursday), Shandy Carib Magnolias, fourth on the Women's Championship Division table faced Ventures from 8pm in a must-win match.
Magnolias has 17 points from ten matches and two left to play while defending champion Paragon leads with 22 points and two matches left as well, two more than Harvard Checkers which meets Ventures in its final match on Saturday, the same as Georgetown Cricket Club, which has completed its 12-match schedule.
Today, two matches are on scheduled in the Men's Championship Division with Paragon facing Queen's Park from 6.30pm followed by Fatima against newly crowned champions Petrotrin.With two matches left to play, the Oilmen have an unassailable 31 points from 12 matches, nine more than both QPCC and Paragon which have one match left to play while last year's winner, Notre Dame is next with 21 points from 11 matches.
Tomorrow (Saturday), four matches will take place with Notre Dame against Magnolias (3.30pm); Courts Malvern versus Paragon (5pm) and Ventures facing Harvard Checkers (6.30pm) all in the Women's Championship Division followed by Paradise and Fatima in the Men's Championship Division at 8pm.
Standings
Men's Championship
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Petrotrin 12 10 1 1 44 16 31
QPCC 13 6 4 3 31 22 22
Paragon 13 7 1 5 33 30 22
Notre Dame 11 6 3 2 29 17 21
D/Force 12 2 6 4 24 26 12
Malvern 12 2 4 6 18 24 10
Fatima 11 2 3 6 16 30 9
Paradise 12 2 0 10 20 54 6
Women's Championship
Paragon 10 6 4 0 30 7 22
Harvard Checkers 11 6 4 1 12 6 20
GCC 12 6 2 4 22 20 20
SC Magnolias 10 5 2 3 24 11 17
Notre Dame 9 3 1 5 13 18 10
Malvern 8 2 2 4 15 16 8
Ventures 8 0 0 8 1 29 0
Trinity Men
QPCC 8 6 1 1 24 8 19
Malvern 7 5 0 2 11 6 15
Notre Dame 8 4 1 3 24 13 13
Paradise 6 4 1 1 18 11 13
Paragon 6 3 0 3 4 10 9
Carib 6 2 0 4 7 11 6
Shape 6 3 0 3 9 9 9
Fatima 7 1 1 5 6 17 4
Police 6 0 0 6 2 19 0
Trinity Women
Magnolias 6 6 0 0 33 2 18
Checkers 5 3 1 1 23 9 10
Paragon 5 3 1 1 11 10 10
Malvern 3 1 0 2 10 8 3
Police 5 2 0 3 7 14 6
Paradise 4 0 0 4 1 12 0
Raiders 4 0 0 4 0 30 0
Under-19 Boys
Malvern 7 7 0 0 54 2 21
QPCC 7 6 0 1 37 6 18
Fatima 6 3 1 1 13 12 11
Paragon 8 3 2 3 16 11 11
Petrotrin 7 2 1 4 7 43 7
Shape 5 2 1 2 12 11 7
Paradise 5 1 1 3 8 14 4
Notre Dame 8 1 0 7 9 38 3