Benedict Barrett scored a hat-trick to lead Harts to a commanding 6-1 win over Bertie's when the Queen’s Park Cricket Club’s (QPCC) Carib/Ford Trinidad-sponsored 8-A-Side Football Tournament continued at the Queen’s Park Oval, Tragarete Road, Port-of-Spain on Friday night (October 4).
The duo of Justin Claverie and Ryan De Silva added two goals each while Luke Bibby was also on target for Harts to cancel out Bertie's lone reply from Sumit Verma.
With the win, Harts improved to a maximum 18 points from their six matches, three more than their next opponent Micro Milling, and last year's winner Ansa Merchant Bank.
Ansa Merchant, who face Dominos in their final match on Tuesday kept their slim hopes of repeating as champions alive after handing Micro Milling a first loss, 1-0 in their meeting courtesy a strike from Sean Ayoung while Harts and Micro Milling clash from 5.40 pm.
In the two other 36-45 Division matches, Kyra Investments got alone strike from Marc Rostant to beat Degree 1-0 while MG also won 1-0 over Dominos thanks to Trevor Clarke.
In the 54-60 age group, the race for the title will go down to the final day of league matches as well on Tuesday after defending champions Security Analyst Services (SAS), and newcomer M2 Gear battled to a goalless draw in their top-of-the-table clash.
With the drawn result, SAS and M2 Gear dropped the first points of the season but stayed locked with 16 points each from six matches, ahead of their final matches against Fat Boys, and Trotters respectively.
M2 Gear will go into the match ahead of SAS due to a superior goal difference of plus-16 to plus-11.
In the 46 to 53 age-group, title-holders Q Power/Johnny Q moved to the top of the six-team table with 12 points from six matches after a 1-0 defeat of Overwatch thanks to Anderson Abraham.
This after former leaders Ultimate Events fell to a 1-0 loss to Mini Bar with Darren Millien the scorer while Earth Enerji held Anhasi Contracting to a 1-1 draw with Colin Santana and Sean Crooks on the mark for their respective teams.
In the 35 and Under Division, Full Barrel and Bliss both moved to 13 points from six matches ahead of their title decider on Tuesday after being held to draws.
Friday's QPCC 8-A-Side Football results:
35 and Under:
Full Barrel 0 vs Karcher 0
Spirit Mas 3 (Adrian Welch, Luke Ramdeen, Tyrese Williams) vs Exhibit One 0
Aioli 1(Justin Brooks) vs Bliss 1 (Sean De Silva)
Ready Freddie 1 (William Bernard) vs Renew 0
36 to 45:
Kyra Investments 1 (Marc Rostant) vs Degree 0
Harts 8 (Benedict Barrett 3, Justin Claverie 2, Ryan De Silva 2, Luke Bibby) vs Bertie's 1 (Sumit Verma)
Ansa Merchant 1 (Sean Ayoung) vs Micro Milling 0
MG 1 (Trevor Clarke) vs Dominos 0
46 to 53:
The Mini Bar 1 (Darren Millien) vs Ultimate Events 0
Earth Enerji 1 (Colin Santana) vs Anhasi Contracting 1 (Sean Crooks)
Q Power/Johnny Q 1 (Anderson Abraham) vs Overwatch 0
54 to 60:
Carpenter's Edge 2 (Barry Roach, Richard Le Blanc) vs Trotters 0
M2 Gear 0 vs SAS 0
House Hunders 6 (Rocky Garcia 4, George Busby, Dayan Sammy) vs Fat Boys 1 (Kurtis Rudd)
Development Finance 1 (Jean Pierre Du Coudray) vs T Rex 1 (John Larry Williams)
Currenrt standings:
35 and Under Division:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Full Barrel 6 4 1 1 11 5 13
Bliss 6 4 1 1 8 4 4 13
Spirit Mas 6 2 2 2 6 4 8
Renew 6 2 2 2 5 4 8
Aioli 6 2 2 2 4 5 8
Ready Freddie 6 2 2 2 6 8 8
Karcher 6 1 3 2 5 6 6
Exhibit One 6 0 1 5 1 10 1
36-45 Division:
Harts 6 0 0 6 21 5 18
Micro Milling 6 5 0 1 13 2 15
Ansa 6 5 0 1 10 5 15
Kyra Investments 6 3 0 3 12 7 9
Degree 6 2 0 4 7 8 6
MG 6 2 0 4 6 17 6
Dominos 6 1 0 5 4 7 3
Bertie's 6 0 0 6 3 25 0
46 to 53 Division:
Johnny Q 6 3 3 0 8 4 12
Ultimate Events 6 3 1 2 7 4 10
Anhasi Contracting 6 2 4 0 7 4 10
The Mini Bar 6 2 2 2 4 3 4
Earth Enerji 6 1 2 3 3 7 5
Overwatch 6 0 2 4 3 10 2
54 to 60 Division:
M2 Gear 6 5 1 0 16 0 16
SAS 6 5 1 0 12 1 16
House Hunters 6 3 0 3 10 7 9
Carpenter's Edge 6 2 2 2 4 5 8
Fat Boys 6 2 1 3 10 11 7
Development Finance 6 2 1 3 4 12 7
T Rex 6 1 2 3 6 7 5
Trotters 6 0 0 6 0 19 0
Over-60 Division:
Sprint Maintenance Services 5 3 1 1 7 1 10
Khan's Poultry 5 3 1 1 5 2 10
Steel Drum 5 1 2 2 1 3 5
Standards 5 0 2 3 1 8 2
