Samantha Olton and Shaniah De Freitas scored two goals each to lead Magnolias to an emphatic 7-2 defeat of Paragon in the Women’s Open Division knockout final of the T&T Hockey Board Indoor Championship to complete the league and knockout double at the Woodbrook Youth Facility in Port-of-Spain on Sunday.
De Freitas opened the scoring in the first minute of play while Olton made it 2-0 in the sixth minute followed by their team's third item in the tenth minute by Brianna Govia before Gabrielle Thompson pulled a goal back for Paragon in the 13th minute to trail 3-1.
Shaniah and her sibling Savannah De Freitas then netted in quick succession in the 22nd and 23rd, respectively, to put Magnolias 5-1 ahead only for Paragon to get a goal back through Keima Gardiner in the 26th.
However, any hopes of a late fightback from Paragon were quickly put to rest with Olton scoring her second of the match and the team's sixth to cap a 6-2 triumph.
Earlier in the semifinals, Magnolias crushed Harvard Checkers 9-0 led by hattricks from Shaniah and Govia while Paragon blanked Police 5-0 powered by a brace from Naomi Sampson.
The men's knockout final was a much closer fought contest with Paragon holding off Defence Force 5-4 thanks to a late double from Tarell Singh.
The army/coast-guard combination came out firing and went ahead in the first minute through Dylan Francis only for Paragon to hit back with goals from Joel Daniel (9th), Kiel Murray (16th), and David Coker (19th) for the latter to lead 3-1.
Defence Force managed to draw level at 3-3 after items from Che Modeste in the 25th, and Tariq Singh, a minute later.
However, Tarrell Singh, the brother of Tariq then banged in two goals for Paragon in the 35th and 36th for a 5-3 lead before Mickel Pierre netted in the 39th to reduce the margin, but in the end, Paragon managed to hang on for the win.
In the semifinals, Paragon got the better of league champions Queen's Park Cricket Club 1-0 on penalty strokes after both teams fought out an entertaining 6-6 draw while Defence Force also won on penalty strokes, 2-0 over Police after a 2-2 regulation-time score.
Honour Roll:
Under-19 Boys: 1 Fatima; 2 QPCC; 3 Malvern
Trinity Women: 1 Police; 2 Ventures; 3 Paragon
Trinity Men: 1 QPCC; 2 Shape; 3 Carib
Open Women: 1 Magnolias; 2 Paragon; 3 Malvern
Open Men: 1 QPCC; 2 Police; 3 Paragon
Mixed Veterans: 1 Police; 2 QPCC; 3 Fatima
Masters: 1 QPCC; 2 Police; 3 Fatima
Most Goals:
Under-19 Boys: Shawn Phillip (Malvern) - 18 goals
Trinity Women: Brittney Hingh (Police) - 23
Trinity Men: Michael Durity (QPCC) - 16
Open Women: Shaniah De Freitas (Magnolias) - 19
Open Men: Joel Daniel (Paragon) - 20
Mixed Veterans: Darren Cowie (QPCC) - 10
Masters: Raphael Govia (QPCC) - 9
Sunday
Men's Knockout:
Final:
Paragon 5 (Joel Daniel 9th, Kiel Murray 16th, David Coker 19th, Tarrell Singh 35th, 36th) vs Defence Force 4 (Dylan Francis 1st, Che Modeste 25th, Tariq Singh 26th, Mickel Pierre 39th)
Third placed:
QPCC 12 (Jordan Vieira 2nd, 13th, 14th, 21st, 23rd, Shawn Lee Quay 20th, 32nd, Justin Day 30th, 31st, 34th, Mahinder Malli 28th, Kadeem Fortune 38th) vs Police 3 (Jordan Reynos 4th, 30th, Antonio Quashie 39th)
Semifinal
Paragon 6 (Kiel Murray 19th, Joel Daniel 28th, 33rd, 39th, Kelon Skerrit 37th, Tarrel Singh 38th) vs QPCC 6 (Jordan Vieira 10th, 25th, 36th, Shawn Lee Quay 16th, 35th, Manhider Malli 29th) - Paragon won 1-0 on penalty-strokes
Defence Force 2 (Isaiah Scott 16th, Tariq Singh 24th) vs Police 2 (Jordan Reynos 6th, Jabari Perez 15th) - Defence Force won 2-0 on penalty-strokes
Women's Knockout
Final: Magnolias 6 (Samantha Olton 6th, 37th, Shaniah De Freitas 1st, 22nd, Brianna Govia 10th, Savannah De Freitas 23rd) vs Paragon 2 (Gabrielle Thompson 13th, Keima Gardiner 26th)
Third place: Police 3 (Brittney Hingh 2nd, 26th, 30th) vs Harvard Checkers 0
Semifinals:
Magnolias 9 (Amie Olton 4th, 24th, Shaniah De Freitas 8th, 11th, 32nd, Brianna Govia 35th, 37th, 39th, Samantha Olton 9th) vs Harvard Checkers 0
Paragon 5 (Naomi Sampson 15th, 38th, Shania Gajadhar 16th, Alanna Lewis 29th, Gabrielle Thompson 32nd) vs Police 0
Masters:
Police 8 (Dave Richards 1st, 4th, Nicholas Wren 12th, 13th, Sherbert Mc Kie 17th, 18th, 39th, Fernando Beatrice 12th) vs Fatima 3 Bruce Tang Nian 19th, 34th, John Lewis 29th)
Saturday
Masters:
Police 5 (Roger Daniel 5th, 26th, 37th, Scott Dopson 9th, Fernando Beatrice 12th) vs Fatima 1 (Colin Young 40th)
Mixed Veterans:
Fatima 7 (Kimberley Wellington 4th, 9th, 37th, Shane Newallo 21st, 27th, 30th, Wayne Nieves 32nd) vs Notre Dame 2 (Selwyn King 13th, Dwayne John 27th)
Men's Knockout:
Shape 6 (John Hernandez 7th, 33rd, Wayne Edwards 25th, Sheridon Beckford 37th, Kaleb Guiseppi 17th, 38th) vs Carib 3 (Jael St Louis 1st, 40th, Jerome Joseph 15th)
Paragon 9 (Kelon Skeritt 6th, 37th, Joel Daniel 11th, 20th, 39th, Kiel Murray 32nd, 36th, Tarrell Singh 21st, 36th) vs Fatima 1 (Adam Perriera 9th)
QPCC 7 (Jordan Viera 5th, 18th, 25th, 29th, Kadeem Fortune 7th, Justin Day 31st, Mahinder Malli 23rd) vs Malvern 4 (Shawn Phillip 24th, Lyndell Byer 32nd, 39th, Jovan Wren 37th)
Defence Force 8 (Javon Woodward 10th, Dylan Francis 16th, 18th, Tariq Singh 24th, 40th, Nahum Reynos 28th, Mickel Pierre 32nd, Che Modeste 38th) vs Notre Dame 2 (Isaac Mareshow 20th, Danil Trancoso 36th)
Police 14 (Dwain Quan Chan 2nd, 22nd, Wayne Legerton 17th, 22nd, 35th, Jordan Reynos 18th, 29th, Kerwyn Duncan-Hume 20th, 23rd, Roger Daniel 32nd, Antonio Quashie 33rd, Jabari Perez 29th, 30th, Kevin Joseph 10th) vs Shape 4 (Kaleb Guiseppi 9th, 10th, Nick Pascal 28th, 36th)
Women's Knockout:
Magnolias (OW) 5 vs Paragon (TW) 0 - by default
Paragon 7 (Gabrielle Thompson 3rd, 16th, 35th, Shania Gahadhar 20th, Naomi Sampson 27th, 30th, Zene Henry 30th) vs Malvern 1 (Krizia Layne 36th)
Harvard Checkers 5 vs Notre Dame 0 - by default
Ventures 1 (Anya Sealy 14th) vs Police 1 (Antonia Gordon 12th) - Police won on penalty-strokes
