National forward Triston Grant scored a timely hat-trick as four-time reigning champions of the T&T Hockey Board Men’s Championship Division, crushed Fatima 4-0 at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Sunday. Coming off a 2-0 loss to Notre Dame, 24 hours earlier, the Oilmen, with only four points from as many matches were desperate for victory.
However, they had to wait until the 30th minute before Grant’s national team-mate Wayne Legerton netted the opener and three minutes later Grant doubled the advantage for a 2-0 half-time lead.
Fatima, with a shock win over last year’s league runner-up Paragon, already this season managed to keep the Oilmen from adding to their tally until Grant got two late items in the 63rd and 66th minutes to complete the win and end a run of two straight defeats.
The Oilmen now have seven points from five matches, three behind leaders Notre Dame and two adrift of unbeaten Queen’s Park which has maximum nine points from three matches. Matches continue today at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Training Field, Bacolet, Tobago and the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua today.
Sunday’s T&THB Results
U-19 Boys: Fatima 7 (Matthew Perreira 4th, 34th, 67th, Scott Pitchery 41st, 44th, Che Modeste 15th, 48th) vs Shape 0
U-19 Girls: SC Magnolias 11 (Shaniah De Freitas 3rd, 16th, 28th, 47th, 48th, Kaitlyn Olton 37th, 41st, Samantha Olton 67th, 68th, Sarah Olton 4th, Lexie Yearwood 50th) vs Courts Malvern 0
Trinity Women: Harvard Checkers 5 (Josanne Joseph 6th, 68th, Fiona Le Blanc 13th, 61st, Michaella Jones 51st) vs Police 0
Trinity Men: Notre Dame 7 (Richie Alexander 39th, 60th, 69th, Joshua Olton 5th, Sean Olton 16th, Tobias Ottley 29th, Lorenzo Lodai 56th) vs Shape 0
Men’s Championship: Petrotrin 4 (Triston Grant 33rd, 63rd, 66th, Wayne Legerton 30th) vs Fatima 0
Monday: Trinity Men—Malvern 2 (Joshua De Four 29th, 64th) vs Paragon 2 (Kelon Skerritt 47th, Mohammed Elias 57th)
Wednesday: Mixed Veterans
Notre Dame 19 ( Scott Dopson 7th, 32nd, 35th, 60th, 65th, Keith De Peza 12th, 14th, 22nd, 48th, Kenny Kinsinally 52nd, 53rd, 57th, 58th, Leon Ramdeen 42nd, 45th, Keith Rawlins 17th, Edrich Francois 20th, Selwyn King 50th, Nigel Providence 69th) vs Shape 0
Thursday: Mixed Veterans—Malvern 5 (Sherlan Cabralis 2, Cecile Wren 2, Peter Edwards) vs Defence Force 2 (Neil Lashley, Nicholas Wren)