Hooper nets hat trick as GCC Vintage muzzle Pitbulls

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Vintage and Pizza Hut GCC secured hard-fought wins when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship continued on Tuesday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. In the feature contest, GCC Vintage muzzled the youthful GCC Pitbulls 6-3.

The contest started off poorly for the elder statesmen of GCC as Samuel Woodroffe gave Pitbulls the lead in the second minute.

GCC Vintage found themselves further behind when Shaquille Leung doubled the Pitbulls lead one minute later. However, it was from this point that the experience of the Vintage unit paid dividends as they recorded five consecutive goals.

Devin Hooper began the assault with a fifth minute conversion before levelling the score two minutes later to complete his brace. Dwayne Scott handed Vintage the lead as he etched his name on the scorer’s sheet in the ninth minute.

The burly Scott then recorded his second goal in the 18th minute to take the score to 4-2. Not to be outdone, Hooper secured his third goal of the evening with a 25th minute strike. Jolted by the assault of the Vintage unit, Pitbulls pulled one back in the form of Meshach Sargeant in the 27th minute. However, any hope of Pitbulls staging a comeback was thwarted as Damon Woodroffe scored in the 37th minute to seal the outcome.

Meanwhile Pizza Hut GCC downed Hikers 3-1 in a female encounter. Tricia Fiedtkou gave GCC the lead as she found the back of the net in the second minute. Gabriella Xavier made it 2-0 compliments of a fifth minute conversion.

With the score remaining unchanged heading into the second half interval, Hikers pulled one back in the 32nd minute through a Maria Munroe strike but Rebecca Xavier sealed the win for Pizza Hut GCC with a 34th minute strike. The event continues at the same venue tomorrow.