GTT Indoor Hockey festival gets underway this evening
The annual GTT National Indoor Hockey tournament will get underway this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The tournament will conclude on Sunday with the grand finale.
Pepsi Hikers are defending champions in both the male and female categories.
Last year’s finals saw the men’s team sneaking their way past a spirited Old Fort unit 3-2 on the penalty shootout to collect the male championship prize while the women’s final between GBTI GCC Tigers and Woodpecker Hikers presented fans with an electrifying Five-time Mr. Guyana, Kerwin Clarke added a gold medal to his resume’ after using his sharp physique to slice through his weight class yesterday at this year’s CAC Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships staged in the Dominican Republic.
The 175-pound mass of striated muscle obliterated the competition in the under 176-pound class of nine musclemen.
In the overall, he returned on a quest to capture a coveted pro card, but that was won by overall champion, Yordan Feliciano of the Dominican Republic.
Clarke also earned a gold medal in 2016 in the same host nation.
Meanwhile, 2017 national Men’s Physique Champion, Yannick Grimes snatched a bronze medal in the under 170cm class in the Men’s Physique category in his CAC debut.
Bronze and silver medalist at the last two championships, showdown, with the latter coming from a goal down to win the women’s title 2-1.
Meanwhile, this evening’s fixtures will see the female defending champs beginning their title defence against Saints in the feature women’s match while Bounty GCC and YMCA Old Fort will clash in the feature men’s contest. Emmerson Campbell however surprisingly failed to crack the top six in his Men’s Physique Class, the under 174cm and will have to return to the drawing board.
Guyana’s other representative at the meet, Darius Ramsammy placed fifth in the 154 pound and under class.
The next CAC Championships, the 47th edition, will be staged next September in Colombia.