Floriana Young Stars leave it late

Trust Payments Floriana Young Stars leave it till the end to beat White Hart

Trust Payments Floriana Young Stars had to leave till the last quarter to beat a mighty White Hart side 3‐1 in another match from the Hockey National League.

The Greens didn't find the going easy against a side that de‐ fended boldly and tried to oper‐ ate on the counter.

Until the end of the third quar‐ ter the score was still 1‐1 and it was only in the last 17 and a half minutes that the Reds conceded two goals.

Mark Camilleri put Floriana up front from a penalty corner until David Agius equalized for White Hart.

In the fourth quarter, Clive Williams and Deemer Rapinett sealed the issue for Trust Pay‐ ments Floriana Young Stars.

White Hart: Paola Calleja, David Agius, Elton Lee Farrugia, Kevin Micallef, Simon Kemp, Oscar Toledano, Ali Shah, Matthew Buhagiar, Matthew Ca‐ menzuli, Rick Micallef, Stephen Micallef, Keith Azzopardi, Karl Brincau, Shawn Falzon, Peter Medawar.

Trust Payments Floriana Young Stars: Marvin Grixti, Mark Camilleri, Jean Paul Sapiano, Nicholai Sapiano, Clive Williams, Karl Chircop, Andrea Curmi, Justin Farrugia, Andrew Camil‐ leri, Luke Borg Costanzi, Elton Cutajar, Julian Farrugia, Deemer Rapinett, Nathan Zammit, Verner Cachia, Anton Saliba, Luke Borg Costanzi.

Umpires: Shawn Mifsud, Alessandro Amore.

In the hockey 9s league, GREE Sliema Hotsticks and Qormi Daikin shared the spoils in an exciting 2‐2 scoreline.

Shawn Dimech and Ayrton Fal‐ zon were on the mark for Qormi with Alessandro Amore netting a brace for the Blues.

In the under 14 league, Marsaskala Heat saw off GREE Sliema Hotsticks 8‐2.

Alessandro Piscopo, Cayleb Caruana and Kyron Carabott hit the target twice with Jack Cassar and Yan Camilleri also on the mark.

Nathan Borg and Vladislav Chakarov scored Sliema's goals.