TT U-19 water polo girls make winning start

In the morning session the Under- 19 girls got TT ’s campaign off to the best possible start, trouncing Barbados 17-3. There was no stopping Victoria Gillette as she scored five goals for TT . Hailey De Leon and Jaeda Attong-Julien both scored four goals, with Yasmin Mohammed (two), Megan Stafford (one) and Tahirah Beepat (one) also finiding their names on the scoresheet.

In the afternoon session, TT eased past Jamaica 10-2 with Attong- Julien leading the way with a hat-trick. Stafford, Gillette and De Leon scored two goals apiece, while Mohammed scored one.

The victories meant TT will play in the gold medal match tomorrow.

The TT Under-16 boys, also trying to defend their title got off to a disappointing start, losing 10-8 to Barbados in the morning session.

TT got goals from Everson Latchman (three), Dante Drakes-Mckell (two), Christian Chin Lee (one), Ross Gillette (one) and Yannick Robertson (one).

The TT boys went under 10-7 to Bahamas later and will need to win their next two matches to have a chance to advance to the gold medal match. Against Bahamas, Latchman netted a beaver trick, while Drakes-Mckell, Chin Lee and Robertson scored one goal each.