Paragon, Magnolia top Under-19 hockey

Six men’s teams competed, along with three women’s teams.

Each six-a-side match lasted 15 minutes, with play temporarily slowed by a bee infestation.

The Men’s finals saw Paragon and Malvern play to a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation time, each team’s goal-scorer respectively being Joel Daniel and Tyrese Benjamin. The match was decided by a penalty-styled challenge shootout, in which Paragon edged out Malvern 3-2.

In the Women’s Finals, Magnolia comfortably beat Paragon 4-0, with two goals from Samantha Olton and one each from Kaithlyn Olton and Toni Campbell- Warren.

The Men’s preliminaries consisted of 15 games - Malvern 1, Fatima 0; Paragon 3, Queen’s Park 0; Fatima 1, Raiders 0; Queen’s Park 1, Shape 0; Malvern 3, Paragon 0; Fatima 1, Shape 0; Malvern 1, Queen’s Park 0; Paragon 2, Raiders 1; Fatima 0, Queen’s Park 0; Malvern 5, Raiders 0; Paragon 2, Shape 0; Raiders 1, Shape 1; Paragon 3, Fatima 0; Malvern 2, Shape 0 and Queen’s Park 2, Raiders 0.

Newsday learnt that the TTHB is now set to host a veteran’s tournament next Sunday, plus a series of indoor tournaments in September and October.