T&T De­fence Force men and Queen’s Park Crick­et Club vet­er­ans (over-40) re­tained their di­vi­sion­al ti­tles when the 20th edi­tion of the Ven­tures Hock­ey Club In­ter­na­tion­al In­vi­ta­tion­al In­door Hock­ey Tour­na­ment con­clud­ed at the Wood­brook Youth Fa­cil­i­ty, Wood­brook, on Sun­day. 

In an even­ly matched men’s Open fi­nal, De­fence Force got a lone goal from Caleb Guisep­pi in the 21st minute to se­cure a 1-0 tri­umph over Guyana’s Saints.

The win for the Army/Coast Guard com­bi­na­tion avenged a 4-1 loss in their fi­nal round-robin match on Sat­ur­day.

The Vet­er­ans (Over-40) de­cider was a close­ly fought en­counter as well, with Po­lice and Queen’s Park Crick­et Club locked at 2-2 at the end of the 30-minute con­test.

Af­ter a goal­less first half, the Law­men went ahead through Nicholas Wren in the 21st minute, but the Parkites hit back with a brace from Nicholas Ca­ma­cho in the 23rd and 25th min­utes to take a 2-1 lead, on­ly for Wayne Leg­erton to draw Po­lice lev­el in the 27th to send the match in­to the penal­ty-strokes shootout.

In the shoot-out, Ryan Cowie and Rob Wy­att con­vert­ed their at­tempts for the Parkites to seal a 2-0 tri­umph to keep hold of their ti­tle.

How­ev­er, in the Women’s Open, a new cham­pi­on was crowned af­ter Paragon de­throned Magno­plias. 

3-2 led by a sec­ond-half dou­ble from Krizia Layne.

Krizia Layne got her goals in the 17th and 20th min­utes to put her team 3-0 ahead af­ter Fe­li­cia Ash­by had con­vert­ed a ninth-minute penal­ty stroke.

The De Fre­itas sis­ters, Sha­ni­ah (23rd) and Sa­van­nah (27th), tried their best to mount a come­back for Mag­no­lias, but the Paragon de­fence, mar­shalled by cap­tain Alana Lewis and Avion Bar­clay, held firm to earn the win and with it the women’s ti­tle.

RE­SULTS

Sun­day

Fi­nals

Men’s Open

De­fence Force 1 (Caleb Guisep­pi 21st) vs Saints (Guyana) 0

Women’s Open

Paragon 3 (Krizia Layne 17th, 20th, Fe­li­cia Ash­by 9th pen) vs Mag­no­lias 2 (Sha­ni­ah De Fre­itas 23rd, Sa­van­nah De Fre­itas 27th)

Vet­er­ans Over-40

Po­lice 2 (Nicholas Wren 21st, Wayne Leg­erton 27th) vs QPCC 2 (Nicholas Ca­ma­cho 23rd, 25th) - QPCC won 2-0 in penal­ty-stroke shoot-out

Third place

Men’s Open

QPCC 3 (Ethan Reynos 3rd, Kadeem For­tune 4th, Adam Per­ri­era 11th) vs Po­lice 3 (Akim Tou­s­saint 19th, 22nd, Wayne Leg­erton 20th) - QPCC won 1-0 in penal­ty-stroke shoot-out

Women’s Open

Po­lice ‘B’ 4 (Brit­tney Hingh 3rd pen, 22nd, Car­olyn Deane 3rd, Crys­tal Rod­ney 5th) vs Ven­tures 1 (Makiesha De Sil­va 19th)

Vet­er­ans Over-40

Fa­ti­ma 5 vs Notre Dame 0 - by de­fault

2025 Ho­n­our Roll

Men’s Open

Cham­pi­on - T&T De­fence Force (T&TDF)

Run­ner-up - Saints (Guyana)

Third - Queen’s Park Crick­et Club (QPCC)

Most Valu­able Play­er - Aiden De Gannes (QPCC)

Most Goals - Tariq Mar­cano (Malvern) & Mar­cus James (T&TDF) - 8 goals

Best Goal­keep­er - Zeon Hamil­ton (T&TDF)

Best De­fend­er - Os­haz­ay Sa­vory (Saints/Guyana)

Best For­ward - Nicholas White­man (Notre Dame)

Women’s Open

Cham­pi­on - Paragon

Run­ner-up - Mag­no­lias

Third - T&T Po­lice Ser­vice

Most Valu­able Play­er - Alana Lewis (Paragon)

Most Goals - Brit­tney Hingh (T&T Po­lice Ser­vice) & Sa­van­nah De Fre­itas (Mag­no­lias) -10 goals

Best Goal­keep­er - Tama­ra Boyce (T&T Po­lice Ser­vice)

Best De­fend­er - Sha­ni­ah De Fre­itas (Mag­no­lias)

Best For­ward - Fe­li­cia Ash­by-King (Paragon)

Vet­er­ans Over-40

Cham­pi­on - Queen’s Park Crick­et Club

Run­ner-up - T&T Po­lice Ser­vice

Third - Fa­ti­ma

Most Valu­able Play­er - Ryan Cowie (QPCC)

Most Goals - Wayne Leg­ger­ton (T&T Po­lice Ser­vice)

Best Goal­keep­er - Bri­an Lee Chow (QPCC)

Best De­fend­er - Robert Fer­nan­des (Fa­ti­ma)

Best For­ward - Alan Young (Fa­ti­ma)