National defender, Patrice Padmore scored with a seconds left on the clock as Maritime Harvard Checkers ended the 100 per cent winning record of Carib Magnolias in the T&T Hockey Board Women's Championship Division on Saturday night. Magnolias looked on course for a fifth straight win when Stacey Siu Butt found a way past Checkers goalkeeper, Petal Derry midway through the first-half at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua. However, just before the half-time whistle, national captain, Patricia Borneo drew Checkers level.
The second-half was a very tense affair with Derry coming up trumps on several occasions to keep out Magnolias and just when it seemed both clubs would settle for a draw, Padmore beat goalkeeper Jenna Lee Kim from close range for the winner. Despite the loss, its first in five matches, Magnolias remained top of the table with 12 points, two ahead of Checkers while Stag Malvern has seven points from three matches. Next are Ventures and Notre Dame, both with five points, but from four and five matches respectively.
Over at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Training Field, Bacolet, the Dames needed two goals from national midfielder, Blair Wynn to earn a draw with Paradise which also got a double from Maurisa Mc Nicholson while Ventures battled to a 0-0 draw with Paragon on Friday at Tacarigua. In the lone Men's Championship Division encounter on Saturday, Chad Pedro's 19th minute field goal was enough to secure all three points for visiting Notre Dame against Paradise at Bacolet.
Results
Friday
Championship Women
Ventures 0 vs Paradise 0.
Veterans
QPCC 7 (Robert Mouttet 3, Gary Griffith 2, Raphael Govia, Rondl Murray) vs Paragon 1 (Sherbert Mc Kie).
Saturday
Championship Men
Notre Dame 1 (Chad Pedro 18th) vs Paradise 0.
Championship Women
Checkers 2 (Patricia Borneo, Patrice Padmore) vs Magnolias 1 (Stacey Siuy Butt).
Notre Dame 2 (Blair Wynn 15th, 56th) vs Paradise 2 (Maurisa Mc Nicholson 5th, 42nd).
Boys' Under-19
Notre Dame 5 (Aidan De Gannes 10th, 69th, Dillon Mason 21st, 32nd, Darnil Trancuso 42nd) vs Paradise 0.
Girls' Under-19
Notre Dame 0 vs Paradise 0
Trinity Women
Petrotrin 3 (Dara Ransome 3) vs Ventures 1 (Cherill Franco).
Trinity Men
Carib 3 vs Petrotrin 0