Paragon duo Alanna Lewis and Akim Toussaint were voted as the Most Valuable Players of the men and women Open of the 12th annual Ventures Hockey Invitational Hockey Tournament after leading their teams to their respective divisional crowns at the Woodbrook Youth Facility, Hamilton-Holder Street, Woodbrook, on Sunday.
For Lewis and her team-mates it was an easy stroll in the women's decider against host club Ventures as she netted a beaver-trick while Keima Gardiner and Gabrielle Thompson added one each in a 6�0 triumph to keep hold of their title.
Earlier in the semifinals, Lewis scored twice and Gabrielle Thompson, Zene Henry and Kelsey Francis one apiece for Paragon in their 5�1 whipping of Notre Dame which got a lone reply from veteran Carol Whiteman.
In the other semifinal, Ventures used goals from Anya Sealy and Jade Piper to edge past rivals, Shandy Carib Magnolias. Brittney Hingh was on target for Magnolias.
The Dames ending their campaign on a high, beating Magnolias 4�2 in the third place playoff led by a double from Chelsea Dey.
The men's final also failed to live up to a hype with Toussaint scoring a hat-trick in his team's 5�3 outclassing of Queen's Park to dethrone Petrotrin.
Barry Clarke and Kiel Murray chipped in with the other goals for the winners to cancel out Matthew Tang Nian and Dominic Young replies for the Parkites.
Paragon had earlier edged the previously unbeaten Defence Force 3�2 in a penalty shoot-out after an entertaining 4�4 draw, while Queen's Park hammered Fatima 7�2 in their match-up.
And in the Veterans competition, Minister of National Security Gary Griffith and "MVP" Roger Daniel scored two goals each for Defence Force to repeat as champions with a 6�2 defeat of Notre Dame.
Griffith two goals ensured he was the tournament's top scorer with seven goals while his team-mate and goalkeeper Hayden Francoise captured the "Best Goalkeeper" accolade.
Results
Sunday Semifinals:
Men: Paragon 4 (Kiel Murray 2, Sheldon Mc Kellar, Syl Sinnette) vs Defence Force Paragon 4 (Jovan Woodward, Mickell Pierre, Shane Legerton) - Paragon won penalty shoot-out 3-2
QPCC 7 (Nicholas Camacho 3, Kadeem Fortune 2, Dominic Young, Ryan Daniel) vs Fatima 2 (Jordan Vieira 2)
Third: Defence Force 7 (Mickell Pierre 3, Jovan Woodward 2, Shane Legerton 2) vs Fatima 1 (Jordan Vieira)
Final: Paragon 5 (Akim Toussaint 3, Barry Clark, Kiel Murray) vs QPCC 2 (Matthew Tang Nian, Dominic Young)
Women: Paragon 5 (Alanna Lewis 2, Gabrielle Thompson, Zene Henry, Kelsey Francis) vs Notre Dame 1 (Carol Whiteman)
Ventures 2 (Anya Sealy, Jade Piper) vs SC Magnolias 1 (Brittney Hingh)
Third: Notre Dame 4 (Chelsea Dey 2, Tamia Roach, Blair Wynne) vs SC Magnolias 2 (Britteny Hingh, Brianna Govia)
Final: Paragon 6 (Alanna Lewis 4, Keima Gardiner, Gabrielle Thompson) vs Ventures 0
Semifinals:
Men: Paragon 4 (Jovan Woodward, Mickell Pierre, Shane Legerton) vs Paragon 4 (Kiel Murray 2, Sheldon Mc Kellar, Syl Sinnette) � Paragon won penalty shoot-out 3-2
QPCC 7 (Nicholas Camacho 3, Kadeem Fortune 2, Dominic Young, Ryan Daniel) vs Fatima 2 (Jordan Vieira 2)
Third: Defence Force 7 (Mickell Pierre 3, Jovan Woodward 2, Shane Legerton 2) vs Fatima 1 (Jordan Vieira)
Final: Paragon 5 (AKim Toussaint 3, Barry Clark, Kiel Murray) vs QPCC 2 (Matthew Tang Nian, Dominic Young)
Veterans Final:
Defence Force 6 (Roger Daniel 2, Gary Griffith 2, Anthony Morales, Gordon Snow) vs Notre Dame 2 (Keith De Peza, Selwyn King)
Saturday:
Men: QPCC 4 (Dominic Young 2, Nicholas Camacho, Shawn Lee Quay) vs Notre Dame 2 (Aidan de Gannes 2)
Paragon 5 (Sheldon Mc Kellar, Ryan Cowie, Akim Tousssaint, Barry Clarke, Syl Sinnette) vs Defence Force 5 (Roger Daniel 2, Mickel Pierre, Shane Legerton, Javon Woodward)
Petrotrin 7 (Wayne Legerton 5, Otis O'Connor, Triston Grant) vs QPCC 7 (Dominic Young 3, Shawn Lee Quay, Kadeem Fortune, Matthew Tang Nian, Zacharry Clarke)
Defence Force 4 (Mickell Pierre 2, Javon Woodward, Roger Daniel) vs Fatima 3 (Andrew Vieira, Quinn Clarke, Che Modeste)
Paragon 5 (Akim Toussaint 3, Ryan Cowie, Sheldon Mc Kellar) vs Notre Dame 2 (Darren Cowie, Aidan de Gannes)
Women: SC Magnolias 3 (Savannah De Freitas, Elise Olton, Amie Olton) vs Ventures 2 (Arielle Cowie 2)
Paragon 3 (Gabrielle Thompson, Alanna Lewis, Kristin Thompson) vs Ventures 0
Veterans: Notre Dame 7 (Selwyn King 3, Scott Dopson 3, Carol Whiteman) vs Fatima 2 (Wayne Nieves, Paul Dijkhoffz)
Individual awards:
Women: Most Valuable Player: Alanna Lewis (Paragon)
Best Goalkeeper: Sarayah-u Plaza (Ventures)
Most Goals: Kristin Thompson � 8 goals
Men: Most Valuable Player: Akim Toussaint (Paragon)
Best Goalkeeper: Jesse Thomas (Paragon)
Most Goals: Wayne Legerton (Petrotrin) & Mickell Pierre (Defence Force) � 13 goals
Veterans: Most Valuable Player: Roger Daniel (Defence Force)
Best Goalkeeper: Hayden Francois (Defence Force)
Most Goals: Gary Griffith (Defence Force) � 7 goals?