Dwain Quan Chan continued his good form when he scored a double for Petrotrin in its 3-1 spanking of Corona Fatima in the T&T Hockey Board Men's Championship Division at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Friday night.
Starting the night three points clear of closest challenger Paragon and with a match in hand, Quan Chan, who scored a hat-trick in his team's 7-2 bashing of Paradise a week earlier, fired in the opener after only ten minutes, which his team took into the half.
Discarded national forward Wayne Legerton also scored for the second straight match, in the 43rd minute for a 2-0 lead before national midfielder Quan Chan made it 3-0, 13 minutes later.
It seemed as though Petrotrin goalkeeper Ron Alexander was about to keep a clean sheet but with two minutes left in the match Andrew Vieira got a consolation strike for Fatima.
With the win, Petrotrin, which is seeking a fourth straight Championship Division crown and recent Big-Four winners climbed to 28 points from ten matches on the eight-team table, three more than Paragon, which kept up its title challenge with a similar 3-1 triumph over Notre Dame on Staturday night.
The national senior team pair of Akim Toussaint (12th) and Kiel Murray (16th) netted for Paragon to lead 2-0 but Dillon Campbell cut the deficit in half for the Dames in the 20th, only for his team to concede an own goal and hand Paragon, which has played 11 matches, an important three points.
Also on Friday, Mark Ayen's late doubled handed Queen's Park a lifeline while at the same time, dashing Defence Force's hopes in a 3-1 result.
It was the Teteron Men who took the early lead though, in the 18th minute via the in-form Anthony Morales. However, after a half-time pep talk, the Parkites struck three late goals through Ayen, in the 56th and 68th and Dominic Young, in the 64th.
Queen's Park's victory pushed the Tragarete Road club to 20 points from 11 matches, one ahead of Defence Force, losers of three of its last five matches to drop out of title contention.
Magnolias holdParagon to draw
Paragon missed a chance to extend its lead at the top of the Women's Championship Division to five points over defending champions Notre Dame after it squandered a 2-0 lead in a 2-2 draw with the rising Shandy Carib Magnolias on Saturday.
Paragon began the day on 18 points from eight matches, two more than the Dames who have two matches in hand while Magnolias also had 16 from nine matches.
However, Paragon was quick to assert itself and went ahead 1-0 when national and club captain Alanna Lewis found the target in the 17th minute and seven minutes later, former Ventures player, Pauline Joseph doubled the lead as the Big-Four champions looked ready for a big win.
But it was not to be as teenager Samantha Olton pulled a goal back for Magnolias in the 27th minute to trail 2-1 at the interval before fellow teenager, Brianna Govia salvaged a point ten minutes from full-time.
Despite the draw, Paragon still leads the seven-team table with 19 points, but with only three matches to complete its campaign while Magnolias jumped to second on 17 and two left to play.
The Dames, meanwhile, who have been idle for a while, slipped to third on 16 points but with all its six second round matches still to play.
Dames takeU-19 boys asMalvern stumble
Notre Dame were crowned champions of the under-19 boys competition after their main rival Malvern suffered a surprising 3-1 loss to Corona Fatima in its must-win final round match on Saturday.
Malvern started the contest on 13 points, unbeaten in its previous five matches and needing a win over Fatima to overhaul the Dames' 15 points.
But by the half-time whistle it was up against it with Fatima ahead 3-0 via a double from Ryan Daniel, in the 15th and 28th and one from Jordan Vieira, in the 32nd.
In the second-half, Teague Marcano got Malvern on the score board with 16 minutes left, but his team could not complete the turn-around, handing the Dames the title by two points, while Fatima with a match left, improved to third spot.
T&T Hockey Board Results
Tuesday
Trinity Men
Carib 1 (Keron George 60th) vs Fatima 0
Friday
Men's Championship:
Petrotrin 3 (Dwain Quan Chan 10th, 56th, Wayne Legerton 43rd) vs Fatima 1 (Andrew Vieira 68th)
QPCC 3 (Mark Ayen 56th, 58th, Dominic Young 64th) vs Defence Force 1 (Anthony Morales 18th)
Saturday
Under-19 Boys:
Fatima 3 (Ryan Daniel 15th, 28th, Jordan Vieira 32nd) vs Malvern 1 (Teague Marcano 54th)
Women's Championship
Paragon 2 (Alanna Lewis 17th, Pauline Joseph 24th) vs Magnolias 2 (Samantha Olton 27th, Brianna Govia 60th).
Men's Championship:
Paragon 3 (Akim Toussaint 12th, Kiel Murray 16th, own goal 33rd) vs Notre Dame 1 (Dillon Campbell 20th)
Current standings:
Men's Championship:
Teams*P*W**D*L*F*A*Pts
Petrotrin*10*9*1*0*42*15*28
Paragon*11*8*1*2*41*22*25
QPCC*11*6*2*3*31*22*20
D/Force*11*6*1*4*33*16*19
Notre Dame*11*5*1*5*24*18*16
Fatima*12*2*2*8*21*55*8
Malvern*11*2*1*8*16*32*7
Paradise*11*1*1*9*26*54*4
Women's Championship:
Paragon*9*5*4*0*36*8*19
Magnolias*10*5*2*3*27*16*17
Notre Dame*6*5*1*0*26*8*16
Malvern*10*4*1*5*15*26*13
Checkers*7*2*4*1*10*8*10
Paradise*9*1*1*7*6*27*4
Ventures*7*0*1*6*5*32*1
Trinity Men:
QPCC*10*8*1*1*51*17*25
Malvern*10*7*1*2*35*10*22
Paragon*10*6*4*0*37*14*22
Paradise*9*6*1*2*32*19*19
Notre Dame*9*4*1*4*17*14*13
Carib*8*2*2*4*10*20*8
Police*7*2*1*4*9*23*7
Fatima*10*2*1*7*15*37*7
Petrotrin*7*2*0*5*23*32*6
Shape*8*2*0*6*22*51*6
D/Force*9*0*4*5*20*30*4
Trinity Women:
Magnolias*6*5*1*0*17*3*16
Notre Dame*7*5*0*2*22*15*15
D/Force*7*4*1*2*28*12*13
Checkers*7*4*1*2*11*6*13
Malvern*8*4*1*3*16*11*13
Paragon*6*2*2*2*10*12*8
Ventures*6*2*1*3*9*16*7
Police*8*1*1*6*6*22*4
Petrotrin*6*0*0*6*0*19*0
Mixed Veterans:
Malvern*8*7*1*0*29*9*22
QPCC*8*6*0*2*37*13*18
Carib*8*4*1*3*25*15*13
Police*6*3*1*2*10*12*10
Fatima*6*3*1*2*29*25*10
D/Force*6*2*2*2*30*16*8
Notre Dame*5*1*0*4*13*17*3
Petrotrin*7*1*0*6*8*50*3
Paragon*5*0*0*5*2*23*0
Under-19 Boys:
Notre Dame*6*5*0*1*37*8*15
Malvern*6*4*1*1*50*6*13
Fatima*5*3*1*1*25*12*10
Paradise*6*2*3*3*14*7*9
QPCC*5*2*1*2*15*11*7
Shape*5*0*0*5*1*47*0
Carib*5*0*0*5*0*53*0
Under-19 Girls:
Magnolias*4*4*0*0*32*0*12
Malvern*6*3*1*2*15*16*10
Notre Dame*5*3*0*2*31*8*9
Paragon*4*3*0*1*15*8*9
Paradise*5*0*1*4*1*5*1
Checkers*5*0*1*4*1*50*1
Ventures*1*0*1*0*3*3*1