{"id":16130,"date":"2024-01-31T18:24:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16130"},"modified":"2024-01-31T18:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T18:24:15","slug":"saints-s-team-and-gbti-gcc-ladies-clinch-titles-in-hockey-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/saints-s-team-and-gbti-gcc-ladies-clinch-titles-in-hockey-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints S&#8217; Team and GBTI GCC Ladies Clinch Titles in Hockey Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In the Guyana Hockey Board Bounty Farm and Antonio Grille\u2019s One-Day Outdoor Hockey tournament held at the National Stadium Providence on Sunday, both Saints S&#8217; Team and GBTI GCC Ladies emerged as champions in their respective categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saints S&#8217; Team faced a tough battle in the semifinal against club mates Saints Scorpions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match ended in a stalemate in regulation time, and Saints S&#8217; Team secured victory via a penalty shootout, winning 3-2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the final, they displayed strong defense, forcing a penalty shootout once again, and successfully defended their title by emerging as back-to-back winners of the outdoor tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leroy Geer from Saints, honored as the tournament\u2019s most promising player, expressed elation at repeating as champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the women&#8217;s side, GBTI GCC overcame Saints Sensations in the final. Alysa Xavier scored six minutes into the fixture, giving GBTI GCC the lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abosaide Cadogan sealed the victory with a spectacular goal in the final minutes, making it 2-0 and allowing GBTI GCC to retain their title. Despite the young Saints group showing strength, GCC&#8217;s experience proved decisive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abosaide Cadogan was awarded the tournament\u2019s MVP for the women, while Robert France received the MVP honor for the men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodpecker Hikers&#8217; Jasmine Assanah was recognized as the women\u2019s most promising player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament showcased intense competition, and the champions celebrated their success in the thrilling hockey event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Guyana Hockey Board Bounty Farm and Antonio Grille\u2019s One-Day Outdoor Hockey tournament held at the National Stadium Providence on Sunday, both Saints S&#8217; Team and GBTI GCC Ladies&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16132,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16130\/revisions\/16132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}