News for 11 March 2020
All the news for Wednesday 11 March 2020
South Africa take on China in an unofficial series
Image - Kym Clayton
In the wake of the devastation caused by the Corona Virus, world wide sports fixtures have been postponed. The gap left on the calendar has meant that an opportunity opened for China’s national hockey team to have a training camp in South Africa and ultimately that has led to an unofficial four match series between the two Olympic competitors.
UCT Hockey ground in Cape Town will play host to four matches between Robin van Ginkels South Africa and a Chinese side that features Giles Bonnet as the assistant coach. Giles is no stranger to South African Hockey obviously having coached the national womens team at our last Olympic Game appearance in London. The matches will be played on 10, 11 and 13 March (14:30) and on the 14th March at 12:00. It is probably the last time Western Cape fans will be able to see the team in action before the Olympic Games begin in July this year.
China have seen their Pro League games against Belgium and Australia postponed, with other games likely to follow, so are looking for every opportunity to get some game time together. For the South Africans its an opportunity to build on the work done during the Summer Series earlier this year.
Although the matches will not have official test status and as such no ranking points, the South Africans will be excited at the opportunity to test themselves against a third top ten opponent of the year so far. China are currently ranked 10th in the World rankings, hot on the heels of India in 9th. The South Africans are currently ranked 16th.
South Africa secured their spot at the Tokyo Olympics when they won the African Hockey Road to Tokyo event in Stellenbosch, while China came through a nerve wracking penalty shootout after a 2-2 aggregate score in their Olympic Qualifying playoff match against Belgium.
For China it will be their sixth successive games with a high of a silver medal in 2008 when they hosted the games. The South Africans will feature in their fifth with a best finish of 9th in 2004.
Nicole Erasmus (Walraven), Tarryn Mallet, Nicky Veto, Erin Christie (Hunter), Quanita Bobbs, Izelle Verster, Sylvia van Jaarsveldt, Ongi Mali, Tarryn Glasby, Robyn Johnson, Lilian du Plessis, Kara Botes, Bianca Wood, Hannah Pearce, Stephanie Baxter, Onthatile Zulu, Marizen Marais, Lisa Deetlefs, Celia Evans, Kristen Paton
SA Hockey Association media release
U-21 USMNT Tested Defensively in Game 1
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - After inclement weather postponed initial push back, the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team's first match against Argentina's U-21 team saw all red, white and blue athletes get playing time in a mostly defensive game which ended 5-0 in favor of the host nation.
Game flow during Tuesday morning's game was mostly in between midfield and the top of the circle as Argentina started on the front foot, scored two field goals in the opening quarter and did not look back. USA continued to be pushed back early on but started to play better in the defensive structure as the game progressed. Argentina tallied one more score in each of the following quarters to claim the first win of the series.
“It was a long time ago we played a team of this caliber," said Shannon Taylor, Junior USMNT Coach. "It was great to see that our boys starting to understand how to better compete at this level. We’re looking to continue our focus on defensive structure and bring a bit more offensively.”
The U.S. U-21 Men's National Team continues their test series versus Argentina's U-21 squad on Wednesday, March 11 at 5:30 p.m. ET.
USFHA media release
Mandeep Singh says Indian hockey team wants to win medal at Games
File image of India's Mandeep Singh. Hockey India
New Delhi: Indian hockey team striker Mandeep Singh says they are looking forward to winning a medal at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.
Awarded the the Hockey India Dhanraj Pillay Forward of the Year 2019, Mandeep said, "It is the Olympic year and we as a team have put in a lot of effort to qualify for the Games. We look forward to a winning haul and make our country proud in Tokyo."
The Hockey India 3rd Annual Awards saw heroes from the past and present feted for their contribution to the game.
"I have never won an award at the Hockey India Annual Awards but always wished to receive one. I have idolised Dhanraj Pillay all my life and it felt truly special to receive the award from him on Sunday.
"Cash incentives are always a big motivation and we are happy that Hockey India administration recognises our effort and organised such a grand event to celebrate the sport in the country."
Former India player Harbinder Singh won the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award, while current team captains Manpreet Singh and Rani won the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award for Men and Women respectively.
Manpreet also received an award for winning the FIH Men's Player of the Year 2019, while youngsters Vivek Sagar Prasad and Lalremsiami received an award for winning the FIH Rising Star of the Year 2019 Awards in the men's and women's categories respectively.
Rani was also awarded for winning the World Games Athlete of the Year 2019.
Harmanpreet Singh, who won the Pargat Singh Award for Defender of the Year said, "It is important to acknowledge the efforts put in by the team and we are happy that the Hockey India administration recognises our efforts on such a grand scale."
Firstpost
USA Field Hockey Statement on Coronavirus
In concern for the well-being and safety of our players, coaches, umpires and their families, our National Office has been closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. We are working with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to be informed and provide the latest advice.
At this time, all competitions and programs will continue as scheduled. Should there be any change to our position, we will update all parties involved immediately. In the meantime, USA Field Hockey strongly urges everyone to follow the protocols below:
If you are sick, DO NOT participate in any training or games. STAY HOME!
Players, coaches, umpires and spectators should not shake hands before or after matches. A verbal ‘Good Game' is sufficient and encouraged.
DO NOT allow players to share water bottles.
To reinforce general health safety and best practices for illness prevention:
Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
Stay home when you are sick.
Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipes.
Follow the CDC's recommendations for using a face mask.
- The CDC does not recommend that people who are feeling well wear a face mask to protect themselves from respiratory diseases, including coronavirus.
- Face masks should be used by people who show symptoms to help prevent the spread of the disease.
Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom, before eating and after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing.
If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Always wash hands with soap and water if hands are visibly dirty.
For additional and most updated information, visit the CDC website by clicking here.
USFHA media release
Field Hockey Canada Statement: COVID-19
With the general safety of our athletes, coaches, staff and community members in mind, the Field Hockey Canada office has been monitoring the developing COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation. Necessary precautions around our traveling athletes and staff are being made on a case-by-case basis.
We are working with the Canadian Olympic Committee and responding to recommendations made by the Canadian Government’s centre for diseases and conditions. The situation is constantly developing and Field Hockey Canada will be updating athletes and staff to any changes as guided by the government’s recommendations.
General Information
COVID-19 is a virus in the coronavirus family. Coronaviruses in this family are responsible for illnesses that range from the common cold to more serious illnesses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV). COVID-19 is a new virus and so health officials are still learning about its impact and severity. At this time, it appears to cause an illness similar to the flu with the most common signs of infection being fever, cough and shortness of breath. In severe cases patients can develop pneumonia, severe respiratory distress, kidney failure and death.
Prevention
Recommendations for protecting yourself and preventing spread of this illness include frequent hand washing and covering both your nose and mouth when coughing. Try to cough or sneeze into your arm, away from others, or into tissue paper (to be disposed in toilet). Wash your hands immediately afterwards. You should avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness.
What to do if you think you have COVID-19
Because the early symptoms of COVID-19 are similar to other respiratory illnesses, if you have any of the common symptoms (fever, cough and shortness of breath) you should contact your doctor’s office and arrange to have a consultation.
For more information please visit the Government of Canada’s website covering COVID-19 and other diseases and conditions.
Field Hockey Canada media release
Peers all compliments for new record games holder
By Adam Clifford
Jamie Dwyer and Eddie Ockenden on the occasion of Eddie becoming the most capped Kookaburra taking that honour from Jamie.
After becoming the most capped Kookaburras player of all time, a number of Eddie Ockenden’s former national teammates have toasted the 32 year on his latest achievement.
Ockenden eclipsed Australian hockey legend Jamie Dwyer’s 365 game record after playing in the Kookaburras’ 5-1 demolition of Argentina in Perth on Saturday night.
The North-West Graduates Hockey Club product grew up in Moonah, Tasmania before his debut as a 19-year-old in June 2006.
Ockenden’s now 14 year international career has him on course to attend his fourth Olympics later this year, to go with two World Cup and three Commonwealth Games gold medal winning teams among other major tournament successes.
“He’s a star. He ticks three integral boxes that must be considered when talking about the greatest of all time,” says former Kookaburras teammate Simon Orchard.
“He has reinvented himself over the journey, playing spectacularly across every line. He has performed on the biggest stages with aplomb, and he has elite longevity having played longer at a higher level than most, if not all.”
“He’s one of the only guys I played with who could win a game off his own stick, so he’s best described as understated, yet unbelievable.”
Former Kookaburras defender and fellow Tassie Tigers teammate Tim Deavin says he is super proud of Ockenden’s milestone, particularly as he is not a person that has let his success change him.
“Ed is the Greatest of All Time (G.O.A.T). He has won the Australian Hockey League Best and Fairest more times than I’ve had Sultana Bran,” said Deavin.
“The most successful Tigers captain we’ve had, he has dominated in World Cup and Olympic medal games and is a genuinely great bloke.”
Former Kookaburras teammate and now Assistant Coach Rob Hammond believes Ockenden’s influence on the national squad is often overlooked.
“Ed is a really strong leader from within the group. One thing you will see with Eddie is that his performance always rises when it matters,” Hammond said.
“His consistency is there but in moments when something needs to happen and it doesn’t always come down to flair…when you just need a really clean passage of play to put a teammate into space or a brave warrior moment, he rises to those.”
“His leadership comes in that he has a high knowledge of the game and he knows when to really apply himself.”
Ockenden’s parents made the trip across from Hobart to watch their son break the record, even painting a material banner with help from Eddie’s two young sons that read ‘Go Dad 366’ which they hung on the fence during the game.
“He has been blessed with a wiry body with huge lung capacity, great hand eye co-ordination and the perfect temperament,” said Eddie’s mum Angie.
“We’re not sure if he’ll want to go beyond Tokyo, but if he is playing well, which he is at the moment, and still loving the team environment, he may want to give the World Cup and Commonwealth Games another crack.
“He is 32 so he could possibly go around for a while yet…two greats of the game in Jamie Dwyer and Teun de Nooijer from the Netherlands were 37-38 when they retired.”
“An Olympic gold is the only medal he doesn’t have, so I am sure that is what he craves.”
Bring on Tokyo in July!
Hockey Australia media release
‘My aim is to become a green and gold hockey Master’
By The Hockey Paper
Australian masters player Mark McElligott has reconnected with hockey after recovering from cancer
If you had told me in 2015 that I would be playing a gold medal game in Europe and scoring twice against Germany in an international tournament, a World Cup, I would have laughed at you. Playing is one aspect but, in truth, it was at this tournament that one of the best things about Masters hockey, beyond the ability to travel to interesting places, occurred.
After our round match against the Spanish TT team, I overheard a member of the Sixtiberians team telling my team-mate he was actually a Kiwi, but a resident in Spain, who had lived in Australia a long time ago and played with Old Canberrans in 1984. I jumped in to the conversation and said: ‘So you’re Juicy’, the nickname for Roger as he once had a temp job working for a fruit juice company. Indeed it was him and so, after 34 years, we caught up again and remain in touch. This is the power of Masters hockey.
A JOURNEYMAN CAREER
I started hockey from the age of 10 in 1966, after we emigrated from the UK in 1965, to my mother’s home town in Queensland, Australia. My grade 4 class teacher at North Ipswich Primary School, Mr Goodridge, was the school’s hockey coach and we won the junior divisional premiership that year and I kept playing.
I started playing under-12s with the Woden Hockey club in Canberra’s inner south, switched to a university club in 1975 playing second grade before playing with another two first grade clubs, Daramalan and Old Canberrans.
I stopped playing in 1988 when I went back to university to do a masters degree in sports science. My career was on the up and with family, work and study commitments, something had to go! I never reached any great heights as a player during this period, being a ‘journeyman’ player, capable but not at that next level for higher honours. While I enjoyed the camaraderie of the sport and playing, I didn’t devote a lot of time to improving my skills.
COMEBACKS AND OVERCOMING CANCER
Attempting a comeback to hockey in 1991, I suffered a fractured cheekbone followed by torn ankle ligaments and so gave the game away. I remained involved in umpiring and I progressed further in the indoor game, before moving on to the role of umpire manager coach at nationals for another six years.
During the period from 1995 onward I started learning the bagpipes, eventually becoming pipe major of the band and playing in Moscow, Adelaide and Edinburgh. I then had to overcome prostate cancer and subsequent surgery in 2014 before I decided to reconnect with local hockey association in Canberra.
With Monday evening socials, I realised I still had some skills and decided to work on my fitness, relearn old skills and new ones, and see what progress I might make. It’s been some journey!
Three years ago, I was selected for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) over-60s team at the Australian national championships in Adelaide, playing in the forwards. We finished fifth in Division 1 and to my surprise I was picked by my team-mates as best player for the tournament.
Coming out of this tournament I was selected to play for Southern Cross Masters Hockey Strongly encouraged I decided to work harder and see where I might go. Luckily former Kookaburra Glenn Turner lives close to Canberra and has a gym business at our main hockey centre, so I started a gym programme under Glenn and having him to chat to about aspirations and his experience has been a fantastic resource.
WORLD CUP DREAMS
I was again selected for the ACT over-60s team last year and again I was picked as team best player for the tournament. I had played strongly and while I was told selectors were looking at me, I did not get a national call-up. The same happened at an indoor challenge.
Another outing with Southern Cross in Antwerp saw us win bronze while I was selected as shadow reserve for the Australian over-60s team for the Masters World Cup in Tokyo next November. I’m getting closer to a call up.
So, after almost 25 years away from the game, in the last four years since re-engaging, I’ve played in three international tournaments, for two bronze and one gold medal, and a fourth tournament is 12 months away. After rekindling my love for the game I am working hard still, with gym and running sessions each week, playing at every opportunity and honing old and new skills. I have a goal to make the green and gold. Or for that matter, cheekily, Ireland, as I am dual citizen!
Regardless if I do or don’t achieve full national selection, Masters hockey has reconnected me with a sport I love, provided unforgettable travel experiences, reconnected me with old friends and with many new friends. As people get older they tend to drop out of things, but I have found that the friendships and opportunities that Masters hockey provides, means that I look forward to the challenge of the next 12 months working towards Tokyo. There’s no better feeling.
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The Hockey Paper
Holcombe aim to lift departing coach Leigh Maasdorp
By Rod Gilmour
Hampstead's Lily Owsley netted in 1-0 win over Buckingham Credit: Andrew Smith
The regular season in the Investec Women's Premier Division will culminate this weekend with Holcombe - Championship runners-up for the last three seasons - faced with either securing a league finals berth or the ignominy of a relegation play-off come Saturday tea time.
Such has been the scrap for points outside the top four, with three points separating five clubs, that it was little surprise that Holcombe's coach Leigh Maasdorp labelled this season as "the most peculiar league". She said: "It's been odd as there is this group from where anything could happen. According to the table we could finish in fourth and ninth."
In Maasdorp's last league game as head coach, Holcombe need just a point to make sure of survival. A host of goals against precariously-placed Loughborough Students, who are currently in ninth place, coupled with heavy defeats for Buckingham and Clifton Robinsons, could even see an unlikely place in the league play-offs next month.
That may be a step too far for Holcombe, with goal difference to make up and the Medway side, in the first year moving to four quarters, yet to score more than three goals in a match this season.
"In the second half of last season we were able to be quite dominate and we were fit," said Maasdorp. "This year with quarters it has changed, specifically with the women's game. In the men's game it tends to be a high scoring affair and quarters in the women's game is not necessarily the case."
Indeed, the women's top flight has seen the 10 teams accrue 305 goals with one round of matches remaining, while the men's Premier Division has gleaned 476 goals from the same number of matches.
Aiming to finish on a high
Holcombe's season will go down to the wire Credit: Simon Parker
Leigh Maasdorp will finish her 10-year career with Holcombe after first moving as a player, then becoming assistant coach before taking over head coach duties. "I'm massively appreciative to the club for the coaching opportunities," the South African said. "Ultimately there are things that aren't going to change at the club and it felt like the right time."
Following the league campaign, she will step down after overseeing Holcombe's third Europeans when they compete at the EuroHockey Club Trophy in Spain.
Holcombe will be without their three international players for their European sojourn - Sarah Jones, Leah Wilkinson and Charlotte Watson - thanks to a schedule of four games in four days and 10 days out from Olympic selection for Tokyo 2020. It means that Maasdorp is likely to play.
Maasdorp will also be without her international trio for this weekend's game against Loughborough Students, who will also be missing GB pair Lizzie Neal and Izzy Petter for the biggest game of the club's season. Premier Division clubs have been unable to have their players present for midweek training in the last few weeks, despite playing at weekends.
'Women can make men's breakthrough'
Maasdorp believes that a female coach will soon breakthrough with a men's side in domestic hockey. Within the Investec Premier Division, half the sides are now coached by women, while the men's top flight is still male led. "I'd love to see the day when that happens with the men and I genuinely think that will happen," said Maasdorp.
The South African will take time out before deciding on her next role, although she is still co-coach of the England under-18 squad. Her fellow coach, Sarah Kelleher, revealed last week that she applied for the Ireland women's coaching role left vacant by Graham Shaw - which went to Australian Sean Dancer - while she also went for a role within GB Hockey but was told that there were no interviews as officials "knew enough about the candidates applying."
She told the Irish Examiner: "Often as an individual you can feel, ‘Is it me?’ But then you hear from other female coaches and other voices and it’s not. We need more stories, more voices." In response, Maasdorp believed that the right coaches tended to get the right jobs and admitted that she had never faced any personal bias. However, she said: "I'd love Holcombe's next coach to be female but I'm highly doubtful that would be the case."
Investec Women's Premier Division
Results
Beeston 0-2 East Grinstead
Holcombe 3-1 University of Birmingham
Surbiton 0-1 Clifton Robinsons
Bowdon Hightown 1-0 Loughborough Students
Buckingham 0-1 Hampstead & Westminster
Fixtures: Saturday March 14, all fixtures start 2pm
Clifton Robinsons v Bowdon
East Grinstead v Surbiton
Hampstead & Westminster v Beeston
Loughborough Students v Holcombe
University of Birmingham v Buckingham
FIH Pro League sees postponements
The length of the FIH Pro League's - six months - has left the global league in disarray following the decision by Hockey Australia and Hockey New Zealand to postpone international travel for its teams ahead of the European legs after the coronavirus outbreak.
The Hockeyroos, who are facing a funding cut of up to 60 per cent following Tokyo 2020, have already had matches in China postponed and will now have their scheduled clashes with Germany and Holland this month put on hold alongside the Kookaburras.
Meanwhile, Argentina will be assessing the global situation in the coming weeks before deciding on their European tour, which includes a double header against Great Britain at The Stoop in May. A spokesperson told Telegraph Sport: "Our teams are returning from the Oceania and our next matches are in 67 days. We are going to analyse how the global situation of the coronavirus evolves and the recommendations of the specialists to define the decision."
The Telegraph
Kingston Grammar's U14s and 15s hockey both win at nationals
By Orlando Jenkinson
Kingston Grammar School (KGS)'s Under 14s and Under 15s Girls Hockey teams were both crowned national champions at the Investec Tier 1 Hockey Championship this week.
KGS tweeted their congratulations to both teams as they posted pictures of the victorious hockey players celebrating their achievements.
First to take home the national champions were KGS's Under 14s, who defeated borough neighbours Epsom college in a "nail biting" final at the Lee Valley Stadium.
"A 0–0 score at full time meant it would be down to penalty strokes," a spokesperson for KGS Hockey described.
"Whilst the supporters found this an agonising experience, the composed KGS girls took it in their stride as both teams scored their first five strokes to take it to sudden death.
"A save from England Lions and KGS goalkeeper Katherine Don Wauchope meant that Noa Armelin had a chance to win the trophy and take it she did, hitting the back of the net with assurance and ensuring that KGS were crowned as National Champions."
KGS Director of Sport and ex-England player Natalie Maclean expressed her delight at the Under 14s result:
"The girls’ steely determination and hard work really paid off! We faced stiff competition at every round of the competition but managed to peak at the right time and this result is testament to the girls’ commitment all season," she said.
Headmaster Stephen Lehec also offered his congratulations:
"It was good to meet another Surrey school in the final; it really shows the strength of hockey locally.
"Both schools have done so well to get here – and what a tough final it was!
"We are thrilled for the girls, who deserve enormous credit, but the coaches also deserve a special mention for all of their commitment to training and enthusing the girls to reach this level of performance," he said.
A day later, it was the turn of the KGS Under 15s.
They managed to double up on their schoolmates' success and were likewise crowned national champions.
"And it’s gold! A huge congratulations to our U15 hockey girls winning the Smile Investec Nationals" tweeted the KGS Sports account.
"Amazing girls! So proud of your achievements this season capped off with a well deserved gold!" Lehec said in praise of their achievement.
The Surrey Comet
Army, Magnolias capture titles
by Nigel Simon
Marcus James of Defence Force men's team and Magnolias women standout Brianna Govia scored two goals each to lead their respective clubs to the titles when the T&T Hockey Board’s Indoor Championship concluded at the Woodbrook Youth Facility, Woodbrook, on Sunday night.
In an evenly matched women's Open Division final, Govia's brace led Magnolias to a 3-2 come-from-behind triumph against Paragon.
Paragon took a third-minute lead through Zene Henry, but Govia drew Magnolias level a minute later before she fired in the go-ahead item in the 16th for a 2-1 half-time lead.
Brittney Hing then made it 3-1 in the 24th minute, however, Avion Ashton pulled a goal back for Paragon, within two minutes to trail 2-3 and set up an interesting final period, in which her team failed to get a much needed third goal.
After a cautious start by both teams in the men's final, Defence Force stormed into a 3-0 lead thanks to goals from Dylan Francis (12th), Shaquille Daniel (24th) and James (26th).
However, the Parkites, who stunned last year's winners Police 2-1 on penalty-stroke shoot-out in their semifinal after clawing their way back from 8-2 down to draw 8-all in regulation-time, got two late items from Shawn Lee Quay (31st) and Dominic Young (33rd) to give their team hope at 2-4.
In the end, Defence Force played out the final seven minutes with stubborn defence to grab hold of the title.
The quartet of Queen's Park Cricket Club (Mixed Veterans), Shape (Trinity Men), Harvard Checkers (Trinity Women), and Fatima (Under-19 Boys) also won their respective divisional finals on Sunday.
RESULTS
Sunday
Third place playoffs:
Trinity Women:
Paragon 5 (Mariah Boucaud 36th, 38th, Sarah Sampson 8th, Yaphiya Quettelle 20th, Shania Gajadhar 30th) vs Police 3 (Teneil Garcia 16th, Lisa Guerra 28th, Suzette Pierre 31st)
Trinity Men
Malvern 4 (Jonathan Warren 12th, 22nd, Anthony Marcano 25th, Nathan Callender 31st) vs Fatima 3 (Christian Mendez 11th, Matthew Perriera 18th, Joshua Olton 38th)
Men Open
Police 8 (Akim Toussaint 10th, 15th, 25th, 40th, Jordan Reynos 11th, Justin Beharry 27th, Solomon Eccles 24th, 35th) vs Paragon 2 (Tariq Singh 12th, 16th)
Finals
Mixed Veterans
QPCC 7 (Petra Zandvliet 8th, 21st, 40th, Darren Cowie 19th, 39th, Raphael Govia 11th, Ryan Cowie 35th) vs Police 6 (Wayne Legerton 3rd, Suzette Peters 4th, Solomon Eccles 15th, 17th, 20th, 30th)
Under-19 Boys
Fatima 6 (Roshane Hamilton 19th, 40th, Ghardel Elcock 33rd, 36th, Matthew Perriera 1st, Adam Perriera 24th) vs Paragon 4 (Terrell Singh 9th, 11th, Tariq Singh 37th, 39th)
Trinity Women
Harvard Checkers 2 (Patrice Padmore 30th, 34th) vs Magnolias 1 (Michelle Leotaud 39th)
Trinity Men
Shape 4 (Sheldon De Lisle 16th, 29th, Jonathan Williams 35th, Wayne Edwards 36th) vs Carib 1 (Jael St Louis 35th)
Open Women
Magnolias 3 (Brianna Govia 4th, 16th, Brittney Hingh 24th) vs Paragon 2 (Zene Henry 3rd, Avion Ashton 26th)
Open Men
Defence Force 4 (Marcus James 26th, 37th, Dylan Francis 12th, Shaquille Daniel 24th) vs QPCC 2 (Shawn Lee Quay 31st, Dominic Young 33rd)
The Trinidad Guardian