Guardian ( Trinidad and Tobago )
18 December 2023 ( Page 61 )
Calypso Stickmen continue Hockey5s World Cup prep
This country’s men’s Hockey5s team continued their preparations for the
inaugural FIH Hockey 5s World Cup in Muscat, Oman from January 28 to 31
with two warm-up wins against local clubs at the Woodbrook Youth
Facility, Hamilton-Holder Street, Woodbrook on Thursday night.
In their two matches, the local men’s team won 6-2 against Malvern and
9-3 over Police as they continued their readiness for action in Pool C of the
World Cup against Australia, New Zealand and Kenya.
The other groups will see the Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, and Nigeria in
Pool A; India, Egypt, Switzerland, and Jamaica in Pool C and Oman,
Malaysia, USA, and Fiji in Pool D.
Earlier this year at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus Turf in
Kingston, Jamaica, the Darren Cowie-coached T&T men’s Hockey5s squad
captained by Akim Toussaint qualified to the tournament in Oman despite
a 3-2 loss to USA on penalties in Hockey5s Pan American Cup in Kingston,
Jamaica in June after a 2-2 draw in regulation time.
Leading the way for T&T at the qualifiers was England-based Teague
Marcano, who tallied a tournament-high 17 goals while Toussaint, and
Mickell Pierre both finished with ten goals as the joint second-highest
scorers for the T&T men, who netted a tournament team-high 48 goals
while Marcano also copped the “Most Valuable Player” accolade.
Photo: Coach Darren Cowie, left back row, poses with the T&T men’s Hockey5s
team prior to their two warm-up matches for the inaugural FIH Hockey
5s World Cup in Muscat, Oman from January 28 to 31, at the Woodbrook
Youth Facility, Hamilton-Holder Street, Woodbrook, Port-of- Spain on
Thursday night. PICTURE COURTESY DARREN COWIE