It’s hockey’s version of three the hard way.
Barbadian teams Maple, A Badd Connection and Sentry Rockets all tasted champagne at Kensington Oval yesterday, the final day of the 2011 Banks International Hockey Festival.
But this was a special celebration, as each team were celebrating a three-peat.
Maple earned the title with a 5-0 drubbing of Trinidad’s Queens Park Oval. A Badd Connection and the Rockets had to battle hard to hold on to their trophies, with wins over Old Gold Roosters and Dominion, respectively.
In this Craig Cozier picture, Old Gold Roosters’ Cher King (right) trying to get past the tackle of Dionne Clarke of A Badd Connection during the women’s final. Both players scored twice but ABC took the title on penalty strokes. (BA)