Hockey: Three thrillers on this weekend
Defending League champion, Golden Sticks, are expected to consolidate their lead at the summit just as Trustees, while Exchequers are tipped to recover from last week’s loss to mount a strong challenge to the title.
Golden Sticks face off with a depleted Ghana Revenue Authority (formerly CEPS) male squad which affected their delivery during the gala and contributed to their loss against Trustees in the first matches last week.
GRA officials have blamed their shaky start in the league to delays by management to recruit players some of whom have been on the waiting list for sometime now.
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But GRA said they were ready to put up one of their best performances yet, hoping to stop Golden Sticks on Friday. That match would be a prelude to two other crunch matches on Saturday.
Exchequers have an opportunity to pick their first three points against Reformers who have proven to be tough customers each time the two sides clash while later on the same day, all eyes would be on the Police team as they lock horns with Trustees at 5 p.m.
Trustees are certainly the favourite but if what the Police team exhibited during the gala is anything to go by then fans would watch a match that will be difficult to erase from their minds.
Benedict Sam, Titus Mills, Richard Adjei (Sisqo) and Gideon Abbey are some of the key players that would battle Salyia Nsalbini, Alfred Ntiamoah, Nene Gablah and Serlom Kemevor.
Other matches line up for Friday are Police women versus Reformers, GRA Ladies against Ark Ladies. And on Saturday, NDK clash with Citizens, Multistix against Veterans, Extinguishers of the Ghana Fire Service face Veterans Ladies and Legon versus Ark Boys.
The rest of the matches for Saturday are Tema Manhea play La while Real Ambassadors against Tema Youth.
Story: Daniel Kenu
