Barbados made their debut with a comprehensive 10-0 victory over Panama.
Candela Devoto scored with a backhand shot by the end of the third quarter. This goal enabled Peru to end in a 1-1 tie, keeping both teams at the top of the women’s competition in the Pan American Challenge tournament, held in Chiclayo, Peru, 765 km north of Lima, since last Saturday until October 11th.
Devoto’s goal fired up the public enthusiasm, which assisted to Colegio San José. Brazil led the match in the 13th minute with Tatiana Noronha Machado’s goal after executing a penalty corner.
After that, the Peruvians were forced to attack, but without neglecting their defense. The result was an open match, with a number of shots in goal, enabling Peru’s Ana Palomino and Brazil’s Andrea Gomes to show off.
“It was a good goal, despite the fact I was standing at the wrong angle for the rebound. It was a fair result, both teams had good opportunities and worked well,” said Devoto at the end of the match.
Brasil and Peru drew, and both earned 4 points in the tournament, sharing the first place, except that Brazil is a step ahead as they have a higher score in the first day of the competition.
BARBADOS’S DEBUTE WITH GOALS
Barbados’s team made their debut with a good start in the Pan American Challenge defeating Panama 10-0, in their first match of the competition in Chiclayo. They did not have to face any difficulties along the four quarters of the match, and were able to baste different strategies, that ended in three goals by Tammissha Small, two by Ayanna Wilson and Patrina Brathwaite, the rest by Keisha Jordan, D’jamila Edwards and Tricia-Ann Greaves.
“We’re very happy. This debut is so good; we are encouraged by the result. We know that the rest of the matches will be hard, but it’s such a pleasure to play at this level in tournaments,” said the captain of the winning team Camile Pounder.
Later, Celina Portugal, defense player of the Panamanian team, said that the team is still under the process of building up, “But these tournaments, help us a lot. We would like to have an artificial pitch in Panama like in other countries or like this one in Peru soon, to carry on developing in hockey.”
A SINGLE MATCH TOMORROW
There is only one match scheduled for tomorrow (Monday) in the women’s competition, played in the round-robin. Puerto Rico, who fell 0-3 against Peru in their debut, will meet
Barbados; the latest will seek their second victory. The match will start at 1 PM (18:00 GMT).
The Pan American Challenge is held in Chiclayo, Peru, 765 km north of Lima, until Sunday October 11th, when the final match will take place. Both teams in the first two places of the podium of this tournament will earn the right to compete in the Pan American Cup.
