Barbados lose opener

Barbados’ junior men’s hockey team didn’t get off to the best of starts in the Junior Pan American Under-21 Hockey Championships which got underway today.

The home team was soundly whipped by Canada 6-0 in their opening game at the Hockey Centre in Wildey with Robin Thind scoring a beaver trick.

Hudson Loh gave the visitors the lead when he slotted home in the 7^th minute before doubling their lead in the 21^st from a penalty corner.

Despite being down, Barbados was still in the game, but four goals in the space of four minutes from Thind sealed the deal.

The 16-year-old scored in the 50^th, 51^st, 52^nd and 53^rd minutes, to turn a closely contested match into a blowout.

In the earlier Pool B contest, the United States defeated Guyana 3-0, with Wyatt Kattz scoring two goals in the second and 50^th minutes while Mehtab Grewal also got on the scoresheet in the 17^th minute.

In the lone men’s Pool A match to play today, Argentina blanked Brazil 11-0.

In the women’s division, Argentina defeated Uruguay 4-0.

Barbados’ women will get their first taste of action tomorrow when they take on Chile at 9 a.m. (RB)