Hotsticks   2

Qormi  5

Umpires: Reno Cremona, Josef Antonelli

A studious few opening minutes were followed by Qormi scoring two goals in the space of three minutes, the first by Juan Sarcia in the 9th minute and the second by Keith Calleja in the 12th minute.   

Hotsticks hit back winning two penalty corners in the 21st and 23rd minute, their pressure in the period before half time paying dividends when Steve Portelli pulled one back in the 34th minute, as a result of a penalty corner action.

The second half proved to be a very interesting one.  After Hotsticks had a shot cleared in the 40th minute, Qormi took a 3-1 lead in the 42nd minute as Juan Sarcia hit a rising shot into the net. 

Hotsticks did not give up and after winning three penalty corners, a slick move in the 56th minute provided young Stefano Schembri with a scoring opportunity which he gladly gobbled up to reduce the arrears. 

Qormi pressed forward again and in the 66th minute, they scored their fourth goal through Joseph Cuschieri. 

At this late stage we still had further twists in this game. Hotsticks were awarded a penalty stroke which was brilliantly saved by the Qormi goalkeeper Ramon Chricop, and in a counter attack Qormi scored their 5th goal through Keith Calleja on the stroke of time.

Young Stars   1

White Hart    1

Umpires: Paul Brincat, Manuel Imbroll

The first half of this game provided very few thrills.  

Both teams won three short corners but did not capitalize on the situation.  

White Hart hit a shot past the post in the 16th minute as a result of another penalty corner action and Young Stars managed two golden opportunities to open the score in the 27th and 30th minutes.   

The early part of the second half followed the same pattern as the first with a flurry of penalty corners won by both Young Stars and White Hart between the 40th and 50th minutes.  

Young Stars came close in the 54th minute when the White Hart goalkeeper, Robert Vassallo Agius pulled off a great save off a Luke Borg Costanzi bullet.  

In the 61st minute Young Stars went ahead when Sandro Bartolo netted after the ball came back to him off the post.  

As the game was coming to an end White Hart were awarded a penalty stroke, considered to be controversial by Young Stars, which David Agius converted to level the score of the match.