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| Black Sticks secure first win |
10/7/2005 |
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Ghana’s Black Sticks recorded their first win in the on-going African Hockey Cup of Nations stomping Namibia 5-0 with a hat trick from Edward Oblie yesterday.
The win has seen Ghana move a place up from the fourth to the third position on superior goals aggregate over Nigeria, who also have three points from three matches.
The Black Sticks will also have to beat their Nigerian counterparts in a play-off on Saturday to determine who takes home the bronze medal.
Even before the play-off Ghana and Nigeria will play each other on Friday in an image-saving final group match, which will not have any effect on the play-offs.
Gad Oblitey set the team on the winning way, four minutes after kick-off, finishing off a well-taken penalty corner expertly.
The Black Sticks pushed forward for more goals and Edward Oblie scored two goals in the 31st and 36th minutes.
Edward Oblie struck again in the 52nd minute from a penalty stroke, lifting the ball into the roof of the net.
Elikeem Akaba put the icing on the cake with a close range shot to make it five on the stroke of full time.
The men event takes a break today for matches in the ladies division.
Namibia take on Nigeria in the first match while Ghana come up against South Africa in he second game.
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