Hockey: Titles decided at indoor finals

Entertaining contests played out during finals day at NSC

The ultimate winners of this year's Manx hockey indoor leagues have now been decided.

The final series of hotly-contested ties took place during the indoor finals at the NSC on Saturday evening (10 December).

Vikings A took the Mixed Premiership title with a commanding 12-3 win up against Bacchas A.

Meanwhile, Harlequins A took the crown in Mixed Division One after a thrilling 6-5 win over Vikings C.

The Men's Premiership final went right down to the wire between Bacchas A and Vikings A - after a 6-6 draw in regular time, Bacchas then took victory after beating their opponents 1-0 on penalty strokes.

It was just as close in the final two of the Men's Division One with a 7-7 draw between Vikings B and Bacchas B before Vikings won the tie 2-1 on penalty strokes.

Vikings were victorious in the Ladies Premiership final as their Ladies A squad emerged 7-3 victors over Valkyrs A.

There was also a close-fought contest between Castletown C and Harlequins A in the Ladies Division One contest.

It was the southern club who came away with the winners honours with a 5-4 win.

The Manx Hockey Association is thanking the Isle of Man Hockey Umpires Association and the MHA Board Members for their work in making sure the matches went ahead.