National senior players Mark Sargeant, Andrew Stewart and Aroydy Branford are among 32 U19 players shortlisted by the Guyana Hockey Board to begin preparation for the 2016 Junior Pan American Cup in Toronto, Canada.
According to a release from the GHB, the three players have already tasted success at the senior level, having been members of the men’s team that won a bronze medal at the Indoor Pan American Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay earlier this year.
The 32 players are expected to be developed into a formidable force over the next two years and will be under the coaching staff of the experienced Andrew Xavier and Dwayne Alleyne as well as national senior men’s coach Robert Fernandes.
Their first assignment is expected to be a tour to Trinidad in December where they will have their first taste of playing on the artificial surface on which all international hockey matches are played.
During the four-day tour the team will train and compete against club teams from the twin-island republic, in addition to playing against the country’s under 19 national Development Squad -:
The national U19 Development Squad:- Mark Sargeant, Medroy Scotland, Kareem Mc Kenzie, Keon Mc Kenzie, Daniel Hooper, Sammar De Freitas, Rosario Ramsammy, Lorenzo Vanzo, Aroydy Brandford, Andrew Stewart, LeonBacchus, Robert Brumell, Joshua Carew, Omar Hopkinson, Stephon Sprosta, Shaquille Thomas, Onassis Fraser, Deheron Wilkinson, Richard Thomas, Akeem Wilson, Hilton Chester, Parmanand Dindial, Shemar Boston, Nicholas Nervais, Gordon Trotman, Troy Hodge, Ezekiel Springer, Delmar Ng, Ato Greene, Edmund Chinian, Myron Phillips, and Meshach Williams.
