The Lady Jaguars continued their preparation for the CFU Olympic Qualifiers, losing to three time defending Digicel Secondary School Football champs Christianburg/Wismar 6-0 in a practice match yesterday at the Leonora Sports Facility.
Jernel Williams opened the scoring for the Lindeners with a 18th minute effort before Omar Brewley doubled their lead compliments of a 33rd minute conversion. Amoniki Buntin further increased their lead as he found the back of the net in the 46th minute.
Brewley then sealed his double scoring through a 52nd minute strike to put further distance between the teams. The result was then sealed as Donovan Francis bagged a brace in the 64th and 76th minutes.
Due to the loss, the Lady Jaguars move to 0-2 in their practice matches. In their opening warm up fixture, the national outfit went down to a Georgetown u-17 select team by a 4-2 margin at the same locale.
Guyana who is currently placed in group four which will be hosted in the Dominican Republic alongside the likes St. Kitts and Nevis and Cuba, will under the guidance of Head-Coach Mark Rodrigues and his assistant coach Clement Browne.
They will commence their tourney on August 21st against St. Kitts and Nevis before facing off against Cuba in their final match to days onward.
The Lady Jaguars rose to prominence in 2010 after becoming the first national team from Guyana to feature in a CONCACAF tourney which was the Gold Cup held in Mexico. Group one of the qualifiers will be staged in Puerto Rico and fields the hosts, Aruba, Haiti and Grenada while Group two will consist of host Trinidad and Tobago St. Lucia, Antigua & Barbuda and the Cayman Islands.
On the other hand, group three will be contested in Suriname and will feature the likes of the Dominican Republic, Dominica and Jamaica.
Unlike the u-23 age limit of the male version for individuals born on or after January 1st 1993, the women’s event does not has such a stipulation. The top three teams from the CFU Qualifiers will progress to the CONCACAF Women’s Summer Olympic Tournament in 2016.
