Sports fanatics in Guyana should tip their hats to the hockey executives at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) for the admirable work they have been doing to develop junior female hockey at the club level.
Nearly 14 years ago, Coach Philip Fernandes was the visionary figure behind what is now known as the GCC Spartans under-21 female developmental team. The programme was designed to give younger female players at the club the opportunity to display their skills in local competitions as the club’s second unit.
“With the GCC ladies’ hockey team dominating local competition, and realizing that its current crop of fairly young players still had many more playing years in them, a decision was made to form a developmental squad within the club,” Fernandes told Stabroek Sports of the birthing of the initiative.