The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), with support from the Government of Guyana, has established an Academy Training Centre (ATC) in Region Seven, which is the 10th centre in its national youth football development programme.
This was confirmed by a GFF release which also informed that the academy will primarily be based in the villages of Kamarang and Waramadong villages, “The secondary component of the ATC will be mobile within the other Upper Mazaruni communities.”
GFF president, Wayne Forde remarked, “The launch of the first Upper Mazaruni ATC is an important step in the ongoing implementation of the GFF’s hinterland football development strategy. Through the ATC programme, more indigenous coaches will be developed and many more young boys and girls will now benefit from well structured, age-specific coaching programmes.”
“This will have a huge impact on the quality of players that will emerge from these communities in the coming years.
In partnership with the Government of Guyana and other stakeholders, the GFF intends to roll out the ATC programme across the entire hinterland regions in the coming years,” he added.
Meanwhile, GFF Technical Director (Ag) Bryan Joseph said that the federation’s aim is to “ensure that no stone is left unturned when it comes to the identification and development of our nation’s footballers”.
“The ATC will now serve as the hub for the identification and development of hinterland talent. We look forward to graduating more players into our national teams. Our recent teams have had good representation of hinterland players, with as many as six players in a single team.” he explained.
