The Guyana National Hockey Men’s Senior and Under-21 teams will depart local shores today to compete against Barbados in a four-match international series from December 8 to 11 at the Wildey Hockey Turf at the Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in Bridgetown.
This was disclosed by an official release from the Guyana Hockey Board.
The release stated that, “Both teams are preparing for the Junior Pan American Championships scheduled for April 2023 in Barbados and the CAC Games in June/July 2023. The team is scheduled to depart on Wednesday December 7th and will have two training sessions to adapt to the artificial turf prior to the series. The Under 21 matches are scheduled for 1:30PM and the senior matches at 3:30PM on all four days.”
The Under-21 team comprises Baraka Garnett, Darious Alleyne, Donnel Alleyne, Frederico Cush, Jabari Lovell, Javid Hussain, Leroy Geer, Nkhruma Hutson, Oshazay Savory, Quinn Tobin, Raoul Whittaker, Samuel Woodroffe, Shakeem Fausette, Shaquon Favorite, Simeon Moore, Tahrea Garnett, Vladimir Woodroffe, and Warren Williams.
The senior team which also features several junior players, contains Deheron Wilkinson, Dominic Alleyne, Frederico Cush, Jamarj Assanah, Kareem McKenzie, Meshach Sargeant, Oshazay Savory, Paul Andrade, Raoul Whittaker, Robert France, Samuel Woodroffe, Shaka Gill, Shakeem Fausette, Shaquon Favorite, Shomere Garnett, Tahrea Garnett, Tivesarid Garnett, Troy Hodge, and Warren Williams.
On the management side, John Abrahams and Robert Fernandes will serve as the head-coaches, with Marisha Fernandes acting as the team manager.
“We’re excited to see how this new group adapts to international competition, we have a very talented, hard working group of youngsters who possess a high hockey IQ, the only thing we’re short of is international experience. I view this series as an opportunity to see where we are in our preparation for the Junior Pan Am and the CAC games next year,” Robert Fernandes was quoted as saying.
He added, “It also gives us an opportunity to experiment with different systems, formations and personnel to see what works and what doesn’t. I expect us to give a good account of ourselves but the main purpose of this series is to learn and get better for next year.”
