The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) conducted their first illumination test yesterday following the installation of their lighting system at the National Training Centre in Providence.
The US$1.1 million floodlight installation project is being sponsored through the FIFA FORWARD programme, which was launched back in 2016 by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during his visit to Guyana.
Technicians from the United States-based company Musco Sport Lighting, which undertook the project, were part of the testing process ahead of the start of the sixth season of the Elite League on Sunday.
The lighting specialist company, which has completed similar projects in Guyana, was the successful bidder in the FIFA centralised international procurement process. They engineered, manufactured, and installed the four-pole energy-efficient floodlighting structure designed to produce the appropriate lighting quality and standards for international matches and withstand a wind speed of 85 mph.
The GFF National Training Centre, which is Guyana’s first exclusive football facility, is funded through the FIFA Forward Programme. The facility has an all-weather regulation-sized artificial grass pitch, dorms for youth teams, along with other facilities, and is classified as the official home of football in Guyana.
