GHB embarks on fund-raising website

IN AN effort to raise funds to return to international outdoor competition for the first time in eight years, the national men’s hockey team have launched a website that will allow hockey fans and patrons to make donations online. The team will be competing in the Pan American Challenge which will be contested in Chicklayo, Peru, October 3-11, 2015.
The tournament will feature teams from Barbados, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Guyana will come up against Uruguay on October 3 and Venezuela on October 4 in their two preliminary matches.
This tournament is the penultimate phase of the Guyana Hockey Board’s two-year development programme with the Pan American Championship in Canada next year being the final stage.
This tournament follows an excellent performance in April 2014 when Guyana’s senior National men’s team, returned to international indoor competition after a four-year hiatus and played at the indoor Pan American Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The team which comprised five junior players, defeated regional powerhouse and No. 6 world-ranked Argentina twice to finish in an impressive third.
That international medal was a historic first for the Guyana Hockey Board.
Guyana will field a squad of 16 players who will be selected shortly from the current 30-man squad currently undergoing extensive training.
The budget for the trip is upwards of G$8M (Cdn$52 000)

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