SEAWALL Football Club is the name of the club that will come out of the West Demerara area to participate in the upcoming National Football League, which is to be promoted by the Guyana Football Federation, and is scheduled to kick off by September 2009.

Speaking yesterday on behalf of that club was Claude Francois Bolton, who is the General Manager and Head Coach, who said initially Pouderoyen FC was chosen and while this is still the case, it is simply a name change that has occurred.

Mr Bolton informed that from this afternoon, throughout the weekend to Sunday, the club will hold open tryouts at the Crane Park ground for prospective players who are willing to join. In other words the head coach made the point that the ‘door is open’ to new players following the decision to put together a combination with the hope of making a difference.

In fact he said “initially Pouderoyen was the team that was selected as the West Demerara entry, but now the team has changed its name as a part of overhauling all football operations for the betterment of Pouderoyen Football.”

He noted that the trial exercise is for anybody, whether he hails from West Demerara, outside of West Demerara or outside of Guyana.

Bolton indicated that “there are three major goals for the club. One is national dominance, second regional dominance and third confederation participation.”

Additionally Bolton said the club sees football as a tool that can bring about social development and help to make better citizens in the community in which it exists.

Finally, as the team prepares to round up players ahead of the much anticipated National Football League, it has released its own team logo and according to the general manager, shortly a website is planned to be released where football fans from around the country can follow this new endeavour. I am looking forward to the challenge of bringing West Demerara football to a new level.”

He added, however, that “I am very impressed with the core of players that already exists on this side of the river.”

Recently Bolton opined that the national league is a huge endeavour, and important for players to have an opportunity to play at that level.

He stated also that he truly believes with the coming of a National Football League, Guyana’s football can in time better that of Trinidad and Tobago.

Bolton is one of the highest certified coaches in the United States having been the head coach of Canada’s men’s Futsal team and a technical director of the country’s youth soccer. He was a Player Development Coach in the Regional Development School of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer.