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THE GUYANA Beach Football Association’s (GBFA) representative team, also known as the Red Jaguars, will compete in this year’s third annual Bago Sports Invitational Beach soccer tournament scheduled to be held at the Turtle Beach Heritage Park in Trinidad and Tobago, from November 2 to 5. The invitation was extended to the Red Jaguars, following their three-match series against Bago Sports Beach Football Club in May of this year, which the visitors won 2-1, having taken the first two games before losing the final one.
“We had three closely contested games, even though the score lines say differently. The purpose of the games against Guyana was for us to prepare for the North American Sand Soccer Championships (NASSC), held from June 8 to 10, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Florida, USA,” coach Dane Bernard stated back then.
This was after witnessing his side take the first two games by the same scoreline, 6-5, before they lost the final encounter 7-3, at which point he highlighted his club’s interest in a few Guyanese players, while extending the invitation to the Red Jaguars to come and compete in the upcoming tournament.
With the view of leaving no stone unturned, even as they aim to churn out a creditable performance in the tournament, the Red Jags have continued to intensify their preparations at the Bayroc sand reserve under the guidance of FIFA-certified beach coach Abdulla (Zico) Hamid, who is the team’s head coach as well.
Hamid has been taking the team through their paces for the past four weekends ahead of this all-important tournament which the GBFA hopes will continue to stimulate the interest locally and set Guyana on a developmental path to this fast-growing game worldwide.
To this effect, the GBFA is pleading with corporate Guyana for financial assistance to get to this tournament, since it views it as a great way to further develop and hone the technique of the players who comprise the Red Jaguars lineup.
“We had three closely contested games, even though the score lines say differently. The purpose of the games against Guyana was for us to prepare for the North American Sand Soccer Championships (NASSC), held from June 8 to 10, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Florida, USA,” coach Dane Bernard stated back then.
This was after witnessing his side take the first two games by the same scoreline, 6-5, before they lost the final encounter 7-3, at which point he highlighted his club’s interest in a few Guyanese players, while extending the invitation to the Red Jaguars to come and compete in the upcoming tournament.
With the view of leaving no stone unturned, even as they aim to churn out a creditable performance in the tournament, the Red Jags have continued to intensify their preparations at the Bayroc sand reserve under the guidance of FIFA-certified beach coach Abdulla (Zico) Hamid, who is the team’s head coach as well.
Hamid has been taking the team through their paces for the past four weekends ahead of this all-important tournament which the GBFA hopes will continue to stimulate the interest locally and set Guyana on a developmental path to this fast-growing game worldwide.
To this effect, the GBFA is pleading with corporate Guyana for financial assistance to get to this tournament, since it views it as a great way to further develop and hone the technique of the players who comprise the Red Jaguars lineup.
