THE GUYANA Hockey Board on Thursday selected the final 16 female players to represent Guyana at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games to be held in Vera Cruz, Mexico from November 15 to 23.

According to a GHB release, the team having been in training for several months was trimmed after extensive training sessions, held at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, and of the 16 players named, six are overseas-based players, four of whom are temporarily residing to pursue their studies while the other two live overseas.
The 10 players who reside here, along with six reserve players, have been training five days a week under the guidance of coaches Philip Fernandes and Peter De Groot.
The locals will open their bid for a medal at this year’s games against the Dominican Republic on November 15 at noon, Guyana time, and this will be the first time that the Guyanese will face the Dominican Republic in an international competition and should prove to exhibit an interesting contrast of styles between the Guyanese midfield build-ups versus the Dominican’s long range passing game.
The Dominicans were semi-finalists at the last CAC games four years ago in Puerto Rico, finishing in 4th position while Guyana finished in 6th.
Along with Guyana and the Dominican Republic, Bermuda and defending champions Trinidad and Tobago find themselves in Group B and Guyana are scheduled to meet Trinidad and Tobago in their second match of the competition on November 17 and complete their pool round, two days later against Bermuda.
Hosts Mexico and Cuba are expected to be the top contenders in Group A which also includes Barbados and Jamaica.
Those selected to the final team are: Alysa Xavier (GK), Ulrica Sutherland, Ashley DeGroot, Tiffany Solomon, Maria Munroe, Trisha Woodroffe, Aliyah Gordon, Marzana Fiedtkou, Leigh Sandison, Gabriella Xavier, Kerensa Fernandes, Chantelle Wales, Samantha Fernandes, Shebiki Baptiste, Tekeisha Deleon and Princessa Wilkie.