GUYANA’S domination in Rugby regionally in recent years was achieved as a result of being a fit unit. This was echoed last Wednesday when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) held its first Beep Test for the national men’s squad in preparation for the NACRA sevens in Mexico from December 3 to 4.

Fitness instructor Barrington Brown described the test as fair, with most of the fifteen players tested on Wednesday failing to pass the 11-mark. Leading in the test were Patrick King (14.4) while Rickford Cummings and Joseph Rahaman did 13.2 – below what was expected. The three top finishers were awarded with medals compliments of Titan table tennis club.
According to Brown another test would be held in two weeks’ time and he would be looking for a 14-mark from the players. He said a similar exercise would be done on the overseas players upon their arrival.
The beep exercise was witnessed by officials of the GRFU and Patron Kit Nascimento who reminded the players of the seriousness of the Championship ahead and charged the players to up their game in preparation for the tournament.
The national team will depart for Mexico on November 27 on a quest to secure their seventh NACRA 7s championship. The two-day tournament will be held in Mexico.
The national squad would continue to train every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 16:30hrs and on Sunday from 09:00hrs.

NOTE: The beep test is a multistage 20-metre shuttle run test for aerobic fitness. It is employed by many international sporting teams as an accurate test of cardiovascular fitness, one of the more important components of total fitness.