THE Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will participate in CONCACAF Women’s Football Day initiative today by organising a series of football events at the Tucville Playfield.GFF is thrilled to host a 3-on-3 Tournament as a female awareness event in order to kick off a return to women’s football for Guyana.
The event is open to girls from age nine to open and will see a packed day of football.
The Women’s 3-on-3 tournament will headline the physical activities with an Under-14 3-on-3 tournament and Grassroots Girls Games scheduled to run prior to the Women’s.
When the tournament wraps up, there will be the announcement of the Women’s national team, the Lady Jags, who will be preparing for the Olympic Qualifiers in August of this year.
Chairman of the GFF Normalisation Committee, Clinton Urling, said, “This initiative from CONCACAF is commendable and the Guyana Football Federation fully supports the development of Women’s football from the Grassroots to the Senior Level.
Our vision is to see the Women’s Game become a marketable product with Guyana having the best Women’s Programme in the CFU Region and then eventually the broader CONCACAF and FIFA Levels.”
Designed to empower all CONCACAF member associations to join forces for an annual day of celebration of women’s football, the initiative is the first of its kind for the confederation and focuses on accomplishing three set goals.
It is to “generate awareness about the transformative power of women’s football, promote and encourage continued investment in women’s football and unite every member association in creating a memorable day of women’s football”.
The entire CONCACAF region will simultaneously kick off their events at 11:00hrs Eastern Time, with an Opening Ceremony scheduled for 10:30 hrs.
GFF requests that all participants arrive at 09:30hrs to be registered and prepared for the start of the event.
The federation looks forward to an excellent turnout for the event and is working diligently to organise a unique and enjoyable experience for all participants, staff, and spectators.