THE Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA) will this afternoon stage the first ever trials to select a National Beach football squad to begin preparations for the CONCACAF preliminary World Cup qualification,set for Florida early next year.Appointed Head Coach, Abdullah Hamid and his Technical team will select a squad of 20 players from the trials which begin at 15:00 hrs today at the Bay Rock Beach Soccer facility in Wismar.
The GBFA has invited 25 players from the inaugural 12-team national league,which was played earlier in the year, to participate in the trials in order to gain selection on the 12-man team that will be travelling to the USA.
The players who will be on show today are: Royal Youths – Shane Luckie, Shaquille Fraser, Marvin Sullivan and Tshekedri Whitehead; Silver Bullets – Tony Gilbert, Gishawn Freeman, Kellon Major and Michael Wilson; Cool Runnings – Jermaine Grandson, Keon Sears, Deon Charter, Kennard Simon, Travis Bess and Rodwyn Fraser, KK Warriors – Rayan Scott, Cordel Johnson and Ethan Sparman; Attention Family – Trevorn Archabol, Jamal Haynes and Jahshawn Moore; Hi Stars – Michael Peters and Leonard Peters; Spartaboss – Sheldon Sheppard; Alexander Village – Randolph Wagner and from NC, Deshawn Joseph.
The 20-man squad will continue preparation training at the Bay Rock facility every Sunday leading up to the competition to be played next year between January 29th and February 5th.

(Ras Wadada)