… Women play to scoreless draw against Jamaica

IT was a day of mixed fortunes for Guyana’s men and women yesterday in Jamaica, where they are featuring in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games Hockey qualifiers, being played at the hockey pitch, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus.
The men’s side, playing in their second game of the tournament, defeated Guatemala 4-0 for their second win, while the women, facing Jamaica in their third match, played to a scoreless draw.

The result was identical as their previous game, and will see them sit third in the standings on five points (one win, two draws) behind table-leaders Jamaica (seven points) and Bermuda (seven points).
Meanwhile, having opened the tournament with a 4-1 win over Puerto Rico, Guyana went into the game with confidence, especially after watching Panama hammer Guatemala 6-0 in their contest.

Jamarj Assanah opened the account eight minutes into the game, to give Guyana a 1-0 advantage and they held on until the second half, when Aroydy Brandford scored in the 47th minute to make it 2-0.
Robert France scored a field goal in the 54th minute to make it 3-0, and four minutes later (58th), Orlando Semple put the icing on the cake for the Guyanese men who still sit behind the Jamaica despite sharing six points apiece.

The Guyanese men will play their third game today against Panama from 15:30hrs, while the women will face Bermuda from 11:30hrs in a game that they will want to win in order to remain in the hunt to finish in the top two and qualify for the 2018 CAC Hockey Championships in Colombia.