… Regional teams set to invade Guyana on May 20

SOME of the Caribbean’s top ‘ruggers’ will invade Guyana on May 20, as Hits and Jams Entertainment team up with Pepsi Hornets Rugby Club to host the inaugural ‘Guyana Carnival 7s Rugby’ at the National Park.

The one-day tournament was unveiled when the promoters held their Guyana Carnival corporate and media launch yesterday, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel. The Guyana Carnival is set for May 18-27.

Rawle Toney, one of the principals behind the Carnival Rugby tournament, told the gathering that teams and players from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean countries are all eager to make the voyage to Guyana for the highly anticipated event.
Toney further revealed that the tournament will also see players from the USA and one Brazilian recently signalled his country’s intention to participate.

The tournament will carry a winners’ purse of US$1400, while the team who finish second will pocked US$700. There’s also a US$100 prize for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament.

“What I can say for certain is that Jamaica ruggers are very anxious to come to Guyana and the players here are also eagerly awaiting their arrival because it was the Jamaicans who broke Guyana’s heart and snatched their Caribbean title from them in Mexico,” Toney said.

According to the organisers, other information in relation to the tournament will be divulged shortly.