Guyana girls make light work of Barbados

ON Tuesday, Guyana’s under-21 boys earned the Golden Arrowhead their first group stage win in the Junior Pan Am hockey championships since 1992 with a needling victory against Barbados, and the girls managed to emulate that success as well, yesterday.

The under-21 ladies, led by Makeda Harding, thumped the home side 3-0 in their second group B game at the Wildey Sports Center in St. Michael, Barbados.

Abosaide Cadogan was prolific with a brace in the historic win for Guyanese, scoring a Penalty Stroke (PS) in the first minute of the game before adding a Field Goal (FG) in the fourth quarter (46th minute). Georgina Fernandes had double Guyana’s lead 13 minutes into the first half, putting tremendous pressure on the women from ‘The Land of the Flying Fish’.

Despite losing 13-0 to powerhouses Canada, Guyana’s under-21 women will be looking to end the group stage positively when they clash with USA tomorrow.

Today, the men will play Canada in their final group B class following a 3-0 loss to USA and a 1-0 win against Barbados.