The Guyana Hockey Board has relaunched its Under-14 Indoor League which is being staged under a new sponsor this year in Oceaneering International.

This tournament was initiated in 2017 and was the first of its kind to be held in schools and provided a huge boost to the development of the game with more than 100 children in competition each year.

Unfortunately, some momentum was lost as the tournament has not been held in the last 3 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite this gap, the tournament has proven to be successful in its goal to further the development of players.

Baraka Garnett and Tahrea Garnett, who were winners of the Most Goals and MVP prizes respectively in 2017, recently represented Guyana at the Junior PanAm Championships held in Barbados last April.

Abosaide Cadogan, who also won the Most Goals prize in the Girls category in 2017, has represented Guyana on both the Junior and Senior National teams since her debut in this tournament.

The tournament is a 4-aside format with a maximum of 10 registered players per team and this year will see new schools such as Richard Ishmael Secondary School and Cummings Lodge Secondary School participating alongside regular teams from Saints Hockey Club (SHC), Hikers (HHC), GCC, North Georgetown Multilateral and St Joseph’s High School. The tournament will utilize the auditoriums of Saints Stanislaus College, St Joseph’s High School and Marian Academy with a different venue being used each week.

The league will be held every Friday with games starting at 4:00pm and concluding at 7:00pm. This Friday the action commences at Saints Stanislaus College.