GUYANA’S Women’s Hockey team continued to punch above their Weight class in the Pan American Hockey Challenges Series holding the hosts Bermuda to a draw.
It was a heated encounter on Tuesday as Guyana picked up two yellow and two green cards in a tough period of play as they sought to defend their early gains.
It was Sarah Klautky that put them ahead with a penalty corner in the first quarter as they took the lead.

Bermuda’s Georgia Harris showed her class to equalise for Bermuda on the verge of the half as the two sides battled for a chance to reach the final.
The result sees Guyana hold onto the second spot on the five teams table with a win and two draws from three outings behind leader and pre-tournament favourites Mexico who are 2 for 2.
Guyana will face the Mexicans on Friday in an all-important clash to decide the team moving into the final.

Mexico is the strongest side in the tournament ranked 37 in the world compared to Guyana’s ranked 68th in the world.
On Sunday, Guyana clashed with Paraguay and eke out a draw, the nation lone victory came against Brazil in their opener which they won 1-nil compliment of 14 year’s old Makaylah Poole goal.
Head coach Phillip Fernandes said after the match-up that it was not was expected, he felt a win was on the cards.

“It was not a loss but I think this match was my most disappointing for the tournament, simply because I think we have a team that should be superior to Bermuda, simply because we have better athletes and I think we are capable of playing better, we didn’t have our best game.”
Fernandes noted that based on the run of play it was their game to win.

“We started off well and we went up by a goal and we were comfortably in charge and then we started to lose concentration a bit and we let them back into the game, even though their chances were just hits into our area, looking or a deflection, we had more penetrating runs in that first half, they managed to pull a goal back in that period.”

The coach said the second half saw less than ideal play form the Guyanese which cost them in the end.

“When the second half started, we were playing with a lot of penalty cards, putting players off, some were warranted, but some were a bit puzzling but we spent maybe half of the second half, playing a player down and that threw out rhythm and tactics off because we had to adjust to a more defensive style.”
He said they would have preferred to face Mexico in a more advantageous position which would have given them more freedom to play but they will have to step-up their game in their final group clash.

Guyana is seeking to qualify for the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Cup scheduled for Uruguay in 2025 and the Hockey World Cup next year.
Guyana last competed in the PAHF Challenge back in 2011, where they finished runners-up to Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The challenge series runs until September 28.