LONGTIME head coach of the country’s national women’s hockey outfit and former national player, Phillip Fernandes, said their third place performance in the just concluded Pan American Challenge Series was a good achievement for his team over the weekend in Pembroke against hosts Bermuda.
‘They achieved the goal for the tournament because we [are] as you know ranked among the bottom and we finished in third place and [our only loss] was to Mexico’
Fernandes said that the team steadily improved as they got to acclimatise to the artificial surface.

‘So I’m very pleased with the team’s performance; in addition we played Bermuda in the pool round; we drew with them one all and in the final game, the score was slightly different 2-1 in our favour but in terms of the run of play, I think Guyana really put in a solid performance. We dominated the position in midfield, we created a lot more opportunities and we were in fact pressing the game into their scoring circle’
The country’s National Women’s Hockey team finished with a bronze medal after defeating Bermuda 2-1.

Guyana drew in their pool clash with Bermuda but came from behind to win their final clash for third place.
Bermuda’s Georgia Harris gave them the lead in the first quarter which they held onto until near the end of the game.

Madison Fernandes scored the tie breaker at start of the fourth quarter to equalise before Abosaide Cadogan with the run of play scored the decidernear the end of regulation time to secure the third place.
Guyana had to play for third after losing their must win game against the top ranked power house Mexico 4-0, the Mexican went on to win the competition by beating Paraguay 4-2 after penalty shoot-out.

The top two teams Mexico and Paraguay qualify for the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Cup scheduled for Uruguay in 2025 and the hockey World Cup next year.
The Guyana team was sponsored by One Communications.