THE Guyana Hockey Board has named its national boys Under-19 squad to begin preparations for the 2016 Junior Pan American Cup in Toronto, Canada. 

The programme will be run by a coaching staff which includes experienced coaches Andrew Xavier and Dwayne Alleyne as well as national senior men’s coach Robert Fernandes.
Thirty-two players are expected to be developed into a formidable force over the next two years, with their first assignment being a tour to Trinidad and Tobago in December of this year to have their first taste of the artificial surface on which all international hockey matches are played.
During the four-day tour the team will train and compete against club teams from the twin island republic, in addition to playing against the country’s Under-19 National Development squad. Although the majority of players are newcomers to the national programme, standouts, such as Mark Sargeant, Andrew Stewart and Aroydy Branford, have already tasted success at the senior level, having been part of the men’s team that won bronze at the Indoor Pan American Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay earlier this year.
The players listed below are asked to attend a meeting at St Stanislaus College at 18:00hrs today.
Members of the squad are: Mark Sergeant, Medroy Scotland, Kareemm McKenzie, Keon McKenzie, Daniel Hooper, Sammar DeFreitas, Rosario Ramsammy, Lorenzo Vanzo, Aroydy Branford, Andrew Stewart, Leon Bacchus, Robert Brumell, Joshua Carew, Omar Hopkinson, Stephon Sprosta, Shaquillen,Thomas, Onasis Fraser, Deheron Wilkinson, Richard Thomas, Akeem Wilson, Hilton Chester, Paramanand Dindial, Shemar Boston, Nicholas Nervais, Gordon Trotman, Troy Hodge, Ezekiel Springer, Delmar Ng, Ato Greene, Edmund Chinian, Myron Phillips and Meshach Williams.