{"id":15680,"date":"2024-01-19T15:57:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T15:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15680"},"modified":"2024-01-19T15:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T15:57:58","slug":"guyana-hockey-board-seeks-location-for-artificial-turf-as-minister-addresses-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-hockey-board-seeks-location-for-artificial-turf-as-minister-addresses-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Hockey Board Seeks Location for Artificial Turf as Minister Addresses Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Hockey Board is actively searching for a suitable location to install an artificial turf for the sport, a necessity for international competitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travis Seymour provides an update on the situation, shedding light on the challenges and discussions with the Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the 1990s, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has mandated artificial surfaces for all international competitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s senior hockey team achieved success on grass turf, winning bronze in the Caribbean Championships at Bourda in 1989. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the absence of an artificial surface has impacted competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President of the Hockey Board, Philip Fernandes, reminisced about Guyana&#8217;s golden victory at the Caribbean Championship in March 1992 on grass turf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, later that year, playing on an artificial surface against the same opponents, Guyana finished last. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of an artificial surface has hampered the country&#8217;s competitive edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Sport Charles Ramson Jr addressed the ongoing challenge, stating that finding a suitable location and assessing costs are major factors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While discussions have taken place, a suitable location has not been identified. Ramson emphasized that the issue remains a priority and requires investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the challenges, Guyana has achieved fourth-place finishes at the PANAM and Central American and Caribbean (CAC) games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandes acknowledged that the teams are overreaching and overachieving, given they train and play domestic matches on grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of July last year, Guyana was ranked 90th globally in hockey, highlighting the need for an artificial surface to enhance competitiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quest for a suitable location continues, with the hope of securing the necessary infrastructure for the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Hockey Board is actively searching for a suitable location to install an artificial turf for the sport, a necessity for international competitions. Travis Seymour provides an update on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15682,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15680\/revisions\/15682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}