{"id":20655,"date":"2024-06-18T16:56:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20655"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:57:27","slug":"guyana-hockey-board-names-squad-for-2024-pahf-challenge-in-bermuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-hockey-board-names-squad-for-2024-pahf-challenge-in-bermuda\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Hockey Board Names Squad for 2024 PAHF Challenge in Bermuda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>NCN reporter, Travis Seymour reports on the selection of Guyana&#8217;s national women&#8217;s hockey team by the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) for the upcoming 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge in Hamilton, Bermuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GHB has chosen a formidable 24-member squad to represent Guyana at the PAHF Challenge from September 20th to 28th, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tournament serves as a crucial qualifier for both the PAHF Cup in Uruguay and next year&#8217;s World Cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana will compete against strong teams including hosts Bermuda, Brazil, Jamaica, Peru, and the highly ranked Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad features a mix of seasoned players and promising newcomers, drawn primarily from Guyana&#8217;s 2023 Under-21 team, which participated in the Junior Pan American Championships last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President of the Guyana Hockey Board and national coach Philip Fernandes expressed confidence in the team&#8217;s preparation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the challenges faced, including the scarcity of suitable training pitches, but emphasized their commitment to innovative training methods to ensure readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandes anticipates tough competition, particularly from Mexico, and recalled Guyana&#8217;s strong performance in the 2011 PAHF Challenge, where they finished runners-up to Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCN reporter, Travis Seymour reports on the selection of Guyana&#8217;s national women&#8217;s hockey team by the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) for the upcoming 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20655","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\/20655","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=20655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20657,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20655\/revisions\/20657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}