{"id":20743,"date":"2024-06-19T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20743"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:10:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:10:11","slug":"guyana-vs-trinidad-rans-15-clash-relocated-to-gdf-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-vs-trinidad-rans-15-clash-relocated-to-gdf-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana vs. Trinidad RAN\u2019s 15 Clash Relocated to GDF Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Travis Seymour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the unplayable conditions of the National Park Rugby field, the much-anticipated Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s home game between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago has been moved to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match is scheduled for Saturday, June 22nd, and will be live-streamed on NCN\u2019s social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Ryan Dey, highlighted that the National Park field is currently waterlogged and the facilities are not adequate to host an international match. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to shift the venue to the GDF ground at Base Camp Ayanganna ensures the game can proceed under suitable conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transition has been supported by the Union&#8217;s Patron, Kit Nascimento, and the relevant commission, which has pledged to upgrade the National Park facilities for future events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dey noted that hosting the RAN fixture will cost $2.5 million, with over a million dollars already secured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This game marks the return leg of the Rugby Americas North 15s championship, following Guyana\u2019s narrow 24-23 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These matches are a crucial part of the qualification process for the 2027 World Cup in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major sponsorship for this international match has been provided by Ansa McAL, with additional support from Robert Fernandes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyanese team will also debut a new kit sponsored by Pegasus Hotel and Muse Bar, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match will commence at 3 PM local time, promising an exciting encounter as Guyana continues its journey towards World Cup qualification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour Due to the unplayable conditions of the National Park Rugby field, the much-anticipated Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s home game between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20743","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\/20743","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=20743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20745,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20743\/revisions\/20745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}