{"id":22718,"date":"2024-09-09T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22718"},"modified":"2024-09-09T13:21:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:21:48","slug":"igloo-hockey-festival-a-triumph-for-guyanas-hockey-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/igloo-hockey-festival-a-triumph-for-guyanas-hockey-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Igloo Hockey Festival: A Triumph for Guyana&#8217;s Hockey Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Igloo Hockey Festival, held from August 30th to September 1st, has been hailed a major success by Phillip Fernandes, President of the Guyana Hockey Board and Head Coach of the GCC Hockey Team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite facing challenges such as adverse weather conditions and limited infrastructure, the festival provided a valuable platform for both junior and senior athletes to hone their skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandes acknowledged that while the small size of the artificial turf at the Bourda Cricket Ground presented some difficulties, it did not detract from the quality of play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the festival was instrumental in preparing teams for the upcoming indoor season and fostering healthy competition among participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament featured matches across various categories, including U14, U17, U21, and senior male and female divisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the senior men&#8217;s category, Saints emerged victorious after defeating Pepsi Hikers 6-3 in the final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women&#8217;s final was a thrilling contest, with Saints clinching the title over Rebels in a sudden-death penalty shootout, winning 3-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the U21 finals, Old Fort Young Boys secured a 3-1 victory against Saints Conquerors, with goals from Shaquon Favourite, Nkosi Saul, and Yannick Norton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival&#8217;s success highlights the growing enthusiasm and talent within Guyana&#8217;s hockey community, setting the stage for an exciting indoor season ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Igloo Hockey Festival, held from August 30th to September 1st, has been hailed a major success by Phillip Fernandes, President of the Guyana Hockey Board and Head Coach of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22718","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\/22718","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=22718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22719,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718\/revisions\/22719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}