{"id":22922,"date":"2024-09-10T20:45:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22922"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:45:43","slug":"guyana-hockey-team-prepares-for-pahf-challenge-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-hockey-team-prepares-for-pahf-challenge-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Hockey Team Prepares for PAHF Challenge Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Hockey Board has announced its final squad for the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge Series, scheduled to be held in Hamilton, Bermuda, later this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tournament is a key qualifier for the PAHF Cup, which will take place in Uruguay in 2025, and offers Guyana a chance to advance to the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s team, despite being the lowest-ranked competitor, is set to face formidable opponents including Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Jamaica, and Bermuda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head Coach Phillip Fernandes acknowledges the challenges posed by these seasoned teams but remains hopeful about his squad\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preparation for the tournament has been challenging due to limited access to practice facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team faced difficulties with the unavailability of grass fields, which impacted their training regimen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, recent improvements in access to suitable practice areas have bolstered the team\u2019s confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current squad includes five players from the last PAHF Challenge in 2011\u2014goalkeeper Alysa Xavier, Gabriella Xavier, Trisha Woodroffe, Samantha Fernandes, and Chantelle Fernandes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New additions to the team are Princessa Wilkie, Sarah Klautky, Abosaide Cadogan, Tekeisha Deleon, Carolyn Deane, Makeda Harding, Kirsten Gomes, Kezia Chinian, Makaylah Poole, Clayza Bobb, and Madison Fernandes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana\u2019s team will begin their campaign with a match against Peru on Saturday, September 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PAHF Challenge Series is a significant opportunity for the Guyanese squad as they strive to make their mark on the international stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Hockey Board has announced its final squad for the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge Series, scheduled to be held in Hamilton, Bermuda, later this month. This&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-22922","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\/22922","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=22922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22936,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22922\/revisions\/22936"}],"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=22922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}