{"id":23073,"date":"2024-09-18T21:24:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T21:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23073"},"modified":"2024-09-18T21:27:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T21:27:11","slug":"guyana-prepares-for-pahf-challenge-series-with-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-prepares-for-pahf-challenge-series-with-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Prepares for PAHF Challenge Series with Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>&#8230;<em>Coach Fernandes Believes in Team\u2019s Potential<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Hockey Board has finalized its squad for the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge Series, set to take place in Hamilton, Bermuda later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach Phillip Fernandes expressed optimism about the team\u2019s chances, despite the tough competition they will face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Challenge serves as a qualifier for the PAHF Cup, which is slated for Uruguay in 2025, and is a crucial step for Guyana in its pursuit of qualifying for a World Cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Guyana enters the competition as the lowest-ranked team, they will be competing against top contenders such as Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Jamaica, and Bermuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Fernandes acknowledged that the team is expecting tough matches against these seasoned teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that Guyana&#8217;s preparation this year was hindered by limited access to proper practice facilities, which made training more challenging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in recent weeks, the team has had better access to fields, improving their gameplay and boosting confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana women\u2019s team last participated in the PAHF Challenge in 2011, where they finished as runners-up to Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of that squad, only five players remain: goalkeeper Alysa Xavier, Gabriella Xavier, Trisha Woodroffe, Samantha Fernandes, and Chantelle Fernandes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current squad also includes 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>The team will face Peru in their opening match on Saturday, September 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Coach Fernandes Believes in Team\u2019s Potential The Guyana Hockey Board has finalized its squad for the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge Series, set to take place in Hamilton,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23073","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\/23073","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=23073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23086,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23073\/revisions\/23086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}