{"id":27377,"date":"2025-11-06T21:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27377"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:08:23","slug":"apple-soarstransports-first-harpy-eagle-takes-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/apple-soarstransports-first-harpy-eagle-takes-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Soars: Transport&#8217;s first Harpy Eagle takes flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>By Tyriq Walters<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Sixteen-year-old Shamar Apple has made history as the first player from the Transport and Harbour Sports Club to earn selection to the Guyana Harpy Eagles senior team at Number 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Apple, who was raised by his aunt, learned of his selection while training at Space Gym.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/apple-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/apple-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/apple-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/apple-576x768.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/apple.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>16-year-old Shamar Apple<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>\u201cI got some really good calls and even one from Coach Hercules himself saying congratulations, it&#8217;s something I worked hard for and always wanted to achieve,&#8221; Apple pointed out.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Transport has long been producing youth players at the Under-13, 15, 17, and 19 levels; however, Apple\u2019s inclusion in the Harpy Eagles team represents the first senior breakthrough for the Thomas Land club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Transport&#8217;s Head Coach Shaun Massiah, who has mentored Apple since he arrived at the transport club, said the achievement filled the entire team with pride.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/coach.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/coach.jpg 637w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/coach-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Transport&#8217;s Head Coach Shaun Massiah<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>\u201cLet me first say I was overjoyed,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 an emotional Massiah expressed during the interview. <strong>\u201cHaving seen where he came from and the work we put in, it\u2019s something we\u2019re all proud of here and the club.<\/strong> <strong>I knew it would come one day, and I\u2019m happy it has happened now,\u201d<\/strong> Massiah added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">The Cricket West Indies director recalled that Apple\u2019s wicketkeeping journey began by chance during a practice match, which the club hosts regularly when they don\u2019t have competitive games on the weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Known for his powerful framework and disciplined fitness habits, Apple would be seen running up to a dozen at Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Looking ahead to his Super50 Cup debut, Apple said he hopes to make an impact for Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>\u201cI just want to go out there, execute what I have to do, and hopefully score a hundred in one of the games,\u201d<\/strong> he said eagerly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters Sixteen-year-old Shamar Apple has made history as the first player from the Transport and Harbour Sports Club to earn selection to the Guyana Harpy Eagles senior team&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[420,421,419,13,422],"class_list":["post-27377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cricket","tag-guyana-harpy-eagles","tag-shemar-apple","tag-sports","tag-transport-and-harbour-sports-club"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27377","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27381,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27377\/revisions\/27381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}