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Dita/USA donates hockey sticks to GHB
-To be used to enhance schools programme
Guyana Hockey Board President Phillip Fernandes (second left) along with other officials seen inspecting the sticks recently.
Sports Company Dita/USA recently made a generous donation of 147 hockey sticks to the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) for use in the newly embarked national schools hockey programme.
President of the GHB Phillip Fernandes disclosed that they were contacted by officials of the Pan American Hockey Federation informing them of Dita’s decision to contribute 1,000 junior hockey sticks to regional associations for their junior programmes of which a quantity was made available to Guyana.
Fernandes added that the donation has come at a most opportune time because the GHB had recently encouraged clubs to adopt schools in an effort to reintroduce the game and have it as part of their physical education programme.
He further stated that it is the GHB’s intention to run off an inter-schools championship once the programme has enough schools. According to Fernandes, three schools have already been engaged, being North Ruimveldt Multilateral, St. Joseph’s High school and Marian Academy, while there are immediate plans to increase this to around 10 schools.
Clubs will receive 20 of the donated sticks for each school that they engage and that will be buffered by equipment already belonging to teams.
The GHB Head indicated that the gift will greatly enhance their ability to reach a larger number of young people. He lamented the delay in having the game reintroduced into more schools, but pointed towards a lack of human resources and equipment as the primary hindrances. He went on to add that while coaches are willing, they are finding it difficult to make time for training in the early afternoon when students are dismissed from classes, since they all have full time jobs.
According to him, hockey is not among the fortunate sports to have a fulltime coaching provided by the Ministry of Sport. The arrival of the new equipment, however, creates greater incentive and hopefully the sacrifice can be made to ensure they are put to good use.
The GHB wishes to sincerely thank Dita USA for their kind donation.
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