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Letters to the Sports Editor…In awe of Indoor Hockey Tournament

Dec 14, 2011 Sports

 

 

Dear Editor,
Yes! I was in awe with the organising and competition of the just concluded Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Tournament which concluded on Sunday 11, 2011 (Four Days Tournament) at the National Gymnasium.
For the very first time I ventured out to grace my presence at the tournament and hands down, it was one of the greatest sports event I have ever attended and I have many reasons. First of all, it was free admission. From observations, I saw a wide cross section of local sports fans in attendance and I mean persons with all the different textures of hair.   The same applies for all the team members.
Of course, there were persons cheering for their favourite teams, but overall, it was a well behaved crowd.
Comfort was to the highest peak one can imagine and in my personal opinion, it was an entire different breed of the human species I was among.  I vividly remember witnessing two players rolling out a filled thrash bin and replacing it with an empty one and persons were simply using the bin to have their personal items discarded……..In my books, that say’s a great lot when I used the term “ a different breed of sports fans.”  During breaks, I also saw persons using the thrash bin outside of the stadium and I am sure there were items left around the sitting area, but it is my belief that it was minimum.
During the last day of competition I happened to be sitting in a particular section where I realised that there were some of the prominent business people of society and again, it was my opinion that they are very down to earth persons.
I happened to have a brief conversation with one, Mr. Shuffler and Mr. Dwayne Scott, whom I was introduced to as committee or members of the Guyana Hockey Federation and I have to say that they were very forthcoming with information I needed and they made good representatives of the sports body.
As for the sport Hockey, I was very, very impressed with the performances and sportsmanship displayed by the athletes and it’s amazing to witness the wonders a hockey stick does in competition along with the speed of the athlete as the driving force of the stick.
Kudos to the respective teams for their participation and the overall winners.  The highlight of one of the most anticipated finals had to be between the Old Fort and GCC men’s finals which I believe had almost everyone on the edge of their seats.
Powerful finals it was.
T. Pemberton

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