English siblings eager to represent Guyana

Jun 11, 2012 Sports

By Sean Devers
At the age of 16 the English born Trenton twins, Scott and Ryan have earned Football scholarships to the Howard Sports Academy in Kent, England and are eager to explore the possibility of playing for Guyana where their father was born.

Guyanese Andrew Trenton (left) with his three English-born sons Scott (2nd left ), Ryan (right ) and Andre during their short trip to Guyana.

The pair and their younger brother, 13-year-old Andre, along with their father Andrew were in Guyana last week for the funeral of the lads’ grandfather and told Kaieteur Sport that they are interested in representing Guyana at the youth level if the opportunity arrives adding that making the Guyana senior team in the next few years is their goal.
“We began playing Football since we were little lads and also participated in Athletics and played some Badminton. But Football is our real love and it is an honour to have been awarded a scholarship to completely focus on our Football development,” Scott said.
According to the British teenagers, 30 youths, 16 years and over with at least five O Levels from schools in the Kent area were selected for the scholarship trials with 15 eventually making the cut to start classes in September.
The awardees will be among those graduating to the sixth form of the Howard Sports School, where the youngest Trenton also attends classes. Academic success is also a major requirement at the English institution.
The Trenton Twins say that in addition to playing in the Kent’s under-18 league they also play in the senior team where Scott has had success as a Striker and Ryan as a Midfielder.
Their father says his sons are very talented Footballers with Andre who plays at the under-14 level just as good as his siblings. He says that for a student to earn a scholarship at Howard’s means they have to be extremely competent ball weavers with a sound academic foundation.
“I am not sure what is the selection process here (Guyana) and what time off from school could be granted in England since the twins are on scholarship but we would be delighted to be available for the Guyana under-17 and under-20 teams, especially if its during the summer holiday when we can plan a holiday trip,” the senior Trenton said.
He said that since it would be very difficult to break into an England senior team due to the large number of top quality players vying for places, the best option for his sons if they wanted to play at the International level and get exposure was to try out for the Guyana senior team in a few years time.
The Trentons, on their second trip to Guyana, said the main difference between here and Europe was the heat while Andre, the youngest but most confident and garrulous of the trio, said he is also aiming for a scholarship when he reaches 16.
The Trentons watched Guyana’s 3-1 defeat in the World Cup Qualifier to Mexico on Television and feels that the game was not as one-sided as some felt it would be due to Mexico’s home advantage and their status in International Football.
“The (Guyanese) Lads looked a bit nervous in the first half and maybe the large crowd got to them as the Mexicans enjoyed more possession of the ball and the Guyana team wasted theirs. However, the second half showed that the Mexicans had to fight very hard and I think they will now look at the Guyana team with more respect when they come to Guyana to play the other game,” Andre said.
The Trentons left Guyana this week for London via the USA and plan to make contact with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to signal their interest in playing for Guyana.