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GRFU squad continues NACRA preparation
The training squad of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) to date remains the same as they continue preparations for the NACRA senior men’s 15s Caribbean championships.
A release from the GRFU informed that, “The players are currently undergoing a painstaking Rugby Skills Fitness Training Programme every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday in the National Park, Rugby Field from 4:00pm. The public is invited to come out and support the players while they train.”
The squad will further be depleted to twenty two (22) players closer to the NACRA senior men’s 15s Caribbean championships against Barbados on the Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Guyana.
Meanwhile, three (3) new Committees have been established to further facilitate the Union and the players. These are: (1) Constitutional and Rules Review Committee, (2) Resources Committee and, (3) Oversight Committee.
The new Director of the Seven’s is Mr. Mike McCormack and the new Director of the Fifteen’s Alwin Etwah, who is also the Technical Director of the NACRA senior men’s 15s Caribbean championships.
The release noted that the Union is currently working on finalizing a Strategic & Development Plan to ensure quality, preparation and performance at all levels. The GRFU is currently putting systems in place which will ensure much thoroughness and detail that epitomizes the sense of conscientious guardianship within the Union for the welfare of rugby football in Guyana.
“Based on the level of success achieved in the past, I have every confidence in the GRFU’s ability to again successfully realise many of the key objectives it has set,” it stated. The Union is currently devising a plan to reach out to several organisations for support to help facilitate the players in the upcoming matches.
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