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National Junior Men’s Hockey Team for T&T development tour
Guyana’s national junior men’s hockey programme will take its first step on the road to the
2016 Junior Pan American Championships in Canada, this week when they take on their counterparts from Trinidad & Tobago. A team of 18 players have been selected from the 35 member training squad to represent Guyana in a three match series against the Trinidad & Tobago junior squad.
This developmental tour will expose the majority of the team to playing on artificial turf for the first time and will be a good gauge of where the team is in comparison to one of the best hockey playing nations in the Pan American region.
Described as a work in progress by their coaching staff, the squad features 14 players who will be making their international debuts. In spite of the side’s inexperience as a unit, individual standouts such as captain Mark Sargeant, Jamarj Assanah, Andrew Stewart and Aroydy Branford have all tasted success as part of the senior national team. The quartet were instrumental in helping Guyana win their first ever medal at the Indoor Pan American Cup in Uruguay earlier this year, when Guyana defeated Argentina in the bronze medal match.
The team was scheduled to arrive in the twin island republic yesterday morning and was down to have their first training session on the artificial pitch at 10:00am, followed by a warm up match against Paragon Hockey Club in the evening. Today, Wednesday and Thursday the team will have training sessions on the turf from 8:00am then compete against Trinidad’s national side in the evenings. The players will also be exposed to specialty skill sessions run by some of Trinidad’s top senior national players during the 5 day trip.
National Junior Men’s Hockey Team 2014: Mark Sargeant (Capt), Medroy Scotland, Daniel Hooper, Kareem McKenzie, Keon McKenzie, Shaquille Leung, Rosario Ramsammy, Jamarj Assanah, Andrew Stewart, Aroydy Branford, Leon Bacchus, Stephon Sprosta, Deheron Wilkinson, Omar Hopkinson, Ato Greene, Hilton Chester, Paramanand Dindial and Shemar Boston.
Coaches – Dwayne Alleyne & Robert Fernandes
Manager – Hubert Forrester
Profiles
Mark Sargeant
Age 19
Midfielder
Captain
Medroy Scotland
Age 19
Goalkeeper
Daniel Hooper
Age 15
Defender
Kareem McKenzie
Age 15
Defender
Keon McKenzie
Age 17
Midfield/Forward
Shaquille Leung
Age 17
Midfield/Forward
Rosario Ramsammy
Age 14
Midfield
Jamarj Assanah
Age 20
Midfield
Andrew Stewart
Age 19
Defender
Aroydy Branford
Age 18
Forward
Leon Bacchus
Age 18
Midfield/Defender
Stephon Sprosta
Age 16
Defender
Deheron Wilkinson
Age 14
Forward
Omar Hopkinson
Age 15
Midfield
Ato Greene
Age 18
Forward
Hilton Chester
Age 17
Forward/Midfield
Paramanand Dindial
Age 17
Defender
Shemar Boston
Age 15
Forward
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