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GFF/CONCACAF Women’s Football Day activity a success – Bolton
By Franklin Wilson
Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Claude Bolton has stated that the CONCACAF Women’s Football Day activity that was hosted by the federation yesterday at the Tucville ground has been
Participants of the GFF/CONCACAF Women’s Day activity pose for a photo yesterday at the Tucville ground.
a resounding success.
“It’s been a bit overwhelming, to be told all the time that we have nothing, we don’t do anything because it is tough and Guyana is this and that, this has proven otherwise,” Bolton surmised.
He noted that Guyana’s women are half of us as a people and they are doing their part and it’s now time for them to be empowered.
“It is so overwhelming that they don’t want to stop. This has proven that leagues must and should be running. But just to have people playing sport and empowering women is important.”
The Lady Jags programme Bolton noted would be a beacon going forward but most importantly the short term plan is to have Under-13, 14 youths would form part of the academy training centres that they have already announced they are putting together.
“This would determine how we prepare for our next U15 women’s team that would compete in CONCACAF because unfortunately this time around we wouldn’t be in the men’s U15 CONCACAF but well prepare for the women’s.”
Catering for the older age group of women, Bolton informed that there will be a Women’s Development League.
“That D League would be a modified version of the game, a 6v6 or 7v7 but it going to come with a lot of planning and stakeholder input. So we’re going to have a women’s combine, a women’s conference, coaching education and then we’ll move into the league sometime in October and continue it again sometime in February.”
Bolton thanked CONCACAF for the initiative of having a Women’s Football Day which was the first of its kind in the confederation. Females from Berbice, East Coast Demerara, East Bank Demerara, Upper Demerara and Georgetown participated in the 3v3 games yesterday.
Throughout yesterday, thousands of girls and women had the opportunity to participate in a celebration of women’s football designed to increase awareness of the sport, promote the many benefits of being involved with the women’s game, and unify the entire CONCACAF region in a day of women’s football.
Overall, activities included:
* 19 football tournaments – from 3 v. 3 to the final of the senior women’s football league
* 17 grassroots festivals
* 8 football skills challenges
* 2 beach soccer festivals/tournaments
* 2 women’s football forums
* Other unique activities, included speeches by women’s national team players and ambassadors, a women’s football march around the city, presentations on the importance of living an active and healthy lifestyle.
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