46 from Blue Water tournament shortlisted for national evaluation camp

Sixty players, including standout student athletes from the recently concluded Guyana Football Federation-Blue Water Shipping Under-15 Girls’ National Secondary School Championship, have been shortlisted to vie for positions on Guyana’s squad for the upcoming CONCACAF Girls’ U15 Championship Qualifiers.
The regional under-15 Championship is set to take place from August 5 to 11 in Trinidad, Curacao and Aruba. Guyana will be hosted in Aruba.
Forty-six players have been selected for the evaluation camp, coming from Georgetown, Berbice, Linden, West Demerara and the hinterland, along with fourteen players from the diaspora.
The evaluation session began on July 2, and would continue until July 5. Youth footballers from the outlying regions would join the evaluation sessions on July 10th.
On June 30, St Ignatius Secondary claimed the inaugural Blue Water Shipping Under-15 Girls’ National Secondary School Championship, with Waramuri Primary Top finishing second and Santa Rosa Secondary in third place.
The final eighteen-member squad of players and 5 support staff would be announced in due course.
Guyana would play three matches in the group stage, starting with Anguilla on August 5, followed by St Vincent and the Grenadines on August 6, and the British Virgin Islands on August 8. There will be a 4th game, and possible 5th based on results.
GFF Technical Director Bryan Joseph highlighted that a key component of the Blue Water Shipping tournament was identifying talent for the junior national team programme. He added that they have scouted a very talented group of players to prepare for the upcoming championships and beyond.
“We are happy that the Blue Water U15 Girls tournament was timed and executed so well. It was a fantastic platform for talent identification, and I believe we made great use of it. This group of players we scouted appears to be the most talented we’ve seen at this age group, and we are super excited to prepare them for the upcoming CONCACAF championships.
“We will see the true dept of this pool when the interior-based players join up in a couple of days. It will be interesting to see how they perform when the cream meets the cream. It all augurs well for our National Team.”
Joseph also stated that President of the Women Football Association (WFA), Andrea Johnson, is confident in the talent selected from the Blue Water Shipping girls’ league.
“Over the next two weeks, we will assess these top players based on their game knowledge, fitness, and technical skills. I am confident that we will assemble a team that will proudly represent Guyana at the regional competition”.
The Guyanese team will arrive in Aruba on August 2.