The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will begin a five-day national encampment for both boys’ and girls’ teams today as the respective teams begin preparing for tournaments scheduled to be held in August 2017.
This is the first of three camps for the girls and two for the boys, and it also includes an international fixture for the girls in Suriname (18th – 22nd July) and for the boys in Trinidad and Tobago (6th – 12th August) respectively. Additionally, the boys will, from July 13th – 22nd, be engaged in a tour to Brazil, which will see them engaged in a series of matches against state teams.
Thirty (30) girls from six GFF Scotiabank Academy Training Centres (ATC) will be encamped in preparation for the CONCACAF Caribbean U-17 Qualifiers scheduled for August 9 – 13 in Guyana, while 28 boys from 7 ATCs will participate in their camp as they prepare for the CONCACAF U-15 Boys Championship, to be held in the United States of America (USA) from August 13 – 19.
The respective ATCs to be represented for the girls include the following: Upper Demerara (5), Berbice (8), Rupununi (6), Georgetown (5), East Bank (3) and West Demerara (3). For the boys, the ATCs which will be represented are Rupununi (6), East Coast (5), Berbice (3), Georgetown (7), East Bank (2), West Demerara (3) and one player each from Bartica ATC and Region 1.
