Heritage Games: Head Coach Thomas confident in both teams securing supremacy
The GT Kanaimas are getting ready to compete in the 2024 Amerindian Heritage Games, which will take place at Everest Sports Ground from September 11 to 15. The female team will be looking to retain their title, while the male team will be trying to win the championship for the first time.
In 2023, GT Kanaimas managed to defend their title as they defeated the Region 10 outfit as the scoreline read 4-2. In the male category, they failed to advance from the quarterfinals despite their high level of talent.
In an exclusive interview with Guyana Times Sport, GT Kanaimas Head Coach Len Thomas disclosed that he is confident that both teams can secure supremacy and the key elements needed towards success.
Thomas said, “We’re feeling so confident that we’re going to take away this, well, for the females, third year in a row.
The GT Kanaimas Female 2023 Winning Team
For the males, we’re trying to step up to the female standard and win this one as well. The whole team has to play as one. Once they’re composed, play with one another, and play as a team, I think that will lead us to victory.”
Thomas went on to reiterate on the tactics being worked on and the camaraderie between the players which motivates the team.
“We try to keep the ball as much as possible so that the other team will have to run behind it. In this way, we’ll be able to dominate the game. Well, as the team here, right, this is Indigenous students who are studying, as well as those who are working in Georgetown, we put them together. You know, define it as a way of fellowship with one another. We work together, we train together, we go on trips together, all of them are together. So, I think that is a motivational force behind this team, whereby the togetherness,” Thomas said.
The Amerindian Heritage Games are a component of the celebration of Amerindian Heritage Month, which is observed throughout September. This year’s theme is “Many Voices, One Song,” and it is a moment to recognise the nation’s Indigenous peoples and their rich cultural past.
