Hockey Board to use indoor plastic tile floor for Pan Am Cup

The Guyana Hockey Board has imported an indoor plastic tile floor similarly to what is used in North America for almost all indoor sports. The plastic tile floor has been laid at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) and is built in such a way that it can be moved at any time if needed. The floor is also suitable for basketball and many other sports and solves the issue of an uneven wooden surface for hockey at CASH. With the upcoming Indoor Pan Am Cup nearing, this floor is a timely and welcome necessity in improving the sport of hockey in Guyana.

President of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Phillip Fernandes told the media that since Guyana was awarded a Pan American Level Hockey Tournament (Indoor Pan American Hockey Cup) earlier this year, the Pan American Hockey Federation required that the surface of the facility that the tournaments will be played at stays true to the hockey ball.
Fernandes noted that it was found that the wooden floor of the CASH was irregular and not conducive to hockey, thus the idea of the plastic tile surface was birthed and the GHB sought approval from the National Sports Commission to lay the plastic tiles on the floor. This , proposition he noted was well received. He also highlighted that for the first time, the Guyana Hockey team will be able to train on the same surface that they will be competing on and it is no longer a disadvantage to them.
Meanwhile Director of Sport Christopher Jones said that this is just another collaborative effort with a sports association as the NSC seeks to develop and further sports in Guyana.
On October 14th 2017, Guyana will embark on hosting its first even Pan American level hockey championships. The tournament is called the Indoor Pan American Cups and will feature two simultaneous competitions for men and women and will serve as the Pan American Continental Qualifier for FIH Indoor Hockey World Cups scheduled for February 2018 in Berlin, Germany.