With Guyana winning the Rugby Americas North sevens title and earning qualification for the Hong Kong sevens tournament, the Guyana Rugby Football Union has named the squad for the competition later this year.
The ‘Green Machine’ squad is expected to begin training for the tournament which will be played in April of this year.
Guyana qualified for this year’s Series following their win over Trinidad and Tobago in the Rugby Americas North final. The Hong Kong Sevens Series is slated for April 7-9, and this is the third time that Guyana has won a spot in the Series having debuted in 2012.
As is the case with the majority of the sports in the country, funding has placed the country’s plans to go on the trip on pause, pending the financial support; however the stakeholders are confident that Guyana will participate in the competition, as it is one of the more highly competitive tournaments worldwide.
There have been tremendous strides in the sport over the past few years, catching the attention of the administration who has since signalled their intention to take control of the rugby Field in the National Park to do infrastructural works in order to have the team be able to train better.
Leading up to Hong Kong, the team will train in the National Park on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 16:30h and on Saturdays from 15:30h. On Sundays, the outfit will train from 09:00h.
The Hong Kong Sevens will attract 28 teams from across the world battling for top honours.
Robin Roberts has been named the Manager, while Shane Grant has been named Coach and Barrington Browne the physiotherapist. The Guyana squad reads: Avery Corbin, Blaise Bayley, Claudius Butts, Dwayne Schroeder, Godfrey Brooms, Jamal Angus, Kevin McKenzie, Lancelot Adonis, Osaie McKenzie, Patrick King, Peabo Hamilton, Richard Staglon, Rickford Cummings, Ronald Mayers, Rupert Giles, Ryan Gonsalves, Rondell McArthur and Vallon Adams.
