Int’l teams pledge support for longevity of local hockey

The 2016 hockey season is done and dusted however it can be deemed as a successful year with the international teams expressing pleasure with the level of competition and camaraderie shown by their Guyanese counterparts. As such, the visiting teams from the recent Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival have given the Guyana Hockey Board a thumps up as it pertains to future events planned for Guyana.

At the conclusion of the festival, teams from Trinidad and Tobago, USA and Canada that participated felt it was a good experience and have all returned home

pleased to be part of the success.

In relation to the experience, Trinidad and Tobago’s national captain, Darren Cowie, expressed his liking for the stint in Guyana and the liveliness of a return and promotion of the sport in Guyana to garner more support from the twin island republic.

Speaking with Guyana Times Sport, Cowie was asked about his plans to return and replied, “Definitely, everybody is excited with the games, you can see our guys having lost two finals but they were really excited for the tour and the tour definitely didn’t disappoint, on the court, off the court the type of comradery must be commended we are one big hockey family.”

Similarly, Canada’s National Player, Kaelan Watson and her team also fancy the competition and experience when visiting the land of many waters for indoor hockey.

“It’s amazing, this is my first time here after a couple of years and I’m with a team of girls, none of them who have played here before. We had such a good time and the competition is amazing.” Watson said while continuing to explain that “we [Canada] will be heading into the Pan American Cup 2017 and this was an incredible training opportunity for us, it puts us in top gear with strict competition and it’s something we need.”

Guyana will now be using the experience they have garnered as they prepare for the Pan American Indoor Hockey Championships next year.