One Communications outfits Guyana’s Female Hockey Team
One Communications, formerly GTT, in collaboration with the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), showcased the players’ vibrant outfits on Tuesday as Guyana’s Female Hockey Team gets ready to participate in the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge tournament, which is scheduled to take place in Hamilton, Bermuda from September 20 to September 28.
The 2024 PAHF Challenge, which serves as Guyana’s only route to the World Cup, also serves as a qualifier for the 2025 PAHF Cup in Uruguay, and the Guyana team would be coming up against Peru, Mexico, Paraguay, Brazil and Bermuda.
While speaking at the presentation ceremony for the outfits, GHB President Phillip Fernandes commended this exceptional company One Communications for their continued support, and expressed hope that the hockey team would reap success.
Fernandes declared, “You know, the communications company has been with us for many years, supporting us and so on. Under their new brand, now One Communications, we’re really pleased to have them still continue helping what we do: which is develop the youth of Guyana; expose them; have them compete; have them, you know, represent Guyana at that international level. So, once again, we’re taking the team, the women’s national team, to Bermuda to try to qualify for the next step, which is the Pan Am Cup.
Guyana’s Female Hockey Team members, dressed in their outfits, standing with representatives of One Communications
“And hopefully, if they go to the Pan Am Cup, they have a shot at qualifying for the World Cup. That would be a big leap for Guyana, but nevertheless, we must start somewhere. And without companies like One Communications, we wouldn’t even be able to get off the ground. So, we’re very pleased to be here, we’re happy for the support, and we look forward to good competition under our new banner. Absolutely!”
Jamisha Wright, representing One Communications, wished the team good luck in the tournament, and divulged the company’s commitment to sports.
Wright shared, “They look amazing in their new branded uniform. They’re getting ready to head off to Bermuda for the tournament there, and we just want to wish them all the very best. And we will continue to support not just hockey. I mean (to say that) we are committed to the development of our sports in Guyana overall, so this is just one element of our contribution to sports and culture in Guyana.”
The full Guyana team reads: Goalkeeper – Alysa Xavier; Defenders – Kezia Chinian, Kirsten Gomes, Makeda Harding, Tekeisha Deleon, Trisha Woodroffe; Midfielders – Clayza Bobb, Gabriella Xavier, Madison Fernandes, Sarah Klautky; Strikers – Abosaide Cadogan, Carolyn Deane, Chantelle Fernandes, Makayla Poole, Princessa Wilkie, and Samantha Fernandes.
When Guyana last participated in the PAHF Challenge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2011, they came in second to Uruguay.
