Digicel/Bounty One-Day Hockey Tournament set for Monday

The Guyana Hockey Board has received permission to hold the first ever hockey tournament at the Providence national stadium this coming Monday July 6th. The Digicel/Bounty One-Day Hockey Tournament will feature all of Guyana’s top teams playing the game on what may well be Guyana’s closest surface to the artificial pitches required for internationals.
The competition will feature invited men’s teams from top clubs GCC, Old Fort, Western Dragons and Hikers along with women’s teams from GCC and Hikers. The GHB has limited the men’s competition to 1st division ensuring its best quality players are on show for all matches in keeping with the quality of the facility.

Several national men’s players are expected to be on show including national sweeper Dwayne Scott, skilful midfielder Kevin Spencer and the blistering pace of Devin Hooper at the strike position for GCC. The spectacular Simon brothers will be on show for Old Fort while the magician Jerry ‘Skillaxe’ Bell and the ultra-productive Devin Munroe are sure to lead the Hikers challenge.
Overseas-based hockey scholarship holder, Chantelle Fernandes, is back to bolster the offence of the mighty Hikers ladies which is already supercharged with the pace and precision of Cora Towler and Amanda Garnett. The sturdy defence of the GCC Tigers and Spartans however will prove formidable opponents with Tricia Woodroffe and Marzana Fiedtkou anchoring the back while Captain Sonia Jardine and the evergreen

Brennette Gordon lead the attack.
With a new venue and two brand-new sponsors in Digicel and Bounty, the GHB expects a thrilling affair as teams will anxiously want to produce their best hockey and to embrace the coveted winners’ trophy.
The Hikers and Dragons men’s teams get the first touch at 9:00am and games are expected to run until 5:00pm.
Match schedule -
Teams Time Umpires
Hikers vs Dragons 09:00hrs Hooper/Davson
Old Fort vs G.C.C 09:45hrs Bell/Munroe
GCC Tigers vs Hikers (W) 10:30hrs Sills/Clarke
Dragons vs Old Fort 11:00hrs Woodroffe/Samuels
GCC vs Hikers 11:45hrs Fogenay/Alleyne
Tigers vs Spartans (W) 12:30hrs Clarke/Garnett
GCC vs Dragons 13:00hrs Asregado/Wyles
Hikers vs Old Fort 13:45hrs Hooper/Woodroffe
Hikers vs Spartans (W) 14:30hrs Clarke/Fogenay
Men’s Final 15:00hrs Davson/???
Women’s Final 16:00hrs Clarke/Sills