Combined Squad – Boys U14 and Girls U15 Provisional Team For The CFU Boys Challenge Trophy and Concacaf U15 Girls Championship respectively
YOUTH PROVISIONAL SQUADS ENCAMPED
– Preparations Begin for CFU and Concacaf Youth Tournaments
11th July, Georgetown: Guyana has begun preparations for participation in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys U14 Challenge Trophy and Concacaf Girls U15 Championship in August 2018 respectively with the encampment of the two squads.
The CFU Boys U14 Challenge Trophy is scheduled for August 2 – 12 in Curacao while the Concacaf Girls U15 Championship is scheduled for the IMG Academy, Florida, USA from August 6 – 13.
The national encampment, being held from the 8th – 16th July, at the Guyana Fire Service Training Facility, Leonora, features a provisional squad of 35 boys and 35 girls, with Bryan Joseph and Akilah Castello being the assigned Head Coaches of respective squads.
National U15 Girls Encamped For Concacaf U15 Girls Championship
Among the 34-member female squad named are 10 international-based players from Canada and the USA selected by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) International Women’s Coordinator, Paul Beresford, 23 from the GFF-Academy Training Centres (ATC), and one player from Region One. Members from the Boys’ squad are all national players from the ATCs. (Click link for detailed squads….PROVISONAL SQUAD_CONCACAF GIRLS U-15 CHAMPIONSHIP_Aug2018 & PROVISIONAL LIST_CFU BOYS U14 CHALLENGE TROPHY (Aug,2018))
Guyana is one of five countries placed in Group C of the CFU Boys U14 Challenge Trophy along with Curacao, Bonaire, Trinidad and Tobago and Aruba while the U15 Girls have been placed in Group E with the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and St. Lucia.
Guyana is scheduled to play its first match in the U15 Championship against St. Lucia on August 6 at 11:00hrs, followed by Cayman Islands on August 7 at 09:00hrs and Bahamas on August 9 at 11:0hrs. The playoff will begin on August 10, following the group qualifiers, with the finals set for August 13 at 11:00hrs.
National U14 Boys Encamped For CFU U14 Challenge Trophy
A shortlist of the squad will be done at the conclusion of the current camp. Two additional encampment periods are scheduled for July 22 – 26 and July 29 – August 1 respectively.
For more information, please contact:
Debra Francis (Ms.)
Communications and Public Relations Officer
Am happy that our youths can get this opportunity to represent Guyana. But our unfortunate youths in the hunterland is missing out. We have our champion boys from Waramuri Primary who won the under 15 regional football competition region one. This could have been a wonderful opportunity for them.