GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) revealed on Tuesday the ultimate 16-player roster for the Below-21 Ladies’s Hockey crew set to compete on the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Junior Problem in Bridgetown, Barbados, from March 8 to 16, 2025.
The crew consists of a mixture of seasoned and promising newcomers, with 4 overseas-based gamers on the roster. Amongst them is Sarah Klautky, named crew captain, alongside Charlie Webb and sisters Georgiana and Madison Fernandes. Klautky and the Fernandes cousins had been a part of the 2023 Guyana crew that secured a Fifth-place end on the Junior Pan American Championships.
The squad options a number of returning gamers from the earlier U21 crew, together with defenders Kirsten Gomes, Kazaquah Uzzi, Solana Crum-Ewing, midfielder Clayza Bobb, and striker Makayla Poole.
Strikers Keitana Percival, Rebecca Ferreira, Africo Blackman, and defenders Tinashe Henry and Sara Matthias are becoming a member of the crew for the primary time. Goalkeepers Sarah Harry and Kendra Gordon may even make their worldwide debuts in 2025.
Head coach Philip Fernandes, who additionally serves because the President of the Guyana Hockey Board, expressed confidence within the crew’s potential to carry out properly on the match. He highlighted the squad’s mix of expertise and youthful vitality, noting that 5 gamers gained useful publicity by competing with the senior crew in Bermuda final yr.
Fernandes praised the brand new gamers’ pace and excessive vitality and hoped these attributes would translate into improved scoring.
Guyana will open its marketing campaign in opposition to Guatemala on March 8, adopted by matches in opposition to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago. A powerful efficiency within the match might safe Guyana a spot within the 2025 Junior Pan American Video games, which shall be held in Paraguay in August.
All the squad consists of goalkeepers Sarah Harry and Kendra Gordon and defenders Solana Crum-Ewing, Kirsten Gomes, Tinashe Henry, Sara Matthias, and Kazaquah Uzzi. Midfielders: Clayza Bobb, Madison Fernandes, Sarah Klautky (Captain), Charlie Webb. Strikers: Africa Blackman, Georgiana Fernandes, Rebecca Ferreira, Keitana Percival, Makayla Poole
