Guyana: First National hockey squad named in 12 years  x10
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May 16, 2005 
Guyana Chronicle
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By Isaiah Chappelle
www.guyanachronicle.com
TWENTY hockey players were named for a National squad, yesterday, to prepare for the Pan American Indoor Championships billed for Ontario, Canada in December.
SEEKING National colours: Players showcase their skills in trials at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. (Photo: Quacy Sampson)
The Guyana Hockey Board of Control selected the players after two days of trials on Monday and Tuesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, involving some 45 players.
They are: Dexter Barry, Jerazeno Bell, Anthony Cole, Marvin Dannett, Azrad DeAbreu, Alan Fernandes, Carl Garraway, Alex Gouveia, Devin Hooper, Mark King, Christopher Low-Koan, Devin Munroe, Shane Samuels, Dwayne Scott, Orlando Semple, Askofu Simon, Aderemi Simon, Dwight Solomon, Kevin Spencer and Damon Woodrooffe.
The coach is former National Under-21 player Timothy McIntosh who played club hockey in Germany for six yeas from 1993.
McIntosh is now playing for Everest Hikers but gave up his place to coach the team as Guyana enter the Pan American Indoor championships for the first time.
In fact, the squad is the first national squad called in 12 years; the last one participated in the Central America & Caribbean (CAC) Games hosted by Puerto Rico in 1993, in which the team placed fifth.
Therefore most of the players are new on the National grid, with Bell, Fernandes, King, Hooper, Woodrooffe and Barry being among the ones that wore the National colours before now.
However, some players participated on the international level in club tournaments, the last one being hosted by Guyana last year.
McIntosh is confident that the players will give a good account of themselves.
?The team has very good chances. In the Diamond Mineral Water international tournament, they matched skills with the best from Trinidad & Tobago and Canada. It was unfortunate that they lost to Canada in the final. The potential is clearly there.?
He, however, acknowledged that there was not a lot of indoor games here, so the hockey board would aim for at least one four-nation tournament involving Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela and Guyana.
?It is either they come here or we go. One way or the other, we will try to have such a warm-up tournament.?
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