This week’s int’l hockey festival to expose emerging talents

A hockey players shoots for goal last evening at the National Gymnasium during a practice session. (Orlando Charles photo)

In two days the seventh Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival will bully off at the National Gymnasium and while some of the local teams have mixed expectations about results at the conclusion, the tournament is expected to improve and expose emerging talents.

Captain of Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Women’s team Sonia Jardine went as far to say that the upcoming event should be used as an incentive for the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) to acquire its own facility. Jardine was adamant that there are a good