Women’s hockey squad in quest for World Cup qualification

Team Manager Rawl Davson receives the uniforms from Dixie Lee’s Leonard Faerber. Third from left is team captain Chantelle Fernandes.

Guyana women’s hockey players will go into action on Sunday against Paraguay in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) five-nation Challenge tournament in Brazil as they seek a place in the PAHF 2013 World Cup qualifiers.

The 18 players and officials will depart on Thursday by bus to neighbouring Suriname en route to the tournament to be staged at the Deodoro Hockey Complex in Rio de Janeiro,   Brazil.

The competing teams are Bermuda, Brazil,