Rugby’s fortunes quite contrasting from a year ago

The Guyana team

Says Emmerson Campbell

Last November, Guyana’s premier outdoor sports team was inexplicably scrambling to secure funds to attend the NACRA 7s Championships in the Cayman Islands.

The national rugby team which won the annual 7s event on six consecutive occasions (2006-2011), was surprisingly unable to accrue adequate funds to compete at the championships.

The ruggers were subsequently booted out of the tournament without even taking the field. A dark cloud then hung over the