Hockey, a sport which has a relatively trifling of followers in Guyana when compared to other sports, has seen the consistent rise of Aroydy Branford who can best be described as a goal-scoring machine.
The 21-year-old Branford had a prolific run in 2017 going past the upright on 43 occasions, underlining his goal scoring and conversion ability.
A breakdown of his efforts saw him dominating the 2017 edition of the Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Festival with 25 goals – the most in the tournament – while scoring seven in the CAC qualifiers in Jamaica and converting 11 goals from five games in a local Guyana Telephone and Telegraph tournament which preceded the CAC games.
