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Lady Jags successfully wrap up one week Camp in Toronto
-Hold Business Presentation at
Delta - Toronto East
From left to right: Mr. Dick Howard; Mr. Colin Klass and Mr. Danny Doobay
The Lady Jags with from right, back row: Technical Director, Mark Rodrigues, Programme Director, Colin Barker, FIFA Technical Advisor, Dick Howard and Consul General Danny Doobay (far left) at the business presentation last Friday evening.
The Guyana Lady Jags completed
their one week camp in Toronto yesterday (Friday) in preparation for Round 2 of
FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifying Games to be held in Trinidad next week.
The Lady Jags travel to Trinidad
today (Saturday) and play their opening game on Monday May 10th against
Barbados, before playing St. Lucia on Wednesday then Trinidad and Tobago on
Friday, May 14th.
According to Technical Director -
Mark Rodrigues, the theme for the camp was "COMPETITIVE", with a points system
being used the entire week at training. Points were posted every morning at the
training facility for the players to review and assess where they were in
relation to their teammates. This significantly raised the level of
competitiveness daily, and was subsequently taken onto the field in their
friendly games. Playing one of the top boy's teams in Ontario on Wednesday
night allowed the coaching staff to focus specifically on areas of play that
required addressing. This was done during training on Thursday, and
successfully taken into their friendly game that evening, against one of the
top Provincial female teams in Ontario, with Team Guyana enjoying the majority
of the play.
Mr. Rodrigues stated that the
players and coaching staff are looking forward to the higher level of
competition in Stage II of Qualifying, especially as they will be playing two
other group winners and the favorites - Trinidad.
To wrap things up, the Guyana
Women's Football Committee (GWFC) also hosted a Business Presentation on Friday
evening at the Delta Toronto East. The presentation was open to the Guyanese
business community in Toronto and had approximately 75 persons in attendance.
The speakers at the Business
Presentation included Guyana's Consul General to Toronto, the Honorary Danny
Doobay, FIFA's Technical Advisor and Canadian Hall of Famer, Mr. Dick Howard, President
of the Guyana Football Federation Mr. Colin Klass and Lady Jags Technical
Director Mr. Mark Rodrigues. A Power Point Business presentation on behalf of
the Guyana Women's Football Committee was done by Mr. Colin Baker, Program
Director of the Lady Jags.
The Business Presentation was
very well received by all in attendance with business representatives and
individuals pledging to support the Lady Jags Program.
The GWFC wishes to thank the Pickering
Soccer Club and Norman Sue's Bakery, the number one nominated Bakery in
Scarborough for their assistance in making the Lady Jags camp and Business
Presentation a success.
