With the CONCACAF Beach World Cup Qualifiers tentatively slated for early 2021, Guyanese International Kenard Simon has said that the current COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on the team’s preparation.

According to Simon, who has been capped six times and has scored nine goals for Guyana in this format, the ongoing contagion is thwarting and affecting the overall quality of the team’s preparation.

“It has been and will be a big setback because we are not getting to do anything; we begin preparation and have no socialisation with the team.

It will be a further setback because when it’s eventually over and once it’s not cancelled, we will have to work harder to get prepared.