Guatemala Quetzal Rugby Club Guatemala, Guatemala which doubles as the team's clubhouse. Colegio Interamericano supports the team by allowing the use of their secure training area. WorldGym Guatemala is the club's official gym. GQRC promotes the sport of rugby in Guatemala by seeking out new players through established relationships with local schools, embassies volunteer work and by holding rugby clinics. Guatemala Quetzal Rugby Club The Guatemala Quetzal Rugby Club (also known as GQRC) is a rugby union team based in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The club competes in the Asociacion Guatemalteca de Rugby 15s tournament. The club uses both their location, Guatemala, Guatemala, and the
Resplendent quetzal country's currency, the Guatemalan quetzal (abbreviation GTQ). The resplendent quetzal was first described by Mexican naturalist Pablo de La Llave in 1832. It is one of five species of the genus "Pharomachrus" known as quetzals. The term "quetzal" was originally used for just this species, but is now applied to all members of the genera "Pharomachrus" and "Euptilotis". Two subspecies are recognised, "P. m. mocinno" and "P. m. costaricensis". The epithet "mocinno" is Llave's Latinization of the name of the biologist J. M. Mociño, a mentor of his. (It is sometimes spelled "mocino", but "ñ" was formerly spelled "nn" in