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
Golden-headed quetzal the family Trogonidae, which is made up of birds found in tropical rainforests worldwide. The word quetzal comes from the Nahuatl (the Aztec language) word "quetzalli" (from the root "quetz" meaning "stand"), which translates to "long green plume" or "tail feather of the quetzal". Quetzal is usually specifically used to refer to the resplendent quetzal ("Pharomachrus mocinno") first described by Pablo de la Llave in 1832 but in reality it applies to all members of the genera "Pharomachrus" and "Euptilotis". "Pharomachrus", coined by Pablo de la Llave, stems from Ancient Greek "pharos" meaning "mantle" or "cloak" and "makros" meaning "long"