PRESIDENT of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds confirmed that all systems are in place for Guyana to host Bermuda in March at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. 

The GABF boss said that the series will be played between March 10 and 15 and selection of the team will be done after the ‘Road to Mecca’ National Club Championship which bounces off on February 1.
“We have the ‘Road to Mecca’ which starts on February 1 and should finish by the end of February and then we will look at the squad. We’re keeping the squad local with the exception on Keron McKenzie, he will be our only overseas player,” Hinds told Chronicle Sport yesterday.
With the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Senior Men’s and Women’s Championships set for June 9-20 this year, the GABF will have the perfect opportunity to see how well its best outfits will stack up against another regional counterpart.
“Bermuda already sent their entire squad and touring party to us, so, it’s just for us to now put everything else in place to host them,” Hinds pointed out.
In a letter sent last October, Bermuda Basketball Association president Gregory Todd had written to Hinds, stating his country’s national team’s profound gratitude for accepting the GABF’s request to travel to Guyana.
The last time Guyana played Bermuda was at the 2011 CBC Championships in Bahamas where Guyana lost 68-58, with Bermuda placing fifth while Guyana finished two places below them.
However, under Hinds’ presidency, Guyana were able to send one of their best Men’s team to the 2014 Championship and were able to place a creditable fifth when the games were held in the British Virgin Island of Tortola.

(By Rawle Toney)