THE Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) yesterday announced the squad of its Senior Men’s National team, set to compete in this year’s Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC), Championships to take place in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Guyana had finished fifth place at last year’s tournament, but this time around head coach Darcel Harris is aiming to better the performance of the Mark Agard squad.
The team will be led by Akeem ‘The Dream’ Kanhai who will be playing in his third championship as well as Keron McKenzie, Ryan Stephney, and Ryan Gullen while Shelroy Thomas is making a return following his participation last year.
Making their CBC debut is point guards Dave Causeway, Travis Burnett, Jason Squires, Rudy James, Linden’s marksman Chris Williams and overseas-based Gordon James.
Harris will have Marlon Rodrigues as his assistant. Managers are Troy Greene and Junior Hercules.
The team departs Guyana for the BVI on Saturday, June 13 and will play Antigua & Barbuda in the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships on Monday, June 15. The other teams in Guyana’s group are Bahamas, Bermuda & Suriname.
In preparation for the Championships, Guyana hosted Bermuda in an Invitational Series in March and made a clean sweep of the three-game series.
Guyana then travelled to Suriname last month, where they competed against the Dutch and lost the series 2-1.
At the 2014 CBC Championships, Guyana only finished ahead of Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Meanwhile, according to the GABF, training sessions continue at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall twice daily at 08:00hrs and 20:00hos, with the final practice session on Friday, June 12.