Michael Singh is new GABF president
Some members of the new GABF executive body, seated from left: Kenrick Thomas, Michael Singh and Lawrence Simon. Standing, from left: Junior Hercules, Alex Graham and Joseph Chapman. (Rawle Toney photo)
Some members of the new GABF executive body, seated from left: Kenrick Thomas, Michael Singh and Lawrence Simon. Standing, from left: Junior Hercules, Alex Graham and Joseph Chapman. (Rawle Toney photo)

MICHAEL Singh was yesterday voted president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) when the sport’s local governing body held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Executive Committee Elections at Roraima Duke Lodge.

Singh, who ran unopposed, will have Kenrick Thomas, Lawrence Simon and Alex Graham as vice-presidents, General secretary Patrick Haynes, treasurer Gavin Singh, assistant secretary/treasurer Joseph Chapman, and technical coordinator Andrew Hercules.
The affiliated members: Bartica, Berbice, Georgetown, Linden, Guyana Basketball Officials Council, Women’s Basketball Association, Georgetown Masters and GT Pioneers, elected all the positions unchallenged at the smoothly-executed elections.

Nigel Hinds, who was elected in January of 2014 to the helm of the GABF, had publicly announced that he was not seeking re-election, despite Guyana’s success on the regional stage.
It was during Hinds’ tenure that Guyana made a return to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship, a tournament they won for the first time last year when it was hosted in Suriname.

Singh, who served as a vice-president under Hinds, upon addressing the gathering, first paid tribute to the former president, who he said served the sport with distinction.
Meanwhile, the new GABF president pointed out that the first item on their agenda, is securing the almost $10M needed for the National basketball team to ensure their participation at the February 22–24 FIBA AmeriCup qualifier tournament in Colombia.

Guyana will play in ‘Pool B’ of the qualifiers in Bogota, Colombia, where they are expected to face the home country (Colombia), Paraguay and Bolivia.

The GABF will first meet today to charter a way forward with the assistance of government and corporate Guyana to give the Junior Hercules-coached team the best possible preparations to enhance their chances of winning the tournament.

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