BOTH the male and female teams of the Guyana U16 Caribbean Basketball Championships found out who they would be matched up against in yesterday’s pool draw held at Cara Lodge Present at the draw were Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) President Nigel Hinds, CBC President Glyne Clarke and CBC Vice- President, Finance and Marketing Patrick Haynes.
A total of 17 teams will take part in the championships, 10 male teams and seven female teams. There will be two groups Group A and Group B. The male side will fall into Group B and the female side Group A.
In the male tournament Group A will seed the British Virgin Islands,The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, and Antigua.
Group B will seed Aruba, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica.
In the female tournament, Group A will seed British Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados and Guyana. Finally, Group B will seed The Bahamas, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
After the drawing, Hinds noted that he was very optimistic of Guyana’s chances in both the male and female championships. He also noted that the teams would both be able to reach the semi-final rounds of both tournaments at the least.
“We [GABF] look forward to the continued support from the Government of Guyana… we will be reaching out to corporate Guyana to ensure that the CBC championships are handled exceptionally well,” Hinds added.
The Guyana teams will be chosen one month before the competition and will be encamped for one leading into the Championships.
The games begin on July 3 and on July 12 for the male and female teams respectively.