National Schools’ Basketball Festival officially launched … 50 schools to participate
The YBG’s National School Basketball Festival is officially launched yesterday.
The YBG’s National School Basketball Festival is officially launched yesterday.

YOUTH Basketball Guyana (YBG) yesterday launched its 10th National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. “The Championship has grown from 18 teams participating in a single elimination tournament in 2006 to over 50 teams playing in four divisions (Under-14, U-16, U-19 and Girls) and six regional zone tournaments,” said YBG head Chris Bowman, while addressing the media and the event’s sponsors Digicel, Banks DIH and Beharry Group of Companies.

The regional tournament will bounce off on April 20 and run through June 28 and its regional finals on July 4, while the NSBF champions will play from July 3 to 13.
President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds sees YBG’s involvement as one of importance and one with which he said his Federation will be willing to work along since it is nursery for the game they strive to bring to prominence in Guyana.
The GABF and the YBG over the last two years, had its share of ups and downs with the two parties falling out on several occasions, but, yesterday, Hinds said that sometimes disagreements are necessary to bring about the right balance, especially in basketball.
Meanwhile, the tournament’s sponsors all expressed their delight at once again being part of an event that gives the nation’s future players a platform to showcase their talents.
It is seven years since both Digicel and Banks have been partnering with YBG to pull off the event; it is Beharry’s first.
Digicel’s Events and Sponsorship manager Gavin Hope, who himself is a sports aficionado, said that it is the continued growth and development which emanates from the tournament that draws his company each year to the championship.
Hope noted that the NSBF is the lone competition that allows players, as young as six years old, to have a place to be seen. He pledged continued support.
Troy Peters, Banks DIH’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) echoed Hope’s comments and believes that with the help of other corporations, the tournament will be sustained.

 

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