LOCAL basketball fans were gearing to see what was hyped as “the best basketball to be played in Guyana” by the sports local governing body, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), but yesterday Guyanese were greeted with sour words. Vice-president of GABF Michael Burnett sadly stated that due to some stiff financial constraints facing the promotional party; Wild Fire Production, and the GABF, the series which was supposed to feature two overseas female teams and three male teams doing battle with Guyana, will now be narrowed down to a four-team tournament.
According to Burnett, only the DC Jammers and South Carolina All-Stars Females will be making the journey to Guyana for the August 18-24 competition.
DC Jammers and Guyana will be playing for the Godwin McPherson Lien Trophy; something the GABF should be seen with much significance because of the contribution McPherson, who was the Federation’s former president, made to the sport of basketball in Guyana and the Caribbean.