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THE Twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is likely to host this year’s Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship, according to president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) David Patterson. Patterson and vice- president Dawn Holder were Guyana’s two representatives at the recently held CBC meeting in the U.S. Island of St Thomas, where it was mentioned that Trinidad and Tobago is the only territory so far to submit a bid to host the Caribbean’s most prestigious basketball tournament.
The GABF boss highlighted that the only thing needed for T&T to seal the deal as the host, is a letter from their Government, stating their willingness in helping the Trinidad basketball federation to host the event.
“Trinidad was the only person to submit a bid, but they were given a two-week deadline to get the letter from their government. I think that they had asked for an extension since it’s the Carnival season, but other than that, they seem to have everything in place,” said Patterson.
Patterson has, over the years, been hoping that the competition is held in a closer Caribbean state, preferably one which does not require a visa.
Guyana has already signalled their intention of fielding two teams (male and female) at the biennially held championship and Patterson said that with the games being held in T&T, it would make their administrative work lighter.
“Of course if its held in Trinidad we would be extremely happy, because that’s a lot closer to us, no in-transit points and so on; so we are looking forward to this year’s tournament,” Patterson said.
Prior to leaving for the meeting, Patterson said that former Magistrate and Attorney-at-Law Holder and himself would be pressing Guyana’s case of having a Referees clinic and a Coaches Certification course, but they were not successful in their bid to have all of their proposals met.
“We lobbied to have them all but instead, we were only given the coaches courses and we’ll have an Administrative one as well. Both of them are essential towards helping the Federation achieve its goals for the year and to help in the development of the sport,” the GABF president highlighted.
At the time of the interview, Patterson was in Miami and promised to fully brief the local media upon his return to Guyana.
The GABF boss highlighted that the only thing needed for T&T to seal the deal as the host, is a letter from their Government, stating their willingness in helping the Trinidad basketball federation to host the event.
“Trinidad was the only person to submit a bid, but they were given a two-week deadline to get the letter from their government. I think that they had asked for an extension since it’s the Carnival season, but other than that, they seem to have everything in place,” said Patterson.
Patterson has, over the years, been hoping that the competition is held in a closer Caribbean state, preferably one which does not require a visa.
Guyana has already signalled their intention of fielding two teams (male and female) at the biennially held championship and Patterson said that with the games being held in T&T, it would make their administrative work lighter.
“Of course if its held in Trinidad we would be extremely happy, because that’s a lot closer to us, no in-transit points and so on; so we are looking forward to this year’s tournament,” Patterson said.
Prior to leaving for the meeting, Patterson said that former Magistrate and Attorney-at-Law Holder and himself would be pressing Guyana’s case of having a Referees clinic and a Coaches Certification course, but they were not successful in their bid to have all of their proposals met.
“We lobbied to have them all but instead, we were only given the coaches courses and we’ll have an Administrative one as well. Both of them are essential towards helping the Federation achieve its goals for the year and to help in the development of the sport,” the GABF president highlighted.
At the time of the interview, Patterson was in Miami and promised to fully brief the local media upon his return to Guyana.
