WITH the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship set for June 13-27, 2015, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) will have the perfect opportunity to see how well their best outfit will stack up against another regional counterpart.

Bermuda’s Senior Men’s Basketball team will be heading to Guyana in March, 2015 to play a three-game series against Guyana at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the GABF said in a release yesterday.
“On behalf of the BBA, we respectfully accept the GABF invitation for our Senior Men’s National Basketball team to play against the Guyana Senior Men’s National Basketball team in Guyana,” BBA president, Gregory Todd said in his acceptance letter to the GABF
The last time Guyana played Bermuda was at the 2011 CBC Championships in Bahamas where Guyana lost 68-58. Bermuda placed 5th at the championships while Guyana placed 7th.
However, under president Nigel Hinds, Guyana were able to send one of their best Men’s team to the Championship earlier this year and were able to place a creditable 5th when the games were held in the British Virgin Island of Tortola.
“Guyana will be seeking to use the games to showcase local basketball talent and to prepare for the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships scheduled to be held in July in the British Virgin Islands,” president Hinds said in a release.
He added “With the Annual National Club Championships (Road to Mecca) scheduled to start in January 2015; local players will have an opportunity to impress the selectors with a view to representing the Golden Arrowhead.
According to Hinds, “Efforts will be made to have a foreign National women’s team as part of the programme. Discussions are also under way with DC Jammers to play as part of the international event”.