Guyana to attend CBC Championship in Tortola … Bermuda set to invade in March
Flashback! Guyana’s Men’s basketball team at the 2014 CBC Championships in the BVI
Flashback! Guyana’s Men’s basketball team at the 2014 CBC Championships in the BVI

AFTER a successful 2014, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) will now turn its attention to the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Men’s and Women’s Championships, set once again for the British Virgin Island of Tortola. 

Last year, after acquiring the services of former Indian Pacers and Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Rawle Marshall, who was later named captain, Guyana were able to finish fifth place in the ten-team tournament.
Guyana had a dismal start to their CBC campaign, losing their opening game 63-99 to the BVI then falling 75-95 to former champions USVI. In their third game, Guyana battled Barbados in a hard 69-80 point loss.
But led by their captain Marshall, Guyana dismantled St Vincent and the Grenadines 86-72 to set up another showdown with Barbados whom they trounced 79-58.
Despite the many off-court distractions, the Guyana team still managed to regroup and finish in a creditable position.
Since finishing third in 2000 when the tournament was held in Barbados, Guyana were missing from the CBC circuit until an all-overseas-based team participated in 2007 when the tournament was held in Puerto Rico where they finished at the bottom of the eight-team table.
Lack of financing played a major part in the team once again not being able to feature at the tournament until 2011 when only local players participated and finished seventh in the Bahamas.
President of the GABF is so far tight-lipped about the Federation’s approach to the composition of the team and when preparation will begin.
However, the GABF will have the perfect opportunity to see how well their best outfit will stack up against another regional counterpart as Bermuda’s Senior Men’s Basketball team heads to Guyana in March, to play a three-game series against Guyana at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The last time Guyana played Bermuda was at the 2011 CBC Championships in Bahamas where Guyana lost 68-58. Bermuda placed fifth at the championships while Guyana placed seventh.
Hinds had recently stated in a release that “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.”
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. 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”.

(By Rawle Toney)

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