GUYANA’S senior men’s national basketball team departed today for Barbados where they will engage the ‘Bajans’ in the three-game series in preparation for the June 24-30 Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championship (CBC) in Suriname.

Eighteen-year-old point guard Stanton Rose was named captain of the team which also includes Anthony Moe (Ravens), Shaine Webster (Colts), Timothy Thompson (Colts), Harold Adams (Royals), Orlan Glasgow (Royals), Chris Williams (Royals), Kevon Wiggins (USA), Dominic Vincente (Ravens), Nikkoli Smiths (Guardians), Travis Burnett (Kobras), Travis Belgrave (Eagles), and Domair Gladstone (Ravens).

Junior Hercules will be the head coach for the team as they look to make a clean sweep over their ‘Bajan’ counterparts from June 8 to 10, at the Sir Garfield Sports Complex. GABF president Nigel Hinds will manage the team with Dennis Clarke as his assistant.

At the CBC tournament in Suriname, the Guyanese Men are in Group A, with hosts and rivals Suriname, St Lucia, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines while Group B comprises Barbados, Bermuda, Antigua & Barbuda, Haiti and Montserrat. (Rawle Toney)