MICHAEL Singh is tipped to become the new president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) when the sports local governing body holds its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Executive Committee Elections on Saturday, January 26, at the Roraima Duke Lodge from 13:00hrs.

Nigel Hinds, who was elected in January of 2014 to the helm of the GABF, told Chronicle Sport that he will not seek re-election, despite Guyana’s success on the regional stage.
It was under Hinds that Guyana made a return to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship, a tournament they won for the first time last year when it was hosted in Suriname.

Singh, who served as a vice-president during Hinds’ tenure at the GABF, according to a recent release from the Federation, will lead a ‘slate’ that has Kenrick Thomas, Lawrence Simon and Alex Graham as vice-president, General secretary Patrick Haynes, treasurer Gavin Singh and technical coordinator Andrew Hercules.

According to the GABF release, “Affiliate Members of GABF are eligible to vote; and include basketball associations from Bartica, Berbice, Georgetown, Linden and Guyana Basketball Officials Council, Women’s Basketball Association, Georgetown Masters and GT Pioneers. Two votes are allowed per affiliate for each position.”

The GABF will also use the occasion to celebrate its achievements from 2014 to 2018 in the development and promotion of basketball in Guyana.