The James brothers will continue a proud Guyanese tradition

By Charwayne Walker

IF brothers Delroy and Gordon James represent Guyana at the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers 2021 in El Salvador, the Berbice duo will become the seventh set of brothers to represent Guyana together at the same sponsored FIBA International Tournament.

The first set of Guyanese brothers who had the honour of representing the Land of Many Waters at a FIBA Tournament were Michael and Clifton Brusche and Melroy and Merton Fitzalbert.
The tournament was the 1975 Central American Championship held in the Dominican Republic.

The Lonckes, Rawlwin and Lancelot, were the next set of Guyanese brothers to play together in a FIBA International Tournament. The year was 1994 and the tournament was the 1994 CARICOM Championship in Georgetown, Guyana.

The Lonckes repeated the feat the following year (1995) at the CARICOM Championship in The Bahamas. The last time these distinguished Guyanese played together at the CARICOM Championship level was in 1996 at the CARICOM Championship in Trinidad & Tobago.

The Mohans – Lugard and Orin – played together at the same CARICOM Championship in Trinidad & Tobago in 1996. They also graced the 2000 Championship in Barbados.
The Klaiber brothers, Gordon and Antric, played together at the 2007 CARICOM Championship in Puerto Rico and the Creppy brothers, Michael and Kevon, also played together at that 2007 CARICOM Championship in Puerto Rico.

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