THE Hamid/Joy Basketball Foundation’s 2022 summer basketball camp will close today with three games of basketball to test what the students have learnt.
The programme will conclude at the Mackenzie High School hardcourt in Retrieve First game starts at 13.00hrs.

Questioned about this year’s clinic noting that it comes after 30 previous years under the Abdulla Hamid Foundation, long-standing coach Abdulla Hamid was pleased to note that Guyanese professional basketball player Ms Joy Adams had come on board this year to give back to the youths in Linden.

Looking back over the past 14 days, Hamid said “We cannot get a figure because as camp reached the closing stage more kids are coming out. We can say, however, we had about 75 kids on a consistent basis. Regular attendance was about 55 as some of the kids were going to swimming classes, some to lessons or vacation bible school.”

With the relief that things were better than expected the former national player told Chronicle Sport, “It is the first time ever so many women have been attracted to the sport and I think that has come because a basketball programme has been started at the high school. I have seen over 35 females coming out with 25 being consistent and it is a huge step in this programme that women are coming out from the age of seven to 17 years old. It is really good.”

For the closing of this camp Hamid said there will be the skill challenge which is a routine players have to go through showing the different skills of dribbling, passing and shooting.
After that segment, an academy from across the river, West Demerara’s DeeUp Academy, has been invited and they would be playing the Under-15 boys, Under-16 Girls and the Under-17 Boys.

He said fans may have to support Linden because “we don’t want the trophies to go out of Linden. It would be a challenging time for the kids to showcase what they would have learnt during the 15-day clinic.”

He assessed that “it has been a tight situation for me over the years seeking sponsorship for the entire thing, but hats off to grateful friends that have always contributed in many ways, for my programme like Jernaine Figueira MP, Gordon Moseley, Mark Peters, Troy Easton, Rickland ‘Tallo’ Hutson, Wainwright Bethune, close friends who always wanted to see it reach the level where it is now.
“I can only thank them and thank the parents for sending the kids out to make this a succes”.