MINISTER of Sport Charles Ramson Jr has dubbed the just concluded One Guyana Basketball League, a success after watching the final match in the league over the weekend at the National Gymnasium.

He said the large crowd that turned out to witness the final is an indication of the growth of the league. This was successful tournament from a player’s standpoint, from a fan standpoint, from a sponsorship standpoint and of course from a government standpoint.

He said that his ministry saw the vision and worked to realise the league along with the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association and the Guyana Basketball Federation and sponsor, G-boat Guyana.

“This began with the investment; it was important for us to create this facility…. We provided sponsorship and we found a sponsor, that sponsor is G-boat who made a three year commitment for the league.”

Ramson said the sponsor got value for their money, “What I wanted to impress upon sponsors is value for money, they were able to get six months of consistent representation of their brand in the media.”

The minister said that it was the ideal mix of government, private sector and sport association collaboration that bore fruit.

“Sport can’t work well without having that sponsorship and can’t come from government alone, now we have some new initiatives that we want to make for the New Year but I want congratulate the sponsors of this league.”

“When we meet and do a review with GABA just to get that internal assessment then we are going to do a launch again.” Kitty Campbellville Dynas Ravens emerged victorious in the best of three series 2-1 over Stabroek Eagles who played unbeaten all the way to the final.

The tournament tipped off in august of 2023 and featured 14 teams competing in the Harpy Eagles and Jaguars conference with all games played at the National Gymnasium on Saturdays.
The tournament saw winner Ravens collecting a million, with half a million for second place.

The league was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, G- boat Guyana and the National Sports Commission.