– Ravens set to play Flames

AFTER a short holiday break, the country’s top basketball club sides will converge, once again, at the National Gymnasium hard courts to battle in the Guyana Basketball Federation, One Guyana Basketball league.
This evening sees defending champion, North Ruimveldt Ravens, taking on the Flames from 19:00hrs in the Harpy Eagle’s Conference.
In the Raven’s last outing, they lost to the Worthmanville Pacesetters.

While in the Jaguars Conference, Victory Valley Royals are set to clash with Jets at 21:00 hours in the tournament opener for both teams.
Matches will continue tomorrow (Sunday) with another double-header.

In the first game, Kings take on Black Caimans in the Jaguars Conference and Berbice Renegades are set to face off with Linden’s Retrieve Raiders in the feature clash of the Harpy Eagles Conference.
Last year league finalist, Stabroek Eagles, lead the Jaguars standing with two wins in two outings while the unbeaten Pacesetters top the Harpy Eagles standing after their latest win.
The tournament is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, and National Sports Commission.

The League is set to conclude in April next year and features around 24 teams drawn from all across the country battling for bragging rights, top dollars and the coveted trophy.
The top two teams from each conference will meet in the semifinal for a chance to play the final.

This year sees the top side collecting a million for first place with half a million for the second-place team with third and fourth place also collecting cash prizes and trophies.