Fantastic opportunities at stake in national 3×3 qualifiers
A great opportunity has presented itself for young basketball lovers with the winner of the national 3on 3 basketball tournament getting the opportunity to represent Guyana at the regional tournament in St. Lucia in 2017.
The exciting 3×3 is set to return to the Burnham Court
The tournament is organized by the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation and is sanctioned by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and will run across two days (November 5-6) at the Burnham Hard Court, Georgetown.
The 3×3 event fits into FIBA’s global strategy of promoting and funding a global 3×3 structure that will potentially allow smaller countries to participate in major tournaments.
The winning team will be representing Guyana in 2017 as part of the Lesser Antilles region. The tournament is an Under 18 tournament and by stipulations, the local tournament will be targeting persons born between 1999 and 2001.
According to basketball coach Andrew Hercules, the tournament is looking to attract a minimum of 15 teams from across the 10 regions of the country in order to meet FIBA regulation of playing for the spot in the regional 3×3. This is the first time Guyana is invited to the tournament.
Hercules made it clear that there cannot be any selection of the team but rather a tournament to select the best team.
The tournament is looking to target schools as well as individual teams who have fulfilled the criterion.
Hercules noted that there are already six teams registered including from Kwakwani, Berbice and East Coast while urging teams to register early and avoid on the day confusion, pointing out that the process for selecting the schedule is time consuming and can have a smooth operation if registered early.
The other countries that will be participating in St. Lucia next year include Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago,
The first day (November 5), will see the first leg bounce off from 11:00h and run off into the night. Each game will last for 10 minutes with a team comprising of four members.
Persons and teams desirous of participating may contact Hercules on 665-2425.
