The recently concluded International Basketball Federation (FIBA) sanctioned Regional Development Workshop for Coaches and Referees, held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, has been hailed a success by many of the participants.
Participants in the huddle as Frederick Brow makes a point during a session
Held for a one-week period, the training programme saw Referees, Commissioners, Table Officials, Coaches, and Players from host country Guyana, along with a number of neighbouring countries such as Suriname, Grenada, Bahamas and Barbados, in attendance.
Bahamian National Instructor Frederick Brow and FIBA Referee Roberto Vázquez were tasked with tutoring the programme.
It was a Regional Training Camp designed to improve the Officiating Team in the FIBA Federations, and identify potential prospects at national level to be future FIBA referees, in order to support licensing 2019+ and facilitating a two-to-six-year plan to scout national talents in time. The overall aim was thus to increase the standard and quality of national officiating.
FIBA has a new licensing system to select the FIBA Referees and the FIBA Commissioners, which commences in January 2019.
