GABF announces U-16 coaches for CBC Championship

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), Nigel Hinds recently stated in a press release that youth basketball is extremely important to Guyana basketball development and the GABF will prepare and help to direct and develop youths using basketball as a vehicle.

GABF identified Lugard Mohan as the head coach for the U16 Young Men and Mr. Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid as the head coach for the U16 Young Women as Guyana prepares for the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) U16 Championships scheduled to be hosted in Guyana from July 2-17, 2016.

The other coaches identified for inclusion in the coaching panel to prepare the National U16 teams are Ann Gordon, Mark Agard, Kevin Joseph, Kirk Fraser, Junior Hercules, Kevin Bonnett, Wayne Hinds, Willon Cameron, Julian Haynes and Dane Kendall.

Guyana is set to hold a national qualifier as is a prerequisite by International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in determining the best male and female 3×3 teams to represent Guyana after September 2016 in an International Antilles 3×3 Tournament, with all airfare, accommodation and meals being funded by FIBA. The minimum requirement for the local qualifier is registration and participation of 15 teams each for both male and female.

Guyana will be taking part in the U17 category for both male and females. Mr. Junior Andrew Hercules recently attended the FIBA Sponsored Workshop in Puerto Rico at the FIBA Americas headquarters, on the 6th to 8th of May as Guyana’s appointed coordinator.   The workshop was attended by eleven countries; Guyana, Saint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, British Virgin Island, Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, Aruba, St Vincent, Antigua and Curaçao.

The workshop exposed coordinators to the requirements and tools necessary for the execution of our tournaments in preparation for International Lesser Antilles 3X3 Tournament. Mr. Hercules was exposed to the web based platform which will be used in scheduling and reporting on the national qualifier. All players will be required to register and confirm their registration on www.3X3planet.com.   Each registered, recorded and summated game will add ranking points to Guyana. To assist Guyana in preparation for the national qualifier, FIBA Americas has provided 10 official 3×3 basketballs.  FIBA has also committed to providing the winning teams with an all expense trip to the Lesser Antilles International Tournament.

The coaches are expected to benefit from USA based Coaching Consultant, Mr Larry Davis who will be in Guyana to share his expertise with the coaches.