GBI supports ‘Basketball Bounce Back’ at Burnham Court

– Linden, Georgetown ready to reignite rivalry

Guyana Breweries Inc (GBI) have pledged to support today’s (January 27) ‘Basketball Bounce back’ activity at the Burnham Basketball Court, in which players from Georgetown, Bartica, Berbice and Linden would be featured.
Bartica would collide with Berbice in a U21 match from 6:00 pm, while Linden and Georgetown would look to reignite their age-old rivalry in the sport in the night’s second match, at 8:00 pm. The event is a collective effort by the associations affiliated to the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), and GBI’s Country Manager Kelvin Singh has said the entity is happy to play its part in helping to sustain the sport of basketball in Guyana.
With the distribution of a wide-range of products, GBI is known for their sponsorship of many sporting events and national athletes.
President of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), Rawle Toney, and president of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), Jermaine Slater, were on hand at GBI’s Beterverwagting Head Office to receive the trophies.
They have each expressed gratitude for the GBI contribution, and highlighted the company’s usual support for local basketball over the years.
Meanwhile, Linden will be led by senior men’s team national players Yannick Tappin, Terron Welch, Harold Adams, Orlon Glasgow, Shane Webster and Captain Stanton Rose Jr.
Quincy Easton, Dennis Niels, Juel Webster, Vibert Benjamin and Daniel Benjamin are the other members of the team, coached by Kevin Joseph, Junior Rodney and Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid.
The Georgetown team will depend on players Dominic Vincent, Nikolai Smith, Jude Corlette, Shamaar Hunt, Travis Belgrave and Elijah David.
Ravens’ Marlon Rodrigues and National Coach Junior Hercules will dictate the bench for the ‘City Boys’.