– PC, Marian ladies favourites for first female title
Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) has revealed the date for the highly anticipated seventh edition of the Titan Bowl basketball championships. The tournament will last for three days beginning from Friday, December 15 and ending with the respective finals on Sunday, December 17. Since there was no Titan Bowl last year, the Linden Technical Institute (LTI) who won the 2015 edition will be aiming to defend their title.
This year for the first time there will be a full female tournament with three schools fighting for supremacy; those schools are President’s College, Marian Academy and Kwakwani Secondary.
Action will tip off in the YBG-Titan Bowl on Friday December 15
In the male segment of the Titan Bowl, nine teams have been drawn into three pools of three with St Rose’s High School, Marian Academy and McKenzie High School in Pool A. Over in Pool B, Kwakwani Secondary, Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and Georgetown Technical Institute will battle for progression. In Pool C the likes of President’s College, Plaisance Secondary and Bishop’s High School will clash.
Speaking to Guyana Times Sport exclusively, YBG Coordinator Chris Bowman pointed out that the “Titan Bowl has always provided the right climax for schools’ basketball, being the last tournament for the calendar year; it is also used to rank the school teams.”
Bowman also noted that in all the teams participating in the tournament, there are quality players which will make for an intriguing contest.
While the defending U-19 champions are LTI, Kwakwani has always been a dangerous outfit along Plaisance and Mackenzie who all stand a good chance at dethroning the champions.
All games will be played at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 14:00h on Friday, 15:00h on Saturday and the finals will begin at 16:00h on Sunday.
