“One Guyana” Basketball League: “This tournament was a success” – Minister Ramson

The inaugural “One Guyana” Basketball League which concluded on Saturday last has been deemed a success by
none other than Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.
The Ravens have clinched the title over the Stabroek Eagles in the proverbial mother of all basketball tournaments to be played in Guyana.
Speaking with media operatives, Minister Ramson said, “It has been an extremely successful tournament, and I’m extremely pleased as well with how the tournament started and how it continued up until it got to the end, which was a fluent performance. This tournament was a success by every means: successful from a player’s standpoint, a fan’s standpoint, a sponsorships’ standpoint, and of course from a government standpoint.”
The Sport Minister went on to address the level of competitiveness demonstrated in the league by stating, “What we saw here tonight, and what we saw on many Saturdays, was that the appetite is clear, there is a very strong interest in the game, and the level of basketball and the competitiveness of it is really what drove the interest in the game.”

The minister further discussed the commitment made at the launch of this league to livestream the games to benefit sponsors and the teams. He shared, “When we made the commitment that we were going to stream the finals, that is something that we all saw, and now that footage is available to everyone forever. Players can now come and look back at the game, examine their strengths and weaknesses, and I am sure that we are gonna reach to the point where all of the games are being streamed, not necessarily on the ministry’s page at all time, but the finals definitely. But what that does is that it gives the sponsors immense value for money too.”
The “One Guyana” Basketball League commenced on August 12, 2023 with 14 teams divided into two conferences, the Harpy Eagle Conference and the Jaguar Conference. The league was sponsored by the Culture, Youth and Sports Ministry; G-Boats Guyana; National Sports Commission, Guyana Basketball Federation, and Georgetown Basketball Federation. All games were played at The National Gymnasium. (Omar McKenzie)