Schools’ Basketball bounces off tomorrow

YBG Linden Regional U-19

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) has organised the Linden Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Under 19 Linden Regional Zone Conference for schools in Linden.
This is a tournament in which six Linden schools are participating for a chance to represent Linden in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National Basketball Festival, which will be staged from June 28 in Georgetown, after the conclusion of this tournament.
The Linden tournament bounces off tomorrow (Friday) with two matches being played at the Mackenzie High School hard court. These opening matches are: game one, home team Mackenzie High meeting Linden Foundation Secondary from 14.00hrs; and game two, Linden Technical Institute clashing with Wisburg Secondary from 16.00hrs.
The tournament continues on Saturday with a triple-header starting at 13.00hrs, when Wisburg Secondary and Mackenzie High collide; to be followed by New Silvercity Secondary and Linden Technical Institute meeting at 14.30hrs, and Christianburg-Wismar Secondary (Multi) and Linden Foundation Secondary going head-to-head from 16.00hrs.
The tournament has trophies and medals for the top three teams, and will initially be played on a round-robin format to determine the semifinalists and then the finalists.
The tournament will continue next Monday with a double header, and it is anticipated that play would be very competition
Participating players must be born on January 1, 2000 or after to be eligible for this tournament, and any team that plays an over-aged player will not get any points for that game and will automatically forfeit the game.
Teams are to receive two points for a win, and one point for their efforts in a loss.
Details of any protest must be written and lodged with the organisers, the LABA, within twenty-four hours of the completion of the game in dispute.