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Guyanese men had dominating moments at Caribbean Basketball Championships

May 06, 2009 Sports

Dear Editor,

Although The Land of Many Waters never won the male version of the then Caricom Basketball Championship, several players left an indelible mark with some outstanding performance during the inaugural tournament in Georgetown, Guyana 1981.

Stanislaus Hadmon became the first player in the Caribbean to aggregate over one hundred points at a Caricom Tournament. The Guyanese finished that historical event with 121 points from five matches; he had 24 points against Dominica, 24 against Antigua/Barbuda, 17 against Jamaica, 22 vs. Barbados and 34 in the third place game against Barbados. His tournament average of 24.2 points a game is second to none by a Guyanese at the Caricom championship level; his 34 points against Barbados equaled the then tournament record set by Jamaican Wayne Sapleton vs. Trinidad & Tobago. Earlier in the preliminaries, Hadmon was also perfect from the free throw line.

Throughout the tournament, two other Guyanese took centre stage during the 1988 Championship also held in Guyana; Auric Tappin received trophies for the tournament most points (84) and best offensive player, while captain Leon Christian was the tournament’s leading rebounder. He also received the best defensive trophy and during the 1991 Championship in Jamaica, centre Sean Semple was the tournament’s leading shot blocker, he also had one of the competition’s biggest games with 21 points and 16 rebounds against the Cayman Islands.

Auric Tappin again was the Land of Many Waters leading scorer with an aggregate of 75 points, becoming the first Guyanese to win selection to the Caricom All Stars Team consecutively following his 1988 selection.

Lugard Mohan’s outstanding performance during the 1994 Championship in Guyana made him the tournament’s leading swingman and selection to the Caricom All Stars team in his first Caricom Championship for the Land of Many Waters.

Lugard again was the most outstanding point guard at the 1995 Championship in the Bahamas. At that tournament he emulated fellow Guyanese Auric Tappin by being selected on Consecutive All Stars teams and during the 1996 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago. He became the first Guyanese Basketball captain to aggregate over one hundred points at a Caricom championship at the 2000 tournament in Barbados.

He went a step further by becoming the first Guyanese to aggregate over 100 points twice at a Caricom Basketball tournament his six three pointers on seven tries is still one of the most outstanding feats at a Caricom Championship and also 22 points in one half against Jamaica.

Let’s hope whenever a Hall of Fame Caricom Basketball selection is announced, these outstanding Guyanese will be considered. So whether it’s Godwin McPherson or another president, the Guyanese Basketball fraternity should ensure that there is more Hadmon’s, Mohan’s, Tappin’s, Semple’s and Christian’s. Former US President Richard Nixon once quoted “you can’t be called the finest steel if you didn’t pass through the hottest fire”.

Please find below the Guyanese players with the most appearance at Caricom championship:

Robert Cadogan – 31 games

Leon Christian – 26 games

Auric Tappin – 25 games

Mark Agard – 25 games

Lugard Mohan – 24 games

Lorenzo Withrite – 24 games

Steven Nurse – 23 games

James Brushe – 22 games

Eon Andrews – 17 games

Lance Lot Loncke – 23 games

Rawlwin Loncke – 18 games

Remington Ram – 18 games

Don Fletcher – 14 games

Orin Mohan – 13 games

Dayne Kendall – 13 games

Robert Byass – 13 games

Sean Semple – 13 games

Nigel Hinds – 13 Games

George Sharpies – 13 Gaines

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