New GABA mulls first tourney since taking office

Sep 16, 2011 Sports

– Pacesetters not among registered clubs

After almost eight months in office, the new Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) that was elected earlier this year is mulling what it called a ‘Pre-Season Knockout Tournament’, which is expected to commence on September 27.
A release from the association stated that the tournament will include participation from its eight registered clubs namely Pepsi Sonics, Nirva Knights, Ravens, Melanie Patriots, Guyana Defence Force, Macabees, Panthers and Plaisance Guardians.
Interestingly, the GABA did not list the number two Division One ranked, Courts Pacesetters as one of its registered clubs. The release indicates that the deadline for registration has since closed and clubs interested in playing the GABA League will have to pay a $2500 late registration fee.
“The registration deadline has passed and therefore any club interested in playing in (the) GABA League beginning after the Pre-Season Knockout will have to pay the late registration fee of $2500 along with the regular registration fee and player registration,” the association said, while indicating that October 15 in the deadline for late registration.
Contacted last evening for comment, Coach of the Courts Pacesetters Basketball Club, Robert ‘Bobby’ Cadogan, who is also the National Coach, said that the GABA did not extend an invitation to his club to participate in the tournament.
“I was speaking to an official of the GABA only this morning (yesterday morning) and I was telling him that even though we are not registered, they were expected to write the club inviting them to participate in their first tournament,” Cadogan said.
He admitted that Pacesetters did not register because the fees and the documents to do so were all stolen from his car during the registration period.
Cadogan said that Pacesetters is willing to play in the tournament but received no formal notification.
“This is definitely starting on the wrong foot. I really don’t know what is going on with whatever tournament they have because I was not informed appropriately.
You do not do business like this at all, but we are willing to play,” Cadogan, who was also a former Secretary of the association, told this newspaper last evening.

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