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Letter to the Sports Editor…What is happening with basketball in Guyana?

May 30, 2013 Sports

 

 

Dear Editor,
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is dormant and nothing has emerged from the Executive since 2011, which leads to the question: Where is basketball in Guyana going?
Basketball as a sport requires a Strategic Plan so that critical areas like Coaching, Physical Infrastructure, Refereeing and Financing can be targeted for action.
Without a Strategic Plan basketball will not emerge from its dormant state, which means that development of local talent will be stymied and those with potential will gravitate to other sports or quit basketball completely.
The basketball fraternity is clamoring for action and is urging the GABF Executive to galvanise itself and present to the sporting public an Action Plan that will move basketball from its present state to one of vibrancy and thus ensure that basketball once again claims its rightful place.
The GABF has to take the lead in encouraging its affiliates to develop basketball at their levels and must be able to do so in a positive way. The structure of any sport requires a solid foundation and in this regard, the body, tasked with the development of sport must facilitate the process and initiate dialogue among the parties to stimulate development interest.
The question that arises here is whether the GABF is a part of the National Sports Commission and further, if there is a relationship through which the concerns of basketball could be addressed and, whether plans for basketball were advanced at that level.
The structure of sport in Guyana as envisaged follows thus: Ministry of Sport’!National Sports Commission’!National Federations’! Associations’! Clubs’! Players’! Coaches, etc.  The stakeholders that are Government, National Sports Commission, Federations, Associations, Clubs, Players, etc, all have interests and these interests must be served. For these interests to be served there must be meetings to ventilate issues and plot the way forward. When that is done, it can create concrete plans to move the system of the sport forward.
Merle Casey
President
Pepsi Sonics Basketball
Club

 

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