Nation’s top basketball clubs seek semi-final place

Mar 07, 2014 Sports

– GABF ‘Road to Mecca’ down to Super Eight

The Nation’s eight top clubs will seek places in the semi-final of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca’ nation-wide club championships on Sunday with the Super Eight playoffs of the competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The tournament attracted participation from the Linden, Georgetown and Berbice Basketball Associations with sixteen teams drawn from the three sub-associations for the first round last weekend at the ‘Mecca’ of local basketball, the

Nation’s top basketball clubs seek semi-final place.

Sports Hall.
Eight teams were booted from the competition following eight games last weekend. Another four games, this time quarterfinal match-ups, will be played on Sunday to decide the teams that will be heading to the Final Four slated for March 16 at the same venue.
In the first half of the draw, Georgetown’s number two seeded, Colts will play the fourth seeded, Pepsi Sonics at 6am on Sunday, following first round wins last weekend. The next game will be a showdown between Linden’s second seeded, Amelia’s Ward Jets and third seeded Victory Valley Royals.
The third game of the night will feature Linden’s number one seeded, Kings against the fourth ranked, Retrieve Raiders. The last game brings together arguably two of the nation’s top clubs, number one seeded Georgetown club, Trinity Grid Holdings Pacesetters against fourth ranked, Dyna’s Ravens in an epic battle for a semi-final place.
The seeding has ensured that Ravens and Pacesetters do not meet in the semi-final or final as well as ensuring a long-awaited Linden vs Georgetown dual. In a press release yesterday, the GABF has asked that all clubs report to the venue one hour before jump ball.
“Please note on the fixture, uniform colours were already highlighted. We discussed directly with relevant team leaders and administrators, the need for certain teams to fix the number on the front of the vests for clear identification,” the release added.
In an effort to continue to raise the standards of local basketball, the Guyana Basketball Officials Council (GBOC) had circulated a set of rules that will govern officials’ administration of the game, which included teams arriving on time and uniform numbers.
The nation-wide club championships are being held to determine the best club in Guyana as well as to short-list players for the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships, which will be held during July 1-12 in the British Virgin Island of Tortola. (Edison Jefford)