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Letter to the Sports Editor …‘Lollipop bowling’ Bashur A Khan

May 24, 2014 Sports

Dear Sports Editor,
The memo to the Sports Editor in the Guyana Times dated May 22, 2014 and captioned “No Instruction was given to me to stop basketball training on May 14” by Bashur A Khan and also carried by Kaieteur News on the same date is replete with inaccuracies. After reading Khan’s piece, the oft-used phrase by the famous England cricketer and commentator Geoffrey Boycott came to mind; lollipop bowling, a phrase Boycott used when he thought the bowling was weak.
Unlike the clarity provided in the daily articles written by Eyewitness in the Guyana Times, the Eyewitness articles are a cornerstone of my local reading diet; as the eyewitness writer has always intrigued me with his mastery of the English Language, impressive grasp of History, Latin, puns, play on words, general knowledge, and topical issues locally, regionally and globally.
I then browsed the rest of Guyana Times and looking for Dilbert in the Fun Times Section of the Guyana Times, and spotted the Letter to the Sports Editor by the Superintendent of the Sports Hall, Mr. Khan.
The article by written by Mr. Khan is certainly misleading with regards to dates referenced, nature of communication with GABF Vice President of Operations, Mr. Michael Singh, timing of telephone calls from GABF President, and other lollipop illusions; altogether a tortuous read.
The lock out of the basketball players from the Sports Hall occurred on Thursday, May 15th not May 14th as stated in Mr. Khan’s letter. Further, mention was made in Khan’s letter to May 13th as it relates to the whereabouts of Mr. Neil Kumar – a totally irrelevant date; as the imbroglio (Ravi Dev’s seemingly favourite word) that occurred at the National Sports Hall originated from a Stabroek News article dated Wednesday, May 14th captioned “Simply Unacceptable – GABF, not YBG, should be in charge of IGG basketball” and a press release from GABF in Kaieteur News also dated Wednesday, May 14th headlined “GABF names Presidential Squad for Inter Guiana Games”.
The information I received on May 14th from Michael Singh was that Mr. Kumar informed him that all basketball practice sessions were cancelled with immediate effect. The male and female basketball squads in training were unable to access the Sports Hall when they turned up on Thursday May 15th for their practice session as the Sports Hall was locked. I will not rehash what has already been widely published in the local media; it is sufficient for me to say that that Mr. Khan’s epistle likely made Eyewitness think of one of his favourite terms “ambulance chaser”.
Nigel Hinds
GABF President

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