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GABF Inter Association Basketball C/ships …Rain has final say as Linden declared champions
Berbice receive game and shot clocks from federation
There was some amount of disappointment as rain had the final say in the conclusion of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation’s Inter Association basketball championships where Linden were declared regional champions as there was no play at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court last Saturday night.
Mark Agard at left, accepts the Shot and Game clocks from
Robert Esseboom (right) while Nigel Hinds (centre) looks on.
Linden had beaten Georgetown in the Men’s clash at Linden 58-50 and lost 71-70 on the return leg. But with a better head to head differential point in the games played and Linden expected to win over Berbice, they were eventually named winners.
In the female category, Linden after winning against Georgetown 59-44 in the only game played, came out as champions when their game was also rained out, while the Under-19 clash between Linden and Berbice, also was not played due to the inclement weather.
But an optimistic president of the federation, Nigel Hinds, offered his comments after he converted the occasion into a handing over ceremony to distribute a new Game Clock and a Shot Clock to the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association.
The BABA was also presented with basketballs and boots with the Linden and Georgetown Amateur Basketball Associations receiving similar donations which were held inside the Mackenzie Sports Club.
Hinds stated that some of the equipment were from the Brooklyn New York area which was sent to the federation and that was what they handing out to member associations. Also included were basketballs and shoes which were donated by Zoley Hunte.
Hinds noted that the federation spent some $150,000 were to set up what would have been the historic clashes in Linden between Berbice and Georgetown and Linden teams in Linden.
These final games were the preparation for national training for the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Men’s and Women’s championships in July.
Hinds reflected that, “It is a disappointment but I still feel happy we had the faith to come up here knowing that I was warned by the president of the Linden association that we are having bad weather in Linden. For this historic occasion we thought that we really wanted to have Berbice in Linden and we managed to do so.
Even though we didn’t get to play games we hope that this is just the beginning and that we would get an enclosed facility so that will allow play to occur regardless if rain falls or otherwise.”
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