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Women’s team CBC participation in limbo -Men assured of competing
By Edison Jefford
President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), Nigel Hinds has said that they have available funding to the send the men’s basketball team to the Caribbean Championship but the women’s team may be affected owed to inadequate funds.
Hinds had stated last week that the federation is in need of about US$35,000 more to send both of the teams to the Caribbean Confederation Championships (CBC) in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) July 1-12. He was updating Kaieteur Sport yesterday.
“We have money to send the men’s basketball team, but that may affect the women if we are to use all the resources on the men,” Hinds informed, adding that he may have to remain in Guyana to ensure that the women can secure enough funding to participate.
Nigel Hinds
The national men’s team, currently 19 players, will be further reduced to 14 players this weekend to form the touring roster. The men are expected to depart for Tortola on Sunday with the women scheduled to leave on July 6 for the same British Virgin Island.
“We want to cover both teams (financially) and right now we do not have enough for both teams; we have enough for the men. We know for sure that the men are going,” Hinds continued, adding that they need another US$30,000 to send the women’s team.
Funding for national teams has been one of the serious hindrances to the development of local sport. Thus far, Office of the President, GT&T and John Fernandes Limited are among the major sponsors of the teams.
Other sponsors include Guyana Olympic Association, Windjammer Hotel and ANSA McAl. The door is still open for other sponsors as the federation remains in need of US$30,000 to offset the expenditure of their mammoth budget to participate in the 2014 competition.
According to Hinds, the teams are quality units and provide an excellent opportunity to corporate Guyana to support teams that could bring home the prestigious Caribbean title and move forward to the CentroBasket or Central American Championships.
“I have watched these players in awe and the leadership of former NBA player, Rawle Marshall and his skill-set is just amazing. He has become very valuable to the team, which is very strong, has experience and knowledge combined,” Hinds indicated.
The GABF President has said that all the locally-based players’ game has raised and Guyana will be very proud if both teams play to their potential in the British Virgin Islands. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has not responded to the GABF request for funding; the federation will host a fund raising party at the New Palm Court Thursday night.
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