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GABF lifts Roberts’ ban after one year

Sep 11, 2015 Sports

– Player paid $60,000 fine

Embattled local basketball player, Dwayne Roberts got a new lease on his career yesterday when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) decided to lift a ban imposed last year, after an infraction over returning national uniforms.
Roberts was one of the players, who refused to return the national uniform handed to him ahead of the Caribbean Championships last year, as the team’s management had mandated. Roberts has been no stranger to disciplinary issues in the sport.
The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) had issued the former national basketball player with a six-year ban following his throwing of a basketball that injured a referee and verbal accosting of LABA General Secretary, Joe Chapman.
Roberts also had his fare share of run-ins with former GABF President, late, Godwin McPherson following his return from a youth camp in Australia. However, after deliberations, the GABF has granted Roberts amnesty. The full document is below:
“Mr. Joe Chapman
Secretary
Linden Amateur Basketball Association
Linden, Guyana
Dear Mr. Chapman,
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) after several meetings; including meeting with Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) and Retrieve Raiders Basketball Club has unanimously decided to reinstate Mr. Dwayne Roberts to play basketball; after the following occurred:
1. Mr. Roberts served a ban for at least one year. The ban was in effect from August 1, 2014 and was fixed for a period of one year.
2. Mr. Roberts paid a fine of $60,000 in September 2015.
3. GABF uniforms were returned to the Federation by Mr. Roberts in March of 2015.
Other additional disciplinary fines instituted in July 2014 against Mr. Roberts were waived by the Federation. The GABF welcomes Mr. Roberts’s eligibility to represent his Club, LABA and Guyana – with immediate effect.
The GABF looks forward to Mr. Robert’s conducting himself in a manner that uplifts the image and development of basketball in Guyana.
Yours Sincerely,
Nigel Hinds
GABF President”

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