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>>> Letter to the Sport Editor <<< YBG must be complimented
Dear Editor,
First I must congratulate Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) on its 10th Anniversary for the School tournament. I was always a part from the first year as an official or a spectator.
This year I am impressed with the talent I saw from Linden, Kwakwani, New Amsterdam, Corentyne and Georgetown as a spectator and an official. The players who are shortlisted for the Inter- Guiana Games (IGG) are the best and would be the future of Guyana’s Basketball, age ranged 16-19 years old.
Second, that bunch of players are going to need proper guidance for IGG and the future. Now is the time the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has to stand strong and put the right Coaches in place to train and nurture these guys for the future. It is time.
The GABF shortlisted four Coaches, we are at home and I’m sure Suriname and French Guiana is going to come with three or more Coaches. It is time the GABF put a selection panel in place to select our national team along with the Coaches.
After watching the just concluded tournament, the Coaches that stand out are Dave Causway, the Coach from Linden (Kevin Bonnett) and Coach, Willon Cameron from Berbice.
Causway has a lot of experience at that level. He represented Guyana and won at IGG; he also played in Suriname and Trinidad and just came off a tour with the senior team.
Not taking anything away from the other two coaches I named, but he used his experience to win two male titles at the just concluded school tournament. So let’s get it right, four Coaches, Mark Agard, who won IGG at home, Dave Causway, who played and won on the same team that Mark Agard coached and the Linden Coach that won for the first time and Willon Cameron from Berbice as their under-study.
We can’t just put two school Coaches in an international arena. I saw such at the last IGG, so let us be realistic.
My choice of a selection panel along with the Coaches should be Lugard Mohan, former national Captain, Herbert Adams, former national player, Michael Singh, GABF VP of Operations, and Cecil Chin, Technical Director of GABF where everybody will have their 12 players along with the coaches and then do the math to arrive at the best team.
After IGG, with the support of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and corporate sponsors, we should incorporate some other young players along with the squad with the help of the Coaches and selection panel, to nurture them for future International tournaments.
I know with my proposal, the man power named as Coaches and Selection Panel, Guyana at home or abroad will win this year’s IGG basketball tournament and future international tournaments.
For the female team, a lot of work has to be done. The two coaches selected in Ms. Gordon and Ms. Debbie will need some help in preparation. Guyana has the expertise to join heads and hands to win the double, so let’s cooperate all in the best interest of our country.
Dennis Clarke
Editor’s Note: Guyana will no longer host IGG 2015
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