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Clarke engages GBOC in workshop
By Edison Jefford
President of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC), Glyne Clarke engaged the Guyana Basketball Officials Council (GBOC) in a workshop on Saturday at Cara Lodge following what was an official signing
CBC President, Glyne Clarke (left) speaks with officials and coaches at Cara Lodge on Saturday last during a workshop. GABF President, Nigel Hinds is seated at head table.
ceremony for the CBC U-16 Championships.
Clarke, who is a former FIBA referee, Vice-President of CBC for Technical Operations and now FIBA Americas Referees Instructor was in Guyana for a series of meetings to ratify Guyana as the official host of the CBC U-16 Championships.
Barbadian Clarke met with the Ministers of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine and Dr. Nicolette Henry and also toured the host facility, Cliff Anderson Sports Hall as part of his official schedule before ratifying Guyana as the host of the tournament.
However, Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) and GBOC could not allow Clarke to return to Barbados without seeking out his vast experience in the field of officiating. Thus, he sat down with local referees and coaches for a workshop.
“The modern philosophy of the game is about the player and not the officials,” Clarke told those present. He said that you will find FIBA officials making much less calls than what obtains at the domestic level with referees.
According to Clarke, that was apparent when Guyana hosted two FIBA accredited referees for its National Basketball Club Championships two weeks ago. Clarke informed that comparatively he learnt that the FIBA officials made less calls.
The workshop briefly focused on the psychology of officiating, modern officiating, referees and coaches relationship and table officiating. The need to strengthen Guyana’s official pool became clear following the imbroglio of the national final on March 19 when Linden’s, Retrieve Raiders walked off the court to protest what it believed was poor officiating.
The GABF engaged a number of sources, including distinguished academic and former FIBA international licensed referee, Jay Mandle, who is a W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics at Colgate University and co-author of ‘Caribbean Hoops: The Development of West Indian Basketball’, which has an entire chapter on Refereeing.
Clarke was the latest in a series of efforts to educate local officials with the aim of improving the overall standard of the game here, especially since Guyana will be hosting around 10 Caribbean countries for the U-16 Championships in July.
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