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GABF, CBC unveil official logo, website for U-16 Championships
The Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) and the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has revealed the Official Logo for the 2016 Under-16 Men and Women Championships that will be held in Guyana next month. 
Guyana will host ten teams from the Caribbean sub-zone of International Basketball Federation FIBA to identify the U-16 Caribbean Champions and also qualify the top three men and women teams that will represent CBC at the 2017 Centrobasket U-17 Championships.
The event will be held during July 4-16 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, featuring ten men and seven women teams from the Caribbean. The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will host 42 basketball games over eleven days of keen competition.
The logo was designed to encapsulate Caribbean vibes, using one of Guyana’s symbolic animals, the Jaguar as part of Guyana’s Jubilee Year of Independence.
Meanwhile, CBC launched the official website of the Championships: www.guyana2016.com. The site will have the most current and complete information about this FIBA qualifying Championship in the Caribbean.
The website has the latest information for all participating national teams, including their full rosters, exhibition game results and history of the teams and its players in international competitions, among other details.
Also, the official website will have all the details of the event, including information about the host city – Georgetown, travel advice, tickets, hotels for media and fans, media accreditation and all relevant information as it relates to the Championships.
Throughout the Championship, the website www.guyana2016.com will provide comprehensive coverage with news, live stats, leaders, game reports, photos, video highlights, exclusive interviews, and live broadcast of all games.
The participating men’s national teams are: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and the host Guyana.
The women’s include: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and the host, Guyana.
The Bahamas won both the male and female titles at the last CBC U-16 Championships held in St. John, Antigua in 2008.
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