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Teams begin to arrive for CBC U16 Championships
The Jamaican U16 Basketball Team and delegation pose for a photo opportunity at Windjammer International Hotel shortly after arriving in Guyana.
Some of the teams that will compete in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Under-16 Championships that will be held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, July 3-16, 2016 have began to arrive in Guyana to seek Caribbean honours.
The top three teams in both male and female championships will qualify for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) U-17 World Championships. Guyana is in Group B with Aruba, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
Guyana will play Aruba in the featured game tomorrow night after an opening ceremony that is scheduled for 7:45pm. Group A features Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, The British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Dominica.
The tournament tomorrow bounces off at 1pm with Bahamas taking on Antigua and Barbuda in a Group A showdown, while Barbados play BVI in the second game and Jamaica take on Suriname in the third game before the Opening Ceremony and Guyana game.
Jamaica and Suriname arrived in Guyana yesterday while all the other teams are expected in the country today.
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