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Guyana U17 Team selected for Central America and Caribbean Basketball C/ships
Guyana will be participating in the Under 17 Central America& Caribbean Basketball
Nigel Bowen
Championships (CentroBasket), which is scheduled to take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from July 26 to July 30 of 2017.
The selection of the Guyana U17 Basketball team has been finalised to play in the Championships. The trials concluded on July 8, 2017, with twelve players being selected from the squad by Head Coach – Lugard Mohan and the assistant coaches.
Returning to Guyana to play in the CentroBasket Championship is United States based Guyanese Kevon Wiggins, who is a 6’0 starting Guard at the Evander High School in Bronx New York. Wiggins was the leading scorer for Guyana in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) U16 – 2016.
Guyana will also benefit from the coaching expertise of Kenneth Avent of the United States of America. Avent is a player development specialist, with FIBA and is also a USA Basketball Licensed Coach and Youth Development Specialist, Gloucester Times – Coach of the year and was also awarded American Professional Basketball League coach of the year for 2016. Mr. Avent will be joining the team on July 14th.
Other countries participating in the CentroBasket U17 Championships are Jamaica, Bahamas, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and US Virgin Islands. Guyana is in Group A
Roydon Glasgow
alongside Mexico, Bahamas, and Puerto Rico.
The team will be encamped from July 14-24, 2017 and will train twice daily at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from Saturday, July 15. A press release from the GABF said it expects that the high level of the competition will expose its youths to the intense training required to succeed at the international level. In addition, the exposure will also impart self-confidence, patriotism, and discipline among our youths.
The team will depart Guyana on July 25 and return on August 1, 2017. The Guyana delegation will consist of the following players: Nigel Bowen, Tramine Brown, Kelmar Carmichael, Akeem Crandon, Shamar France, Roydon Glasgow, Jether Harris, Andrew Johnson, Jermaine King, Kevon Wiggins, Anthony Yanson and Jahleel Young.
The coaching staff will be led by Lugard Mohan, Head Coach, Kenneth Avent, Assistant Coach, Andrew Hercules, Assistant Coach/Manager, and Jonas Anestal, Physical Trainer.
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