Latest update January 23rd, 2025 7:04 AM
Bartica basketball camp concludes
The second annual Bartica basketball camp, which was sponsored by Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (GKRS) and Banks DIH limited, concluded in that town on Sunday and Andrew Hercules, head of the Hercules Basketball Academy that organised the workshop, has hailed the three-day camp as successful.
One of the training sessions during last weekend’s Bartica Basketball Camp.
Some 20 youths in the 6-18 years age groups in that town signed up for the camp that was free of cost and they were instructed primarily on the fundamentals of the sport namely, dribbling, passing, shooting and defensive techniques.
The camp also featured workshops based on the rules of the game along with scholarship guidance and valuable life skills were also thought to the youths.
On Saturday and Sunday night, Plaisance Guardians of Georgetown Basketball Association bounced with Bartica Wranglers in two exhibition matches which were both won by the Guardians. The first match finished 32-30, while Sunday’s match finished 57-50. Terrence Daniels was awarded the MVP of the series.
Hercules also serves as the head coach of Guyana’s senior men’s basketball team and in an invited comment with Kaieteur Sport following the camp; he listed six players that he believes requires attention by the National Selectors. Those players are:
1. Dearon Canterbury
2. Joshua Garraway (most Improved & MVP of the Camp)
3. Giovanni Tracy
4. Ian Gomes Most Skilled
5. Tryese Gomes Most. Talented
6. Rhsy Belle
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