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GABF retracts sanction of Basketball Clinic
By Calvin Chapman
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has confirmed via correspondence to Kaieteur Sport that it has retracted its sanction to allow Dr.
Michael Singh
Ray Evans of Blazer Elite Academy of Turks & Caicos and Rodney Curry Snr. to host any basketball related activity in Guyana due to numerous negative reports from fellow Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Presidents and their failure to comply with the protocols of the local federation.
The men were invited by the elite coaches of Guyana initially to host basketball workshops and scouting clinics but after other CBC administrators found out that Evans and Curry Snr. were working in Guyana they immediately raised red flags in that they were collecting monies from youngsters for services.
The GABF subsequently spoke with Curry Snr. and Dr. Evans and it was explained that they should sort out their issues with the CBC before continuing basketball related work in Guyana.
Immediately after, the GABF got word of the partners still doing basketball business locally, inclusive of trying to drafting Guyana’s elite players and collecting monies from the student-athletes for recruitment services which goes against the agreement initially made between the GABF and the partners.
In a document seen by Kaieteur Sport titled, “Cease & Desist of all Basketball activity”, which was forwarded to the overseas pair, the head of the GABF, Mike Singh, urged the duo to contact the head of the CBC Glynn Clarke, “To ensure these issues are rectified and solutions on a way forward are highlighted when visiting various countries on basketball projects.”
During an interview with Kaieteur Sport yesterday, Singh elaborated that, “We don’t doubt that these guys may have contacts with schools (colleges) in the U.S. but if other presidents (regional administrators) are calling and complaining about them we need to do our due diligence. The bottom line is if you are going to find spots for kids (in colleges) around the U.S. why these kids need to pay US$150 even though we (the GABF) made it clear that they should not collect monies from the youngsters.”
The administrator further noted that if anyone wants to do any basketball related business in Guyana, they need to follow protocol.
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