G-Boats Guyana donates $1.8million to YBG

Mar 17, 2021 Sports

YBG’s Chris Bowman (2nd from left), collecting the sponsorship cheque from Edison Chouest Offshore representative Daniel LaFont in the presence of YBG’s Rayad Boyce (1st from left) and Ross Chouest (2nd from right).

Kaieteur News – Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG), the body that organizes the long-running National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF), has received a timely boost that will definitely help with the development of the sport locally, after signing a lucrative partnership with international firm, Edison Chouest Offshore and its local subsidiary G-Boats Guyana.
This was confirmed during a simple presentation ceremony staged yesterday at the Sonic Business Services headquarters, Alberttown. Chris Bowman, director of YBG, revealed that the sponsorship company totaled a sum of $1,800,000.
He further revealed that systems are being implemented for a possible restart in July-August period. However, Bowman conceded that any attempts to resume activities will be dependent on the prevailing Covid-19 climate.
According to Bowman, “This is not a tournament being launched. This is just a restart strategy…this year when we do launch a tournament it will be a downsized tournament in the first instance and initially, we are going to be working with schools that have facilities or access to facilities so the tournament becomes more local in this new pandemic era.”
He further disclosed that the entity will commence the process of working with teachers and coaches who are attached to schools that have the requisite facilities. This he stated forms part of the resocialisation process.
Meanwhile, Daniel LaFont, representative of Edison Chouest Offshore and G-Boats Guyana stated that the company is excited to formulate the partnership, adding, “We saw that basketball was sort of the lower tier sport; you got the cricket, the soccer (football), and I have been to field hockey as well and we were like where is the basketball.”
He further added, “This is what we are looking for, something that helps the youth of Guyana, something that helps them develop, something that keeps them focused, something that teaches them more than basketball but teaches them how to be men and women.”

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