Brusches Basketball Foundation donate backboards to Mackenzie Primary School

Oct 29, 2021 Sports

Kaieteur News – The Mackenzie Primary School received a pair of basketball backboards through the US based Brusches Basketball Foundation (BBF) and Luckie Lawson, a past resident of the area where the school is located in Kara Kara, Linden.

Headmistress Ms. Camille Cummings at centre (front row) along with James Brusche (standing right) pose with Teachers and students following the Basketball clinic.

The presentation on Tuesday last took place on a miniaturized concrete court in the compound of the Schooland was done by former National Captain James Brusche to Head Teacher Ms Camille Cummings.
Brusche informed that every other year the BBF conducts clinics for school children in Guyana and his siblings who are also former National players, Clifton and Michael, who created the foundation, are committed to the development of the game locally.
Prior to conducting the basketball clinic, 25 boys and girls were presented with uniforms, compliments of the BBF. Speaking with the kids at the clinic, James Brusche said, “We hope this will help you in the future as basketball is life, people from all walks of life have played it….we hope these few exercises we are going to give you today will do you well, being away from your laptops and gadgets.”
Attending the presentation was Regional Chairman of Region Ten (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) Mr. Deron Adams who lauded the efforts of the BBF, noting its significance from the point of view that persons in the Diaspora were giving back.
“A child’s involvement in sport helps to improve many things, social interaction, confidence and of course it improves his thinking, because of course, you have to listen,” Adams said.
He congratulated the Brusches Basketball Foundation for mirroring his vision to assist those children in various communities, through training. Chairman Adams said he looked forward to government implementing programmes with various Coaches employed to impart their knowledge at the Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools, knowing that Linden and the region have been producing top class athletes over the years.
In accepting the two imported backboards, Headmistress Ms. Camille Cummings, thanked the Brusches Basketball Foundation and donors on behalf her staff, parents and pupils. Ms. Cummings assured James Brusche that they would take good care of the equipment.
The basketball clinic allowed the kids to learn the basics in passing, dribbling and shooting which was conducted by Brusche, assisted by Caeron Sealey.

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