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CBC Championship is GABF’s immediate focus – Hinds
By Rawle Toney
NEWLY elected president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds is wasting no time in getting to work on restoring the sport to the glory it once enjoyed in the days when Guyana was a regional dominant force. “Vice-president Michael Singh and I would be heading to Puerto Rico for the CBC Congress this Saturday. So much has been happening around us and the fact that we just sat here and were doing nothing, we were left behind. There were some changes made coming from FIBA and we want to catch up,” the GABF said. The Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) had summoned their affiliates to meet in Puerto Rico, where a number of issues, primarily that of its Championships, which will be played in the British Virgin Island July 1-5 with the Men’s tournament and the women July 8-12. “Guyana is sending two teams to that championship” Hinds said, adding “But with that comes with a number of responsibilities and we at the GABF are prepared to go into overdrive immediately - which makes our going to the Congress very important. It’s costly but we understand the importance so we will be funding ourselves. It’s important to understand that nothing is
handed over to us (the new executives) as yet but we understand the importance. It’s something we have to do” Hinds told Chronicle Sport that the CBC has announced that come 2015, none of its affiliate national associations will be allowed to participate in the Championship, unless they participate at the junior games - something he fully supports. “This is something that had to be done, because it will force some of those Federations that do absolutely nothing and also force you to invest in the youth which in turn means that you will have a nursery of players”. He added, “With that, we have to also get YBG (Youth Basketball Guyana) on board, have them a part of the GABF and lend support to what they have been doing over the years with youth basketball. It’s important that we sit with them and iron out whatever issues they had with the previous administration and let’s get things rolling from now.” Looking ahead, Hinds said that from now the “CBC Championship is the GABF’s immediate focus. We will be hosting our inter-association championship in February and that will serve as our selection process and then we’ll work on getting those guys together and having them properly prepared. They did well at the last championship and we’ll be working hard to make sure that they have an even better result this time around.” However, Hinds explained that he will have to bring his profession in to work while highlighting the GABF’s challenge See page 31
New GABF president Nigel Hinds
Deandra Dottin suspended for a year
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) - The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday announced the suspension of star player Deandra Dottin for breaching a Code of Conduct during a Twenty20 match last year. Dottin, the first woman to score a century in Twenty20 International cricket, will miss the upcoming tour to New Zealand as part of her suspension. She will also undergo counselling, monitoring and evaluation for a period of 12 months. “The charge was that under Rule No. 6 of the WICB’s Code of Conduct she did ‘engage in beDeandra Dottin will also undergo counselling, monitoring and haviour unbecoming that could bring the game of evaluation for a period of 12 months.
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cricket into disrepute or be harmful to the interests of cricket,” said a statement released by WICB. “On December 16, 2013 Dottin met with the WICB’s Disciplinary Committee where on review of the presentations and evidence presented to the Tribunal she was found guilty of the charge.” The incident occurred during last year’s Women’s Tri-Nation T20 Series in Barbados. Despite her misconduct, she was named Player-ofthe-Series as the West Indies beat England to win the Twenty20 International tri-series on home soil late. Dottin has apologised for her actions and will be
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014