GBI supports tonight’s ‘Basketball Bounce Back’ at Burnham Court - Linden,

Georgetown ready to reignite rivalry

Guyana Breweries Inc. (GBI) pledged their support for tonight’s ‘Basketball Bounce back’activity at the Burnham Basketball Court, featuring players from Georgetown, Bartica, BerbiceandLinden.

Bartica and Berbice will collide in a U21 match-up from 6:00 pm, while Linden andGeorgetownwilllookto reignite their age-old rivalry in the sport in the night’s secondmatchat8:00pm.

The event is a collective effort by the associations affiliated to the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), and GBI’s Country Manager, KelvinSingh,saidtheentity is happy to play its part in helpingtosustainthesportof basketball in Guyana. With the distribution of a widerange of products, GBI is known for their sponsorship ofmanysportingeventsand national athletes. President of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), Rawle Toney, and presidentoftheGeorgetown

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Association (GABA), Jermaine Slater, were on h a n d a t G B I ’ s Beterverwagting Head Office to receive the trophies.

They were grateful for GBI’s contribution and highlighted the company’s usual support for local basketballovertheyears.

Meanwhile, Linden will be led by senior men’s team

National Players Yannick Tappin, Terron Welch, Harold Adams, Orlon Glasgow,ShaneWebsterand CaptainStantonRoseJr

Quincy Easton Dennis Niels, Juel Webster, Vibert Benjamin, and Daniel Benjamin are the other members of the team coached by Kevin Joseph, JuniorRodneyandAbdullah ‘Zico’Hamid.

The Georgetown team will depend on players such asDominicVincent,Nikolai Smith, Jude Corlette, Shamaar Hunt, Travis BelgraveandElijahDavid.

Ravens’ Marlon Rodrigues and National Coach Junior Hercules will dictate the bench for the ‘CityBoys’.