Semifinalists battle for final spots today

F o l l o w i n g t h e preliminary round of the nineteamswhichenteredthe Kings Basketball Club’s 4 x 4 Under 17 competition, the teams emerging to contest thesemifinalsthisafternoon (Saturday) are Kwakwani, Kidrock, and the Kings A andBteams.

From 2:30pm at the Retrieve Hard Court in Wismar, these four teams are clashing to reach the final where several trophiesandreplicasareat stake, compliments of the Brusches Basketball Foundation and United States-based former basketball coach, Gary Stephens.

T o r e a c h t h e semifinals, which were played at the Silvercity

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Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Charles Ramson

Jr, President of the GCB

Bissondyall Singh, National Coordinator Rayon King, Managing Director of RBL Guyana, Stephen Grell, and Deputy Chief Education Officer,DrRiteshTularam.

Hard Court, Kings B ended on top with 58 points after winning three andlosingonegameinthe preliminary round of the tournament, which was played last weekend at the samevenue

They face the KingsA, who ended with 34 points from two wins and two defeats, as Kwakwani and Kidrock B both finished with three wins and one loss, scoring 45 and 35 points, respectively, to take the second and third spots, causing them to contest the other semifinal spot.

Those clubs that were eliminated were Block 22 Flames,VictoryalleyRoyals A and B, Retrieve Raiders andKidrockA.

This tournament was coordinatedbyCricketWest Indies (CWI), through the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), with the support of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and under the sponsorship of Republic BankLimitedGuyana.