Category

WOMEN
30
Apr
2023

Kwakwani Untouchables (A) won the inaugural Guyana Basketball Federation National 3×3 Women’s Championships.

Led by an MVP-winning performance from Kennesha Leacock, the Kwakwani Untouchables ‘A’ team played undefeated yesterday to win the inaugural Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) National Women’s 3×3 Championships. The tournament featured Kwakwani Untouchables (two teams), President’s College (two teams), UG Trojans and Linden Raiders, playing in a round-robin format to determine the winner. The teams...
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29
Apr
2023

W. Rambaran Services Inc. supports GBF National Women’s 3×3 Championship

Prominent local transportation, lifting and logistic services provider W. Rambaran Services Inccame to the aid of the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) for their April 29 inaugural NationalWomen’s 3×3 tournament.The Burnham Basketball will play host to the round-robin format tournament, featuring theUniversity of Guyana Trojans (two teams), President’s College (two teams), Kwakwani (twoteams), and Linden.Rebecca Ganesh,...
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24
Apr
2023

GBF National Women’s 3×3 Championship dampened by rain

–  Tournament rescheduled to April 29 The rain had the final say on Saturday when the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) attempted to host its inaugural National Women’s 3×3 Championship in Linden. The Retrieve Hard Court was set to host the GBF’s first competition for 2023, and scores of players had travelled to the Mining Town to...
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18
Jul
2020

World Association of Basketball Coaches to feature Women in Basketball Coaches Clinics series

MIES (Switzerland) – Following the World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) initiative to support the global basketball community of coaches during the COVID-19 pandemic period, a six week Women in Basketball Coaches Clinics series conducted by pre-eminent female coaches will be launched. These clinics wholeheartedly support and endorse one of the FIBA’s main strategic pillars for...
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26
Jun
2020

FIBA takes important steps to increase opportunities for female referees

MIES (Switzerland) – FIBA is taking action to ensure there is an increase of licensed FIBA female referees around the world in the new cycle of the FIBA Game Officials Licensing (2021-23). As part of one of the strategic objectives for the 2019-2023 cycle, Women in Basketball, measures are being put in place by FIBA’s...
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09
May
2020

GABF selects Sileena Arjune for FIBA’s Adelante – Women in Basketball Programme

THE Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) announced, yesterday, that it had selected their Youth and Women’s Leader, Sileena Arjune, to participate at the FIBA Adelante – Women in Basketball Programme. The programme, which runs for six weeks, virtually, each Monday beginning May 11, is geared toward strengthening and growing the capacity of each Federation.Sessions will...
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28
Apr
2019

Guyana’s five-year plan to jumpstart women’s basketball

GEORGETOWN (Guyana) — With a healthy male basketball program already rendering results, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Association (GABF) is giving the final touches to a long-term development plan for their female basketball, with the goal of having a national U19 team that may represent them internationally on 2024 and in the future. Federation President Michael...
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