GUYANA Basketball Federation (GBF) Vice Presidents Rawle Toney and Jermaine Slater will represent the local basketball governing body at this year\u2019s FIBA Americas Mid-Term Assembly, scheduled for October 1\u20135 in Mexico City, Mexico.
\nWhile this will be their first time attending the Assembly together, both Toney and Slater are making their second individual appearance. Toney previously attended in 2023 in Miami, while Slater participated last year in Aruba.
\nAccording to a GBF release, the two will join delegates from across FIBA\u2019s Americas Zone at the Assembly, which will address several critical areas of basketball development and governance within the Americas and the Caribbean.
\nGBF President Michael Singh said the Federation remains committed to exposing its executive members to the highest level of basketball governance, ensuring that Guyana\u2019s voice is included in shaping the sport\u2019s direction.
\nSingh noted that the GBF is pleased to have both Vice Presidents at the Assembly, which will also be attended by the Federation\u2019s General Secretary, Patrick Haynes.
\nHowever, Haynes will participate in his capacity as President of CONCENCABA (the Central America and Caribbean Basketball Confederation) and Vice President of FIBA Americas.
\nHaynes is the first Guyanese to head CONCENCABA, one of three sub-zones within FIBA Americas\u2019 governance structure.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo in reality, Guyana will have three members of the GBF present at the Assembly, and we\u2019re hoping to contribute meaningfully to some of the key areas of discussion,\u201d Singh said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Meanwhile, Toney, a veteran sports journalist and former President of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), and Slater, the current President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), both expressed their enthusiasm for attending the Assembly.
\nSince their election to the GBF executive in January 2023, both Toney and Slater have played instrumental roles in advancing local basketball.
\nThey spearheaded transformative initiatives, organised national tournaments, coordinated all national team programmes for both men and women, and successfully staged the historic FIBA 3\u00d73 Quest earlier this year, which was the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean.
\nSingh added that their participation in Mexico will further strengthen the GBF\u2019s capacity to deliver on its mandate, adding, \u201cTheir attendance is not only about being present but about representing Guyana basketball on the international stage and ensuring that our impact is felt.\u201d
\nThe GBF continues to stand out among local sports federations for its commitment to building structures, creating opportunities, and working tirelessly to elevate basketball in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GUYANA Basketball Federation (GBF) Vice Presidents Rawle Toney and Jermaine Slater will represent the local basketball governing body at this year\u2019s FIBA Americas Mid-Term Assembly, scheduled for October 1\u20135 in Mexico City, Mexico. While this will be their first time attending the Assembly together, both Toney and Slater are making their second individual appearance. Toney…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[202,204,116,203],"class_list":["post-5400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-americas-mid-term-assembly","tag-jermaine-slater","tag-patrick-haynes","tag-rawle-toney","article-list-item","animate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gbf-VPs.jpg?fit=1920%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5403,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5400\/revisions\/5403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanabasketball.com\/gy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}