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Jun 22, 2014 Sports
– Burnett omitted, GT&T commits $500,000
By Edison Jefford
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) shortlisted the National Men’s Basketball team that will
compete at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships in the British Virgin Islands yesterday with the surprise omission of guard, Travis Burnett.
The GABF shortlisted 18 players to continue training for selection on the national touring roster, which, according to Coach, Mark Agard will include 12 players and three standbys for a total of 15 players. No date was identified for the final selection of the team.
The shortlist include former NBA player, Rawle Marshall as Captain, Akeem Kanhai, Andrew Ifill, Andre De Florimonte, Chris Williams, Royston Siland, Dwayne Roberts, Ray Victor, Richard Hall, Ryan Gullen, Ryan Stephney, Shane Webster, Shelroy Thomas, Dave Causway, Tyler Persaud, Keron McKenzie, Kevan Creppy and Gordon Klaiber.
Of the 18 players selected, eight are overseas-based. McKenzie and Creppy will be joining the squad today, while Klaiber, who plays professional basketball in Japan, is scheduled to arrive in Guyana later this week owed to family commitments.
Burnett, who Kaieteur Sport saw among the squad at Friday night’s practice session, has been an intense play-maker and defensive guard for the Trinity Grid Holding Pacesetters team. Burnett is the leader of Pacesetters’ offence and is skilful in the paint.
His omission is one of the big surprises in the team, more so given that Victory Valley Royals’ shooting guard, Chris Williams and Colts’ Dave Causway made the latest cut. Burnett’s statistics over the last few years ranks him among the top guards in Guyana.
He was the last player to single-handedly win the male Inter-Guiana Games title for Guyana. His non-selection is definitely one of the big surprises so far; speaking to this newspaper Friday night Burnett seemed very anxious about his national senior debut. However, based on this most recent development, the wait continues for the top local point guard.
Meanwhile, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has stepped up with support for the team in the form of a $500,000 contribution. The CBC Championship will be held from July 1-12 with Guyana’s male team expected to depart on June 29, and the female team on July 6; the federation indicated that it would like to recognise GT&T as an official sponsor.
The uniform of the Guyana teams will bear the logos of GT&T and John Fernandes Limited. E-Networks is expected to carry the games live. Other sponsors of the national teams for CBC are Office of the President, Guyana Olympic Association, Windjammer Hotel and Ansa McAl. The door is still open to other sponsors as the federation remains in need of US$35,000 to offset the expenditure of their mammoth budget to participate in the 2014 competition.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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