Youth Basketball Guyana (YGB) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) will launch the regional conference segment of the country’s premier school’s basketball championship, the National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) today at Marian Academy, Carifesta Avenue at 11:00am.
The regional zone competition is expected to run from April 30 to May 19 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) and other school/community courts with the respective regional finals being contested on May 26th at the CASH facility.
This year’s event, which is sponsored by Digicel, Beharry Limited and Banks DIH Limited, will see 48 schools competing across five different conferences vying for the chance to participate in the National Championships which begins on July 1t and ends on July 7.
The five contested conferences include the Ancient County Conference (ACC) – New Amsterdam and Corentyne, Diamond Regional’s Conference – East Bank, Country Conference- East Coast, Garden City Conference – Georgetown and Big 10 Regional Conference – Linden.
The first NBSF was played from June 26-30, 2006 involving 18 schools in a single elimination format. From its inception the NSBF has been a joint venture between the NSC and YBG to develop a structured National Schools Basketball Championship.
Presently the initiative has grown to almost 50 schools participating first for ranking in five separate regional tournaments and qualification for the national championships.
National titles are contested at the U14, U17, U20 and girls developmental levels.
The tournament is also used to indentify players for the Junior Elite programme which will afford them the opportunity to be selected for the Inter-Guiana Games.
The NSBF is recognized as the National School Basketball Championships of Guyana.
