Banks DIH Limited, the organizers of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Championship, has revealed that a National Streetball League is in the embryonic stages.
This was revealed by Guinness Brand Executive Lee Baptiste at the launch of the tournament’s 10th season, which commences today at the Pouderoyen Tarmac with the 5th edition of the West Demerara/East Bank Demerara sub-meet.
According to Baptiste, We feel we have our sub-meets then our national championships and to crown it off to say you are the real Greatest of the them all. It is not being confirmed yet, we need to work on logistics but from all indications it will be a go.”
Baptiste disclosed that the event once green-lighted, will feature the best teams from the various zones and will be played over a nine-day period.
Presently, the popular Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Season features several zones. They are West Demerara, Linden, Berbice, East Coast Demerara, Georgetown and Bartica, with the National Championship the crowned jewel. He further disclosed that while the company is open to the idea of expanding the zonal tournaments into other regions, that decision will be made following consultation in the future.
Baptiste affirmed, “We want to showcase the positive vibes the players are showcasing through football and the hope is that once we can bring it to the public’s viewing, the players will be forced to operate at standard where persons in the community can look up to them.”
