{"id":19479,"date":"2024-05-07T18:40:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19479"},"modified":"2024-05-07T18:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:40:35","slug":"gaba-u23-tournament-heats-up-with-exciting-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gaba-u23-tournament-heats-up-with-exciting-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"GABA U23 Tournament Heats Up with Exciting Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tyriq Walters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue will witness thrilling basketball action today as four formidable teams, namely North Ruimveldt Ravens, Lenora D-Up Rising Stars, Black Caimans, and Wortmanville Pacesetters, prepare to battle it out on the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GABA U23 Tournament, featuring twelve teams divided into two groups (A and B), is in full swing, with tonight&#8217;s matchups showcasing the talents of emerging players from Lenora D-Up Rising Stars against North Ruimveldt Ravens, and Black Caimans against Wortmanville Pacesetters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These four teams are set to make their debut in the prestigious 2024 GABA Club Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jermaine Slater, President of the Georgetown Basketball Association (GABA), expressed satisfaction with the tournament&#8217;s progress, highlighting the platform it provides for young players to showcase their skills and potentially transition into the upcoming One Guyana League season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The youth version of the One Guyana League serves as a building ground for our basketball talent. Some of these players may become available for the new season, making this tournament instrumental in talent development,&#8221; Slater remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further noted the encouraging progress seen in the standard of play among the participating teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slater emphasized the importance of fundamental training sessions for players and commended teams for their dedication to honing their skills, attributing the tournament&#8217;s success to their hard work and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So far, it&#8217;s been surprisingly good. The youths playing in this tournament demonstrate a solid understanding of the game, and the fundamentals are evident in their performance,&#8221; Slater added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GABA U23 Tournament, which commenced on April 27, is scheduled to run until June 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excitement continues to build as the competition intensifies, with three games already played and notable victories secured by the Meadow Brook Nets, Kwakwani Untouchables, and Cummingsburg Bounty Colts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the tournament progresses, basketball enthusiasts eagerly anticipate more electrifying matchups and outstanding displays of skill from the talented young athletes taking part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue will witness thrilling basketball action today as four formidable teams, namely North Ruimveldt Ravens, Lenora D-Up Rising Stars, Black Caimans, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19481,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19479\/revisions\/19481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}