{"id":19882,"date":"2024-05-28T12:36:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19882"},"modified":"2024-05-28T12:36:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:36:07","slug":"laba-league-bounces-off-on-may-26-five-teams-to-participate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/laba-league-bounces-off-on-may-26-five-teams-to-participate\/","title":{"rendered":"LABA LEAGUE BOUNCES OFF ON MAY 26 &#8211; FIVE TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Tracey Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) is set to host its 2024 Senior League, commencing on Independence Day, May 26. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five teams will be vying for the championship in this highly anticipated tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams competing in this year&#8217;s tournament are the Victory Valley Royals, Retrieve Raiders, Central Mackenzie Kings, Amelia\u2019s Ward Jets, and Block 22 Flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dawn Barker, President of LABA, shared that the tournament will feature a group stage format before progressing to knockout rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed optimism about community support as the association strives to revive interest in basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We recently resuscitated the league, and we had our initial meetings&#8230; I see it being a very exciting time for basketball&#8230; now we are bringing basketball back,&#8221; said Barker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament has garnered significant support, with Nigel Hinds serving as a key sponsor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Barker highlighted his contribution, noting, &#8220;We have sponsorship; one of our main sponsors is Mr. Nigel Hinds, who recently donated funds for this tournament.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The participating clubs will compete for the top prize of 100,000 dollars, with second, third, and fourth prizes set at 75,000, 50,000, and 25,000 dollars, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament also enjoys support from the NABORS Basketball Organization and basketball enthusiasts James Brushe and Gary Stephens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All games will be held at the Amelia\u2019s Ward Basketball Court over a span of 12 days, promising a thrilling season for local basketball fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey Liverpool The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) is set to host its 2024 Senior League, commencing on Independence Day, May 26. Five teams will be vying for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19882","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\/19882","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=19882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19884,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19882\/revisions\/19884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}