{"id":21158,"date":"2024-07-08T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21158"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:33:04","slug":"annual-youth-basketball-guyana-national-school-festival-commences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/annual-youth-basketball-guyana-national-school-festival-commences\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Youth Basketball Guyana National School Festival Commences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National School Festival kicked off recently with organizers expressing gratitude for the support of their sponsors in making the event possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its establishment in 2006, the tournament has grown significantly, with increasing interest from schools wanting to participate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, challenges in maintaining consistent school participation throughout the year have affected this year&#8217;s festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Bowman, Co-Director of YBG, highlighted the tournament&#8217;s critical role in nurturing young talent and developing their careers in basketball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He acknowledged the difficulties faced by organizers in ensuring the smooth conduct of this year&#8217;s tournament but thanked all involved for their commitment to the sport&#8217;s growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malisa Jeffers, representing Edward B. Beharry Co. &amp; LTD, affirmed their ongoing support for sports development and the young athletes involved in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 40 schools will compete in the tournament, vying for the prestigious title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National School Festival kicked off recently with organizers expressing gratitude for the support of their sponsors in making the event possible. Since its establishment in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21158","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\/21158","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=21158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21160,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21158\/revisions\/21160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}