{"id":26280,"date":"2025-02-08T22:49:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26280"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:49:34","slug":"guyanas-senior-mens-basketball-team-set-for-nations-cup-in-suriname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-senior-mens-basketball-team-set-for-nations-cup-in-suriname\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana&#8217;s Senior Men&#8217;s Basketball Team Set for Nations Cup in Suriname"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 10, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has officially confirmed that Guyana\u2019s Senior Men\u2019s Basketball Team will participate in the upcoming Nations Cup tournament in Paramaribo, Suriname, from January 24 to 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament will feature intense competition, with Guyana facing regional rivals Suriname and Grenada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nations Cup is expected to be an exciting showcase of basketball talent from across the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To prepare for the event, the GBF has shortlisted 23 local players for trials, selecting individuals based on their strong performances in the ongoing One Guyana National Basketball League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team will be coached by Adrian Hooper, with Marlon Rodrigues serving as Assistant Coach and Warren Wilson as Team Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trials will be held this weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, where the final roster of 12 players will be selected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Hooper emphasized that the trials will be highly competitive, with each player earning their place through merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nations Cup will provide an opportunity for Guyana\u2019s team to test their endurance, skills, and teamwork in back-to-back games against Suriname and Grenada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GBF views the tournament as a vital step in strengthening Guyana\u2019s presence in Caribbean basketball and offering invaluable experience for players and coaching staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GBF remains optimistic about Guyana\u2019s potential to excel in the Nations Cup and in future basketball engagements throughout the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, 2025 The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has officially confirmed that Guyana\u2019s Senior Men\u2019s Basketball Team will participate in the upcoming Nations Cup tournament in Paramaribo, Suriname, from January&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26280","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\/26280","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=26280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26281,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26280\/revisions\/26281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}