Guyana Basketball

The DC Jammers basketball club withstood the heroic comeback efforts of the President’s XII and progressed to an 11-point win in Game One of the Godwin McPherson Memorial Goodwill Basketball Series at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Thursday evening. DC Jammers regrouped and won the match 84-73
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In their first game against the senior national basketball team since 2007, the Washington DC Jammers basketball team outclassed the locals in Game One of the three-game series for the Godwin McPherson Memorial Trophy, Thursday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The President’s XII went down to the visitors 73-84 in a match that satisfied the craving for basketball action within the local basketball community. From jump ball the `Jammers’ demanded support from the fans in attendance and they received it as the game progressed as they led for almost the entire game.
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The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has selected Kwakwani Secondary coach Ann Gordon for the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship in Hungary, while they will be sending Andrew Williams and Leona Mentore and coach Kirk Fraser to the World Basketball Championships in Turkey. According to GABF president David Patterson, Williams and Mentore will depart on Sunday morning to begin the journey to the FIBA World Basketball Championships from August 28th - 12th September. Patterson told Guyana Times Sport in an invited comment yesterday that the pair of athletes and coach will benefit from a coaching workshop designed for athletes under the age of 14 years.
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