Haynes hopes basketball exhibition can trigger revival

Two visitors to the exhibition take a walk down memory lane with organizer of the basketball exhibition Julian Haynes, right. (Orlando Charles photo) .

By Iva Wharton

A three-day exhibition of basketball paraphernalia was held recently at the National Library and organiser of the event, Julian Haynes, said its purpose was to preserve the history of the sport in Guyana.

Haynes, a former basketball player and national coach, said too often young people are unaware of when the sport started in Guyana; who were the first set of players or what their accomplishments were during that era.

This, he said, was the first such