17th National School Basketball Festival officially launched

Chris Bowman (centre), Co-Director of the YBG Organization, receiving the sponsorship cheque from Ryan Hoppie, ExxonMobil Community Relations Advisor (right). Also in the photo is YBG Co-Director Rayad Boyce

The 17th edition of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) coordinated ExxonMobil/National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) was officially launched yesterday at the Herdmanston Lodge, Queenstown.

Following the conclusion of the Regional Championship, the NSBF which will be staged at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, from July 1st-16th, and will comprise four divisions. They are the U14 Boys, U16 Boys, Girls, and U18 Boys section. The Regional Championships are penciled to end on June 25th.