SVGBF: Retuning B-Ball To Its Rightful Place

Suzette Jackson, President of the SVG Basketball Federation, needs no convincing that her executive has embarked on initiatives aimed at returning basketball to the place of pride it once enjoyed among sports here. Jackson expressed this assessment in an address at the closing of the 2025 National Basketball Championship at the New Montrose Hard Court last month. "When we took office in 2023, we embraced that task around a theme ‘Rebound’,” Jackson said. "We understood ‘Rebound’ to mean not only the physical aspect, but also to mean encouraging players when they might have felt discouraged, by offering them support.” Jackson appealed, "As the SVGBF continues to advance basketball, we require the hands and the assistance of everyone, not just the players or the executive but the communities, the parents, everybody. We all need to work together to see basketball grow to a stage where it once was or even further.” She made a special appeal to the young players to keep on playing the sport and pointed to opportunities for basketball scholarships, and referenced her own case of being a beneficiary of a scholarship some 20 years ago. "Keep on playing and when there are times when you may feel defeated, you can rebound,” she directed at the young players. The president also spoke of FIBA., basketball’s (international) parent body, which has mandated that the sport be used to promote positive attitudes and changes in our communities, especially as it relates to keeping the environment clean and tidy. Towards this end, the SVGBF has launched ‘Climate Hoops’, a project structured around implementing basketball alongside climate activities, which include clean-up campaigns, consultation and workshops.
Courtesy of: thevincentian.com