
Brief History:
The first National School Basketball Festival was played from June 26-30, 2006 involving 18 schools in a single elimination tournament. From its inception the NSBF has been a partnership between the NSC and the Street Solutions Org. to develop a structure national school basketball championship. To date the tournament has grown to 50 teams competing first for ranking in 5 separate Regional Tournament and qualification for the National Championship. National titles are contested for under 16, under 19, open and girls divisions. The tournament is also used to indentify players for the Junior Elite for a chance for selection for Inter- Guiana Games. The National School Basketball Festival is acknowledged as the National School Basketball Championships of Guyana.
NSBF AT A GLANCE:
Type of Tournament: SECONDARY and
TERTIARY
Place of Tournament: CLIFF ANDERSON SPORTS HALL
Date of Tournament: JUNE/ JULY
Tournament Host(s): STREET SOLUTIONS AND THE NATIONAL
SPORTS COMMISSION
Number of Schools: 28 SCHOOLS
Championship: U-16, 18, Open, Girls and Champion of
Champions
Summary by year:
| YEAR | SCHOOLS | SPONSORS | TITLES | WINNERS | MVPS |
| 2006 | 18 |
DDL NSC NYMS |
MOUNTAIN DEW (OPEN) | ST. ROSES HIGH | SHELROY THOMAS (KK) |
| 2007 | 21 |
NYMS NSC |
NYMS (OPEN) | KWAKWANI SEC. | SHELROY THOMAS (KK) |
| 2008 | 24 |
DDL NSC STREET SOLUTION QUALITY J.W. POTTER & CO. |
PEPSI (OPEN) | LINDEN TECHNICAL INST. | SHELROY THOMAS (KK) |
| 2009 | 28 |
STREET SOLUTION NSC BANKS DIH DIGICEL BEHARRY BOUNTY BRYDEN & FERNADES NOBLE HOUSE EXCLUSIVE GIFTLAND |
SPRITE (U19) DIGICEL (U17) BEHARRY (U15) |
LINDEN TECHNICAL INST. KWAKWANI CUMMINGS LODGE |
ORIN ROSE(LTI) KURT DOUGLAS(KK) ANDREW WILLIAMS(CL) |
| 2010 | 30 |
STREET SOLUTION NSC BANKS DIGICEL BEHARRY BOUNTY BRYDEN & FERNADES NOBLE HOUSE GIFTLAND |
OPEN U-18 U-16 GIRLS |
KWAKWANI LINDEN FOUNDATION KWAKWANI (16) |
LINDEN FRASER (LF) DAVE PLASS (KK) EON MEREDITH (KK) DAVE PLASS (KK) DOMINIC DOUGLAS (KK) |
| 2011 | 51 |
STREET SOLUTION NSC BANKS DIGICEL BEHARRY BOUNTY BRYDEN & FERNADES NOBLE HOUSE GIFTLAND HAYNES FOUNDATION |
Div. 1 Div. 2 U-16 Girls HF (NATIONAL CHAMPS) |
LINDEN TECHNICAL INST. KWAKWANI SEC. NEW AMST. MULTI. |
M. POLLYDORE L. PRIMO D. VINCENTE |