‘Future bright for basketball in the territory’- Hon Julian Fraser RA
“I know they support my league and I want to support them in this effort so, like I said before, the future is bright for basketball in the territory,” added Hon Fraser.
Over the years, Hon Fraser has been championing the cause of youth development, especially through his annual basketball league- ‘Honourable Julian Fraser Save the Seed Basketball League’. This year’s staging of the league is currently in progress.
Yesterday August 25, 2015, at the time of making the statement, Hon Fraser was speaking exclusively with Virgin Islands News Online shortly after Digicel and the National Basketball Association (NBA) launched the Digicel/NBA Jump Start Basketball Clinics in the Caribbean.
The programme started here in the Virgin Islands and will continue in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands, culminating on September 28, 2015.
The launch took place at the Moorings Conference Room, Wickham’s Cay II, where the room was filled to capacity with the youth basketballers, coaches, NBA and Digicel officials and other persons of interest, including the acting Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Alvera Maduro-Caines, Mr Paul A. Hewlett, Digicel Brand Ambassador Jason A. Edwin, among others.
'Digicel is the company of the island'
“I can’t ignore the temptation to say that Digicel is the company of the island and based in Jamaica, in the Caribbean, so they are quite familiar with other sports, soccer, rugby, cricket and now they are launching into American territory, NBA basketball and I am quite excited about it,” said Hon Fraser.
According to Honourable Fraser, he is quite comfortable that the company has what it takes to see the programme through as long as the people of the Virgin Islands and the rest of the Caribbean show a genuine interest.
Forty youths, aged 14-16, have been selected to participate in the clinics here in the VI and, according to Hon Fraser, he is quite pleased to have noted a number of the youths selected have at some stage participated in the Honourable Julian Fraser Save the Seed Basketball League.
“The thing about basketball in the BVI is that the players play in just about all the different leagues, so the Honourable Julian Fraser Save the Seed League is no exception. Right now our league is going on and you would imagine that this is going to play well for our league this year,” said Honourable Fraser.
19 Responses to “‘Future bright for basketball in the territory’- Hon Julian Fraser RA”
That is how Juggy, Fahie and Steve sent away about 25 students!
Had to pay for them to go away. 88 program sent kids away on real scholarships. My son is in states because of that program. Dervin, Steve and Karl's programs the government has to give the children money to go away.
Government already burdened enough bring back 88 program and that coach.
I remember about two years ago, he was seen wearing some leather shoes
on the court, looking like he was totally lost. I was there I saw it for my self.
So please stop calling him and expert in basketball please.