The Dominica Amateur Basketball Association (DABA) has taken a major step toward international competition with the announcement of a 21-athlete training pool, where athletes will compete for a limited number of spots on Dominica’s senior men’s national team ahead of next month’s FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers.
Per an official statement released by the governing body, Dominica will participate in the regional tournament, which is scheduled to run from July 8 to 12, 2026, in Georgetown, Guyana. The pre-qualifier will bring together 10 national men’s teams from across the Caribbean region, including tournament hosts Guyana, as well as Bermuda, Haiti, Grenada, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, the Turks and Caicos Islands, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Cayman Islands.
All 21 players invited to the training camp currently play for local Dominican clubs, and have already begun preparatory workouts as they compete for a place on the final roster that will travel to Guyana for the tournament. Each top domestic club is represented in the training squad: Police Sports sends two athletes, Daniel Ormond and Nathan Sebastien, while PSC Falcons contributes four: Yawani Regis, Karim Daniel, Kijuan Thomas and Ramal Carbon. Thomas Felix earned a selection from Prowlers, and Marigot Sunrise has Ethan Boland in the training pool.
D-Tread Blazers also landed four spots, with Zack Bastien, Sergi Joseph, Maxwell Birmingham, and Lester Langlais all receiving invites. BAA Sharks matches that total with Kerbin Nanthan, Rene Williams, Jaiden Scotland, and Christian Scotland all making the cut. The 767 Dominators round out the multi-player selections with four picks: Sharmar Felicite, Kelsey Guye, Jacob Barry, and Andel Olivacce. West Coast Ballers contributes the final squad spot to forward Sherron Vidal.
For DABA, this tournament marks a critical milestone in the organization’s long-term strategy to rebuild Dominica’s standing as a competitive contender within Caribbean regional basketball. Beyond just on-court results, the association also views the pre-qualifier run as a valuable opportunity to reinforce the development pipeline for up-and-coming players, emerging coaches, and new match officials, all of whom will drive the future growth of basketball across the island nation.