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Nov 21, 2014 Sports
Ansa McAl, under its Mackeson Stout Brand, yesterday launched its ‘King of the Rim’
three-on-three (3×3) Basketball Challenge with the aim of continuing the proliferation of the sport and the purpose of unearthing basketball talent within communities.
“We have been working with the federation (Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation, GABF) to develop basketball in Guyana and we are proud to be associated with this sport for three years,” Mackeson Brand Manager, Jamaal Douglas told the media.
The ‘King of the Rim’ 3×3 Basketball Challenge is expected to take communities by storm with the distribution giants doling out over $1M in cash and prizes to teams. The competition will be played in Georgetown, Linden and on the East and West Coast.
Douglas disclosed that the winning team will take home $500,000 and the runner-up $300,000 in the competition while zone winners pocket $25,000 each. Trophies will accompany the incentive of cash with each team comprising four players.
“One of the reasons that we support events like these is because people need to get their craft out and the best way to do so is through community-based sports; ‘King of the Rim’ is the way to get back into communities and that is what we have been doing with Mackeson,” Ansa McAl Public Relations Officer, Darshnie Yussuf indicated.
According to Yussuf, the company is always looking for ways in which they can develop sports, and their track record speaks for itself. She stated that in the past their Mackeson Smooth Moves 3×3 tournament was very successful and they look forward to similar success.
Sharing the moment with the two Ansa McAl representatives was GABF President, Nigel Hinds, who lauded the effort and called on all enthusiasts to continue to support the competition; he said that such events hasten the advancement of the sport.
“We recognise 3×3 as an integral part of our basketball. We see it as going into communities to get players who might not have had other opportunities to play,” Hinds stated, adding that FIBA (The International Basketball Federation) has endorsed the 3×3 format as one of the largest urban development programmes in the world.
Hinds labelled Ansa McAl “the largest corporate supporter of basketball in Guyana”, and said he expects some national players to emerge from the community-based competition. To register, the interested players can uplift forms from select bars or call 600 3606; the tournament jumps off in Albouystown next Sunday.
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