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The 2nd series of the BIG
Game was held in Republic Polytechnic from 7th to 9th December 2006. This year’s
competition moved on from the quicker streetball 3-on-3 format to a more
challenging 5-on-5 full court, all-out game. This time, 15 points were all that
teams required to win. With a fresh outlook, the tournament was championed as
“The BIG 15 Basketball Championship 2006”.
Adopting the theme
“Basketball is Great!” the BIG Game is part of a series of basketball
initiatives aimed at promoting and improving the standard of local youth
basketball. RP also uses this tournament as a platform to identify talented
youths; the BIG Game organizers commended 12 participants for their excellent
basketball skills and named them as the BIG Game All Stars for 2006.
With 39 teams participating
in 3 different categories and vying for the top spot, it was a challenging and
grueling task for the 312 participants who competed in this 3-day tournament.
Each team also received goodies from the Singapore Sports Council, Molten
Singapore, Singapore Slingers, DOS Apparels, The Sports People and SportMag.
Judging from participants' reviews and the huge daily turnout, this year’s BIG
installment is quite possibly the BIGgest in the series to date.
Players from the NBL
basketball team, the Singapore Slingers, surprised everyone with daily visits.
Participants jumped at the chance to get up close with the local basketball
stars, request for photos and even get getting their jerseys signed. Brad
Davidson, point guard for the Slingers put on a fine display of 3 points
shooting when he hosted the 3 point championship during the first 2 days of the
tournament.
After 3 days of hot court
action, teams Obsence, Tagawa and Mee Kia clinched the championship in the
Women, U17 Men and U19 Men categories respectively. More than a simple
achievement, these teams got the attention of spectators and talent scouts with
their court skills. Hopes are up, for these promising young sportsmen and women,
to achieve more in the next BIG game in 2007.
Play on!
* For RP Staff - Click here to view the rest of the photos from this event
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