On Monday, 7News told you about the start of the Sprite Belikin National 3X3 basketball tour. It had a wet start at the Riverside Tavern Parking Lot on Saturday.
BUT IT continues in Belmopan and San Ignacio this weekend, and the basketball federation welcomes all 3x3 teams who wish to participate.
President of the Federation, Paul Thompson told us they have cut the entrance fee by half in order to attract more participants:
Paul Thompson - President, Belize Basketball Federation
"The national 3 on 3 tournament sponsored by Sprite and Belikin will be going to San Ignacio and Belmopan this weekend. On Saturday the tour will be in San Ignacio at the Falcon Field and on Sunday it will be at the Belmopan Comprehensive High School. We are asking players to come out; you can come and register on the day. The registration fee - we reduce it to $20 per team, so come out and play. The winner from each of these areas will come back to Belize on August 4th and compete in a final game. The prize for that is the winning get to go to New York in August to represent Belize in FIBA 3 by 3 world tour."
"We wanted more teams to participate, we think that this is great opportunity for players to get a chance to get exposure and we have had people tell us that $40 was a little bit too much and the idea of it is try to get people involve and participate and we know these are not the best times and we want it to be affordable for everyone."
The prize for the winning team from the tour is a chance to represent Belize in the FIBA 3X3 World Championships to be held in Seville Spain.
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