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Basketball extravaganza this weekend

It’s excitement galore as the St Lucia Basketball Federation stages its first ever All Star Basketball Weekend from May 19-20 at the Beausejour Indoor Facility.
Today (Saturday) beginning at 6:00 pm is a skills challenge followed by slam dunk competition and three point shootout. There will also be entertainment brought to you by MC’s Pringles and Ezi Hall.
On Sunday beginning at 4:00 pm a series of games are schedule. The first will have netballers go up against female basketball players which should be a highly entertaining affair. It will be followed by a veterans game and
then the grand finale which is an All Star featuring the top players in the Rooster Select Basketball Tournament.
In the All Star game Group A will go up against Group B. Group A consists of the following players and the teams they represent: Leonard Emmanuel, Babonneau Dynasty; Owen Cazabon, Babonneau Dynasty; Rawlston Mitchell, Door Deals; Shamoir JnBaptiste, Morne Gladiators; Durocher Antoine, Canaries Moon River; Tyson St Cyr, Canaries Moon River; Gillan Octave, Morne; Lester Jn Charles, Gardens; Joel Polius, Combined Schools; Roger Leon, Gardens; Germaine Thomasd Gardens.
Group B All Stars: Kurt Raphael, BBC; Harvey Joseph, BBC; Ron Dumurville, Courts Jets; Shane Blanchard, Courts Jets; Marcien Calderon, VBCC; Keegan Preveille, Courts Jets; Nigel Butcher, VBCC; Philbert Lubrin, VBCC; Kevin Mathurin, Dennery; Canaan St Catherine, Micoud Hustlers; Tim Baptiste, Maize Sniperz; Belthazar Nicholas, Dennery.
The admission fee is $10.00 and in addition to the entertainment food and drinks will be on sale during this basketball extravaganza weekend.

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Marcien Calderon of pictured above making a thunderous dunk is among a group of players on the All Star team.
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