Sponsors of this year\u2019s National Basketball Championship, GY Import and Export, have promised to send the eventual champion to Tanzania on a fully-funded trip for friendly games.<\/p>\n
Speaking during the presentation of a K1.5 million dummy cheque to Basketball Association of Malawi (Basmal) in Lilongwe Wednesday, the company\u2019s managing director, Griffin Kaluwa, said the sponsorship was aimed at reviving basketball.<\/p>\n
Kaluwa noted that the game was once popular in Malawi, but needs support to reclaim its high profile.<\/p>\n
He said the company was proud to be associated with the game, hence did not hesitate to support it when approached by Basmal.<\/p>\n
\u201cSponsoring basketball is part of our corporate social responsibility and we are proud to be contributing towards keeping our youth busy,\u2019\u2019 Kaluwa observed.<\/p>\n
Basmal general secretary, Edgar Ng\u2019ong\u2019ola, pledged to organise a top- class tournament as a way thanking the sponsor.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that the tournament will, once again, pool the country\u2019s best teams and players who will showcase their skills in battling for the Tanzania trip.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Nowadays, sponsors are not easy to come by. So we will do all we can to put up a great show of basketball to please our sponsor. Everything is in place for the tournament,\u2019\u2019 Ng\u2019ong\u2019ola emphasised.<\/p>\n
Eight teams are expected to participate in the two-day tournament at the ABC Gymnasium in Lilongwe starting from tomorrow to Saturday.<\/p>\n
The North has Nkhulande and Moyale Barracks while Cougars, Mimbulu and ABC Lions are representing the Centre. From the Southern Region, the tournament has Bricks, Magang\u2019a and Crazy Warriors.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the winner will walk away with K750,000, medals, a trophy and a ball.<\/p>\n
The runner-up will get K250,000, medals and a ball, whereas the third-placed team will get medals and a ball.<\/p>\n
Ng\u2019ong\u2019ola said games would be played on a double-knockout basis, with the first game throwing off at noon on Friday and the final scheduled for Saturday from 4:30 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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