Guyana Breweries Inc aligns Mackeson with Rawle Toney 3X3 Classic
Guyana Breweries Incorporated yesterday announced their support of the Rawle Toney 3X3 Classic which is set for February 19–20, 2022 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Guyana Breweries Incorporated Country Manager Kelvin Singh and Rawle Toney the 3X3 Classic’s organiser following their announcement of the partnership for the February 19-20, 2022 event
The 16-team tournament will carry a first-place prize of US$3,000. It will be launched on December 10 at the country’s premier indoor facility on Homestretch Avenue.
Event organiser Rawle Toney, Trade Marketing Executive SeWeon McGarrell and Guyana Breweries Inc’s Country Manager Kelvin Singh are locked in discussion
“I would like to congratulate Mr. Rawle Toney for putting this tournament together. This is indeed a historic moment for basketball in Guyana. This will bring in more eyes to the sport and Guyana via the various digital platforms,” said the company’s Country Manager Kelvin Singh.
Singh, who is known for his philanthropy towards sports and athletes in Guyana through Guyana Breweries Inc, said the company is “extremely happy to continue our support of the Rawle Toney Classic under the Mackeson brand for this tournament.”
Mackeson was the tournament’s title sponsor in the 2019 edition, which was held at the Burnham Basketball Court and saw Pitbulls 2.0 cashing in on the event’s US$1,500 winners’ purse.
Singh confirmed that Guyana Breweries Inc’s partnership “will go beyond the event in February 2022, we are looking at supporting the sport at the court root level in Guyana.
“Leading up to the tournament, we will be having promotions and other activities to enhance the fan viewership and experience. This is also a great opportunity for our local players to test their skills against some of the top players in the region, and we would like to wish all the players all the best for the tournament,” Singh said.
The Mackeson brand is credited as the first major sponsor of 3X3 basketball in Guyana, dating back to 2011 when they hosted the ‘Mackeson Smooth Moves’ 3X3 tournament, which carried GY$1M as its first-place prize.
The Mackeson Smooth Moves 3X3 countrywide tournament still stands today as the highest purse ever paid to teams in basketball locally.
Meanwhile, tournament organiser Rawle Toney thanked Singh and Guyana Breweries Inc for not only showing faith in the tournament, but also basketball’s shortest format in Guyana.
Toney said that while all the details related to the tournament will be given on December 10 at the event’s launching, he was happy to point to the strong interest of teams from the Caribbean, particularly Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia, and neighbouring Suriname
