Flashback: Members of Team Linden, from left: Harold Adams, Shelroy Thomas, Organiser Rawle Toney and Stanton Rose, pose with their replica trophies and Championship rings
The country’s biggest 3×3 basketball tournament, the Rawle Toney Classic, will be played on March 18–19 at the Burnham Basketball Court in Georgetown.
According to organizer Rawle Toney, this 16-team tourney, first held in 2019, will be a club competition this time around, with teams coming from Linden, Bartica, Berbice and Georgetown. Toney added that several teams from the Caribbean have signalled an interest to participate, which would help to boost the competitiveness of the tournament.
“The idea is to strengthen club basketball, and since there are now two formats of the game, it is only fitting that clubs be given a chance to compete. It’s about also giving clubs some revenue,” Toney explained.
Last year, the team comprising Harold Adams, Stanton Rose and Shelroy Thomas won the championship trophy, the championship ring and other prizes. Thomas was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, and he, Adams and Rose represented Guyana at the Islamic Games in Istanbul, Turkaiye and at the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup in Miami, Florida.
Toney has said that other details regarding the tournament would be made available at its launching on February 1.
The Rawle Toney 3×3 Classic serves to give 3X3 basketball a platform in Guyana that’s unmatched by the conventional 5-v-5 format. Over the years, the tournament has enjoyed support from GoMoseley Media, The Muse Bar, Brother’s Security, Mackeson, Hennessy, MVP Sports, Trophy Stall, Hits and Jams Entertainment, E-Net, Jacob’s Jewellery, FireSide Grill, Team Mohamed’s, Star Party Rentals, Shi-Oil, Slingerz Entertainment, Government of Guyana, and other notable entities.
