The following is being distributed at the request of Sport Newfoundland and Labrador:

2013 Canada Games Boys Regional Basketball Camp

Head coach for the 2013 Canada Games Boys Basketball Program, Erica Kennedy, will hold an open regional tryout session in St. John’s to identify potential athletes for the 2013 Canada Games Program.

The tryout session will run from 7:00 to 9:00 pm on Thursday, September 27. The session will take place at the NL Sports Centre and is open to all athletes in the St. John’s/Avalon region born in 1996 or 1997. There is no cost associated with the regional tryout.

The head coach reserves the right to make cuts at anytime during the training sessions. Athletes will register on site, so please bring your MCP numbers along with a basketball to the first tryout session. The final open tryout will be held in December 2012.

For more information or for tournament schedules please visit www.nlba.nf.ca.

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Media contact:
Bill Murphy
Executive Director
NLBA
1296a Kenmount Rd
Paradise, NL A1L 1N3
709-576-0247
Fax: 709-576-8787

2012 09 14                              3:20 p.m.