Longitude 3 on 3 Tournament 2010

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Longitude’s 4th Annual

3-ON-3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

To Benefit the PROFESA Academy in Ghana, West Africa

Saturday, February 13, 2010, 9am - 4pm

at the Jewish Community Center of Providence, RI

Tournament Details

Adults 21 years of age and over

$150 per team, or $35 per person for a team of 4

Each team is guaranteed 6 games to be played by one to 11 points.

The 8 best team records will advance to three rounds of single elimination playoffs.

In the event that several teams have the same record at the end of regulation play, tiebreakers will be determined by overall margin of victory

Winners ball and call your own foul.

Trophies and prizes awarded to tournament winners.

Each player who participates will receive a tournament t-shirt

20 teams max, so sign up today!

The gym will be open for warm-ups starting at 8am, with games beginning promptly at 9am. Teams will be divided randomly into two ten team divisions. Teams within each bracket will play at least 6 games against other teams in their divisions. At the end of play, the 8 teams with the best records will advance to single elimination playoffs.

The team that wins the championship game will receive trophies and prizes as well as their picture on the Longitude website.

Click Here To Download A Tournament Registration Form

Then Mail it To Longitude, 21 Crescent St. Providence, RI 02907

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER BY PHONE or EMAIL

Contact Shawn Rubin at shawn@golongitude.org or (401) 688-4787

All Proceeds From The Tournament To Benefit

The PROFESA Secretarial Academy in Ghana

To Learn More Visit Longitude at www.golongitude.org

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Learn more about the PROFESA Academy

Meshach Bondzie started the PROFESA Academy as a project of his NGO, called OVM. Meshach is not only the only administrator at the school he also teaches advanced office practice, advanced typing and advanced short hand. Meshach is a mentor to many and an inspiration to many more. Learn more about Meshach and the school he started, watch the Current.TV award winning documentary short called, Longitude.

PROFESA Movie

Check out the four-minute, online version of the documentarty that won the viewer’s choice greenlight on Current.tv.

Last Years Tournament Winner!

For two years this tournament has been owned by Mo’s Team, but in 2009 Matt Auten and Brian Webb stole the championship trophies by trouncing the two time champs in the finals. This year the championship is up for grabs as new teams enter the mix. Stay tuned to see who will take the 2010 championship trophies home this year.

Click here to see more tournament photos.

Help Fund Raise For PROFESA

This tournament will help Longitude to support the PROFESA Academy in Abeka, Ghana. The PROFESA Academy is a non-profit computer training school for Ghana’s poorest students who cannot afford to continue their education beyond Junior High School.

Longitude is asking all tournament participants to seek pledges from friends, family and co-workers to help increase the money we raise for the PROFESA Academy.

Click here to download a Tournament Pledge Form