B'ballers focus on first nationals
MOST of Fiji's elite basketball teams are focused on the new year's first major basketball tournament _ the National Club
Championships.
will now be held in Suva this month. Raiwaqa Basketball official Saula Koroi said all Raiwaqa teams would start training because they wanted to be in top form when the tournament is held.
Six Raiwaqa clubs represented the Association to the tournament. "The new tournament will be held in Suva because we have a lot ofcovered basketball venues around the Capital City," said Koroi.
The Club Championship was scheduled as the last Fiji Basketball Association-organised competition for 2009. All the top clubs from Suva and Lautoka had registered to compete in the tournament. Koroi said all the Suva teams, including the Easter Tournament champion, Shaq, took the trip down to Lautoka last month."I'm pretty sure that all the teams from Suva and Raiwaqa that went to Lautoka will be there when the tournament resumes this month," Koroi
said.
The Fiji Times Online
Sunday 2nd January, 2010
Last Modified on 04/01/2010 14:20
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