Friday is deadline to register for UBA youth caging
The deadline to register a team into Unified Basketball Association’s 3rd Summer Youth Basketball League is Friday, May 25.
The league offers a U17 and U25 division and is scheduled to tip off on June 1 at the Garapan Basketball Court.
The required roster and waiver forms can be obtained at Safety 1st System on Middle Road in Gualo Rai or at the Garapan Community Guidance Center next to the basketball court.
The entrance fee to participate is $100 per team and uniforms are optional but teammates must at least suit up in like colors. If teams do not have uniforms, color code sleeves will be provided during games.
Following the opener, games will run the next day and continues weekly thereon on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Monday and Wednesday dates will hold one game per night with double features set over the weekend, however the schedules per division have not been finalized.
The league will utilize a round robin format, however the playoff format will depend on the turnout.
“This league has always been strictly for the youth to give them something to do during their summer break, which is why we try our best to keep the entrance fee and other expenses for the teams as low as possible,” stated UBA president James Lee in an email to the Saipan Tribune.
Lee also shared news that the UBA is partnering up this year with Rollers Basketball Club.
The RBC is fielding two of its squads (U15A and U14B) to appear for the first time ever in the Philippines in the upcoming 2012 Manila-Pacific Rim Goodwill Games slated from July 23 to July 30. Thus, a portion of the funds generated will be donated to the youngsters.
The UBA recently donated a pair of D-Man multisport equipment for the group to use at their weekly practices. The D-Man poses as a defender on the court to more safely help developing players learn how to shoot the ball under coverage.
The equipment prevents injuries that may occur against live opponents and is adjustable for kids of all sizes. It can also be used for other sports such as soccer and volleyball.
UBA’s first youth season started back in 2009, headlined as the Docomo Pacific Summer Youth League, but the event took a pause in 2010 mainly because of the Micronesian Games.
For more information, contact UBA’s Lee at 482-0290, RBC’s Joe Diaz at 285-4141, or email unifiedbasketballassociation@gmail.com.
