{"id":362483,"date":"2022-02-18T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=362483"},"modified":"2022-02-18T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:00:14","slug":"nmibf-takes-bola-to-chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmibf-takes-bola-to-chinatown\/","title":{"rendered":"NMIBF takes \u2018Bola\u2019 to Chinatown"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_362484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362484\" style=\"width: 1779px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/NMIBF-pixw.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-362484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children practice dribbling drills with volunteers from the NMI Senior National Team program during the \u201cBola\u201d session at the Kagman Community Center basketball court last Saturday.  (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation\u2019s Mini Basketball Village Outreach Program dubbed as \u201cBola\u201d will continue this Saturday at the Chinatown Basketball Court.<\/p>\n<p>The session will run from 4pm to 6pm and interested players in the 12-and-under age group are asked to be at the venue at least 10 minutes before the kickoff to fill out registration and waiver forms. COVID-19 protocols will be implemented to ensure to safety of the participants. Masks and hand sanitizers will be provided. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are inviting parents\/guardians to come at the Chinatown Basketball Court and bring their children for a two-hour of fun basketball drills and obstacle course games.  Our \u2018Bola\u201d sessions will help their children learn basic hoops skills and participate in physical activities that are essential in building a strong mind and body,\u201d NMIBF vice president Dave Apatang said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBola\u201d is NMIBF\u2019s play on FIBA\u2019s Basketball For Good program. It is supported by the FIBA Oceania and FIBA Foundation and is envisioned to bring basketball to the heart of the community to empower villages and their leaders in running similar programs and instill village pride through sports and community involvement. \u2018Bola\u2019 is held in partnership with the Office of the Governor, the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, the Office of Youth Affairs, the Division of Youth Services, the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, and DCCA\u2019s Sports and Recreation. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, the NMIBF took the program at the Kagman Community Center court, while the remaining \u201cBola\u201d sessions will be held in San Vicente, As Matuis, and San Antonio. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation\u2019s Mini Basketball Village Outreach Program dubbed as \u201cBola\u201d will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":362485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}