FIBA Basketball

    CAN - Be one all-canadian weekend and all-star games

    HAMILTON (Be One All-Canadian Weekend) - Canada Basketball announced today the first annual Be One All-Canadian Weekend, May 12-14, and the CIS / CCAA Men’s and Women’s National All-Star Games Sunday, May 14, at McMaster University in Hamilton

    HAMILTON (Be One All-Canadian Weekend) - Canada Basketball announced today the first annual Be One All-Canadian Weekend, May 12-14, and the CIS / CCAA Men’s and Women’s National All-Star Games Sunday, May 14, at McMaster University in Hamilton.

    The All-Star Games and weekend will celebrate and reward the accomplishments of top Canadian university (CIS) and college (CCAA) coaches and athletes. It will also give the best athletes of the Canadian university and college school systems an opportunity to learn from, and showcase their skills and talents to, National Team coaches such as Senior Men’s National Team Head Coach Leo Rautins and Senior National Women’s National Team Head Coach Allison McNeill.

    The weekend culminates with two national All-Star Games on Sunday. The women’s game will tip-off at 12 noon at the Burridge Gymnasium on McMaster University’s main campus, with the men’s game following at 2 p.m.

    “Canada Basketball’s Be One initiative is about offering everyone opportunity,” commented Rautins. “Through this event, the top athletes in the Canadian university and college systems will have an incredible opportunity to impress national team coaches and take their game to the next level. We really want to show the top athletes in the CIS and CCAA how impressed we are of their accomplishments.”

    In conjunction with the event, Canada Basketball will also be holding a Be One coaching clinic on Saturday, May 13, at Hamilton’s Saint Mary’s Catholic Secondary School and McMaster University.

    A list of some of the notable players confirmed for the Be One All-Canadian Weekend is attached along with ticket and clinic information. A complete roster will be released at a later date.

    ALL-STAR GAME
     
    Tickets can be purchased at the door at McMaster University (Burridge Gymnasium) for the Be One All-Canadian Weekend All-Star Games. The ticket allows access for both the women’s and men’s games and the cost is $5 for Be One members and $10 for non Be One members.

    CONFIRMED ATHLETES FOR ALL-STAR GAME INCLUDE:

    WOMEN:
    Cassandra Carpenter, Laurentian University
    Kelsey Blair, UBC
    Emilie Crofton, Bishop’s University
    Marie-Michelle Genois, Cegep de Saint Foy
    Meaghan McGrath, Wilfrid Laurier University
    Amanda Anderson, University of Western Ontario
    Devon Campbell, Simon Fraser University
    Elise Caron, College Edouard Montpetit
    Natasha Thombs, Seneca College
    Chiara Rocca, McMaster University

    MEN:
    Osvaldo Jeanty, Carleton University
    Kevin Stienstra, Brock University
    Chris Trumpy, University of Victoria
    BJ Charles, Algonquin College
    Sherone Edwards, University of Prince Edward Island
    Tut Ruach, York University
    Mike Page, Lakeland College
    Dominic Soucy, Universite Laval
    Garry Gallimore, St. FX University
    Paul Blake, Cape Breton University
    Jean-Philippe Morin, Universite Laval
    Adam Steiner, McMaster University

    BE ONE COACHING CLINIC
    The clinic begins at St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School at 2 p.m. and concludes at McMaster University at 9 p.m. The cost for Be One members is $20, $45 for non Be One members. Clinic costs include a ticket to Sunday’s All-Star Games.

    Featured clinicians include:
    Allison McNeill, Women’s National Team Head Coach
    Leo Rautins, Men’s National Team Head Coach
    Dave Smart, Men’s National Team Assistant Coach
    Christine Stapleton, Women’s National Development Coach
    Greg Francis, Men’s National Development Coach
    Mike MacKay, Manager - Coaching Education 

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