| 2008 Event Highlights |
The inaugural FastBreak Challenge Cup’08 took place from December 9-13, 2008 at Kranji Primary School.
The tournament featured boy’s teams from among the top primary schools in Singapore, including reigning national champions Chua Chu Kang (Seniors) and Kheng Cheng (Juniors). 16 teams played a round-robin format, competing in two divisions – Juniors and Seniors. Each team played a minimum of 4 games leading into the semi-finals.
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In the Senior Division, MVP Glennard Manalo and All-Star Pay Xuan Ju assisted Chua Chu Kang to get the Champions Cup for this tournament, beating Kheng Cheng with a 9-point win. |
| In the Junior Division, FastBreak fought hard against Kranji at the Championship games. Kranji played with difficulty at the first half of the game. Luckily, Kranji’s Zeng Mao Zhou and Warren Wong, MVP and All-Star respectively helped the team to defeat FastBreak and gained the Junior Champions Cup with their wonderful teamwork. |
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Skills Challenge Event took place parallel to the Challenge Cup. Being tested on just core fundamentals, namely Mikan Lay-Ups, Elbow Lay-Ups and Free-Throws. Results from this event is dominated by players from FastBreak.
For more details on the Challenge Cup, click here.
The organizers would like to thank the following schools and clubs for participating in this year’s tournament:
• Anderson (Jrs. & Srs.)
• Catholic High (Srs.)
• Changkat (Jrs.)
• Chua Chu Kang (Jrs. & Srs.)
• FastBreak Basketball Club (Jrs. & Srs.)
• First Tao Payoh (Jrs. & Srs.)
• Kheng Cheng (Jrs. & Srs.)
• Kranji (Jrs. & Srs.)
• Northland (Jrs. & Srs.)
The organizers would also like to thank our hosts, Kranji Primary School, as well as our primary sponsor, EA Sports, for their enthusiastic support of this year’s event.
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