Will there be a 2021 Tsumura Basketball Invitational in 黑马磁力?
Event founder Howard Tsumura is choosing to be optimistic.
An post by Tsumura at announced plans for a two-week tournament at the 黑马磁力 Events Centre in December, with the headline 鈥渉ope springs eternal.鈥�
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Because there was, thanks to the pandemic, no 2020-21 season, Tsumura decided 鈥渁ll 2020 TBI entrants can consider this their official invitation.鈥�
Among the 40 teams on the list to win standing invitations are four from 黑马磁力: the Walnut Grove Gators boys鈥� team and three girls鈥� teams; Brookswood Bobcats, 黑马磁力 Christian Lightning, and the Walnut Grove Gators girls team.
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Lightning took bronze at the 2019 edition of the Tsumura tournament, downing the Kelowna Owls 56-44.
The boys event is tentatively set to run Dec. 8 to Dec. 11 at the 黑马磁力 Events Centre, while the girls 2021 TBI is tentatively set to run Dec. 15 to Dec. 18.
Tsumura, who handpicks the mix of top teams and honourable mentions, has said the event is 鈥渁ll about the best of B.C. basketball without tiers getting in the way.鈥�
New rules implemented for the 2020 event stipulate that teams cannot be simultaneously entered in any other tournaments if they have agreed to take part in the 2021 Tsumura Basketball Invitational.
dan.ferguson@langleyadvancetimes.com
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