YM/WREA 3 vs 3 Basketball Tournament

*** NEW DATE *** Wednesday March 16th 2022*** 

ATTENTION:

1. Disregard any referance to "Run" or "Race." You're in the right place. This is just the website we are using for our Basketball Event.

2. Click "Sign Up" ONLY if you will be participating in person and playing on a team in person!

   • Ideally Team Captains sign up and set up their Team Fundraiser page, before non-captain participants sign up.

3. Click "Donate" if you simply want to Donate!  Once you do, you can select to donate to an existing Team "Fundraiser" or to the overall Event.

Please join us for our first ever YM/WREA 3-on-3 basketball tournament! Proceeds will go to support Crossroads Community Services; an inclusive community that provides warm meals, healthy groceries, and safe shelter for New Yorkers from all walks of life. Additionally, we will be supporting New Heights Youth; a non-profit sports-based youth development and educational organization. We will have a 16 team bracket, YM/WREA pinnies will be included and each team will be required to raise $500. Company sponsored teams & spectators are welcome! Food and drinks will be provided.

Event Description: 16 team, knock-out style 3 vs 3 basketball tournament. Team size can be between 3-5 players to sub people in and out. Play until you lose. Multiple courts and bleachers are in the facilities. This is a fun event for charitable purposes, so all skill levels, members, guests, and genders welcome. Spectators are encouraged.

The Facility: The Major Owens Center, formerly the Bedford Union Armory, occupies nearly an entire city block in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, covering +/-3 acres of land. Opened in 1908, the Armory was used by the US Army’s Cavalry Troop C for training and equipment storage, in addition to serving as a horse stable. When not being used for military purposes, the large, open space provided an excellent venue for sporting events and local community gatherings. Sometime after 2008, Congressman Owens, then a professor at nearby Medgar Evers college, began to envision a future for the Armory as a full-time community center with recreational opportunities and gathering spaces for Crown Heights. Along with his students and other stakeholders, he built local support for the idea. The military decommissioned the building in 2013, and the City of New York took ownership of the site. The 60,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility opened its doors in October, 2021.

Please RSVP to dcarswell@largocapital.com with the names and email addresses for more information.