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Big V takes on Blitz
Wednesday, 3 August 2005 @ 11:57 AM
sportal.com.au
The best of the Big V League will get the chance to showcase their skills against the NBL teams in the 2005 Philips Championship Pre-Season Blitz tournament in Cairns.
The Blitz, the official pre-season tournament of the Philips Championship, will be held in Cairns on August 26 and 27 and will feature all eleven NBL teams plus the Big V outfit.
"We're delighted to give the best of the Big V a chance to showcase their talents against our own NBL teams," NBL Commissioner Rick Burton. "Last season we invited the local ABA side, the national champion Cairns Marlins, to participate in the Blitz but this year the Big V were proactive in approaching the NBL to participate and we have duly approved them as the twelfth team in the tournament."
'The inclusion of a Big V all-star side will help ensure that the fans in Cairns get to see some truly amazing basketball on the eve of the new season and also continues our initiative aimed at fostering basketball at the grass roots level."
Big V Chairman Darryl Neal said that it was an honour to be allowed to compete at the Blitz.
"Being allowed to compete against all 11 NBL teams at the official NBL pre-season event is a tremendous compliment to both the ABA and the Big V," said Neal. It says a great deal about the fantastic standard of play in the ABA and we jumped at the opportunity to be involved."
