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B-Ball In The Summertime
posted (August 3, 2012)
Summertime is still here and there are many camps going on around the city to keep children out of trouble. One of those camps is the annual Rose Classic Basketball tournament which was launched today. It is the brainchild of Belizean American Cleon Hyde along with the Belize City Council which gives youngsters both males and females an opportunity to play ball.

Cleon Hyde
"This is the 7th year of doing Rose Classic International. We started out in 2006 and so far it has grown - the amount of kids every year has increase at least maybe 50-60 kids increase per year. It has gotten to the point where it has broken up into 2 sessions. Right now this is the first session with kids ages 8-15 - it's going to end today and then next week Monday we start with the older kids which are ages 16-19 who are 3rd and 4th formers."

"We just give the kids something to do - come out and have fun, play basketball, interact with other kids from around the city and learn something good about the sport."

The camp is being held at the Birds isle and it is free.

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