FCA/Memphis Grizzlies Rumble on the River 3/17-3/19

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FCA/Memphis Grizzlies

“Rumble on the River”

March 17-19, 2006

Join many of the top 9U thru 14U Girls teams in the country

for BBQ, Blues & Basketball

Hosted by the FCA Lady Eagles and the Memphis Lady Elite

 

Come join us for a unique tournament experience! Play will begin Friday night, March 17th for those teams who are not going to the NBA game (see below) and on Saturday for everyone else. Registration will be limited to no more than 16 teams per age group. Interested teams should register quickly (registration closed by March 1, 2006).

• Entry fee $300. AAU Sanction #06SEBWTYT7.

• Guaranteed 3+ games.

• Will be using TSSAA and many collegiate officials. Top notch gyms—all wood floors and all air conditioned. AAU format and rules will apply (with the exception of no shot clocks/ will have 10 second backcourt rule).

• Trophy for Championship team and medals for all players on the runner-up team in each age group.

• Last year’s participants included teams from AAU Clubs such as: AL Twisters, AL Ballers, IN Finest, AR Fireballs, FCA Lady Eagles, St. Louis Crusaders, MO Valley Magic, Memphis Lady Elite, W TN Lady Tigers (now part of Memphis Lady Elite), AL Southern Starz, AR Blue Bombers, Hoopstars Midwest, St. Louis Hoops, etc. Additional Clubs expressing interest in sending teams this year include: Northeast Atlanta Hawks, OK Select, Kansas Belles, AR Mavericks, OK Air Stars, Kenner Angels, Dayton Lady Hoopstars, etc.

• A worship service for teams will be provided on Sunday morning at the host hotel (Hilton East Memphis) and will feature a special guest provided by the FCA, who will share God’s word from an athlete’s perspective.

 

The NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies are offering a special invitation to girls’ competitive basketball teams participating in the “Rumble on the River” to join them on Friday March 17th for FCA Night.

• Participating Rumble teams who can arrive in Memphis by 1 PM Friday can play in a jamboree vs. other competitive teams on the floor of the FedExForum, one of the premier arenas in the NBA. “Mini games” will be played in the FedExForum from 1:00 to 4:00 PM on Friday (these games will not count towards the tourney results). Grizz, the team mascot, will be on hand to meet the girls during the jamboree and cause havoc! The jamboree will be limited to the first 18 Rumble on the River teams that register for the jamboree by purchasing tickets to the NBA game that same night.

• After the jamboree, teams and parents can visit downtown Memphis and perhaps have dinner on Memphis’ famous Beale Street adjacent to the FedExForum!!

• At 7:00 PM on Friday, it’s time for basketball – NBA Style, as the Grizzlies take on Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets at the FedExForum. Teams and their families can purchase advance tickets at a special discount of $20 each versus the normal gate price of $24.75. For each ticket sold, the Grizzlies will donate $5 to the Memphis FCA. Each team will be recognized during the Grizzlies’ game on the giant Jumbo-tron scoreboard. A ticket to the game Friday night will be required to be admitted into the FedExForum for the jamboree Friday afternoon from 1 to 4 PM.

 

Call Sharon Armour at 901-419-8179 or email at sharon.armour@ipaper.com for additional information. The entire registration packet can be downloaded from:

http://eteamz.active.com/FCALadyEagles/fil...heRiver2006.pdf

Edited February 12, 2006 by hoopsinstead

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Currently at 36 teams and plan to close at 50 teams. Please get Section A. of the roster forms and your entry fee mailed in asap.

Edited February 15, 2006 by hoopsinstead

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Currently at 36 teams and plan to close at 50 teams. Please get Section A. of the roster forms and your entry fee mailed in asap.

 

Currently at 38 teams with many national caliber teams including several state champions from last year. We would like to grow the 9u and 10u bracket so please contact us with your interest if you are a 9u and/or 10u coach. These younger age groups had a ball last year playing in the jamboree and being chased around by Super Grizz (the Memphis Grizzlies mascot). This is truly a unique tournament and the favorite tourney of the year for most of the teams based on the great feedback.

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Still need at least one more 9U team and could use some more 10U teams. Contact us immediately if you have a 9U thru 15U team that wants to enter and you must overnight Section A. of the entry form and your entry fee. Following is a list of the 11U thru 15U commitments so far:

 

11 MEM Elite

11 Edwards Bravettes

11 Alabama Twisters Black

11 MEM Elite D II

11 St Louis Hoops (Mystics)

11 FCA Lady Eagles

11 Southern Starz

11 Michigan Elite (Motor City Suns)

11 Georgia Hawks (NE Atlanta Hawks)

11 MEM Select Tigers

11 MO Valley Magic

 

12 MEM Elite

12 MEM Elite DII

12 MEM Elite (W TN Tigers)

12 Franklin GT Lady Falcons

12 Alabama Ballers

12 TN Lady Shox

12 Alabama Twisters

12 Southern Starz

12 Bowling Green Blast

12 North Little Rock Comets

12 MO Valley Magic

 

13 MEM Elite

13 MEM Elite DII

13 Alabama Ballers

13 St. Louis Crusaders

13 Georgia Hawks Red (NE Atlanta)

13 Arkansas Mustangs (Blue Bombers)

13 Mississippi Fire

13 Hoopstars Midwest

13 Corinth Storm

 

14 MEM Elite

14 MEM Elite

14 Hoopstars Midwest

14 Mississippi Fire

14 Memphis Blues

 

15 Southern Starz

15 Memphis Trotters

15 MEM Elite

15 Tupelo Storm

15 W TN Swish-Pruitt

Edited March 4, 2006 by hoopsinstead

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Why is the Memphis Glory teams not participating in this event? Just Curious!

 

 

 

 

 

Still need at least one more 9U team and could use some more 10U teams. Contact us immediately if you have a 9U thru 15U team that wants to enter and you must overnight Section A. of the entry form and your entry fee. Following is a list of the 11U thru 15U commitments so far:

 

11 MEM Elite

11 Edwards Bravettes

11 Alabama Twisters Black

11 MEM Elite D II

11 St Louis Hoops (Mystics)

11 FCA Lady Eagles

11 Southern Starz

11 Michigan Elite (Motor City Suns)

11 Georgia Hawks (NE Atlanta Hawks)

11 MEM Select Tigers

11 MO Valley Magic

 

12 MEM Elite

12 MEM Elite DII

12 MEM Elite (W TN Tigers)

12 Franklin GT Lady Falcons

12 Alabama Ballers

12 TN Lady Shox

12 Alabama Twisters

12 Southern Starz

12 Bowling Green Blast

12 North Little Rock Comets

12 MO Valley Magic

 

13 MEM Elite

13 MEM Elite DII

13 Alabama Ballers

13 St. Louis Crusaders

13 Georgia Hawks Red (NE Atlanta)

13 Arkansas Mustangs (Blue Bombers)

13 Mississippi Fire

13 Hoopstars Midwest

13 Corinth Storm

 

14 MEM Elite

14 MEM Elite

14 Hoopstars Midwest

14 Mississippi Fire

14 Memphis Blues

 

15 Southern Starz

15 Memphis Trotters

15 MEM Elite

15 Tupelo Storm

15 W TN Swish-Pruitt

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Congratulations and thanks to all 36 teams from 7 states that participated in this past weekend's FCA Rumble on the River. A fun time was had by all on Friday as the jamboree was played on the FedEx Forum floor and at the NBA Grizzlies versus Nuggets game on Friday night. The Sunday morning worship service was quite entertaining as we watched our speaker involve the crowd in a variety of magic acts, rope tricks and juggling exhibitions. The competition this weekend was fierce with several of the top teams in the nation competing to make it to the Championship games. Following are the winners and runners-up in each age division:

 

9U

Champion-Memphis Elite

Runner Up-Pontotoc Lady Warriors

 

10U

Champion-Memphis Elite

Runner Up-Edwards Lady Braves

 

11U

Champion-AL Twisters (black)

Runner Up-GA Hawks

 

12U

Champion-Memphis Elite-Daniels

Runner Up-MO Valley Magic

 

13U

Champion-Ark Mustangs

Runner Up-St. Louis Crusaders

 

14U

Champion-Memphis Elite-Miles

Runner Up-Memphis Elite-James

 

15U

Champion-Memphis Elite-Pruitt

Runner Up-AL Southern Starz