“AA” Provincial Basketball Tournament
Boys and Girls
March 7th – 10th, 2012
Kamloops, British
Columbia.
Once again the Tournament City of B.C. will play
host to the “AA” Boys’ and Girls’ High School Basketball
Championships. This will mark the 14th consecutive year the
combined boys’ and girls’ tournament will be held in Kamloops.
The tournament committee has met and outlined preliminary
plans for this year’s event. Keep attuned to the web site for
new information. The main venues for the event will be the
Tournament Capital Center and the TRU gymnasium with semis and
finals being played at TCC.
The tournament is sponsored by Fulton and Company, LN Group,
Thompson Rivers University and the City of Kamloops. In
addition, a number of companies provide In-Kind support
including Big Kahuna, Skyline Athletics and Overtime Athletics.
Our four tournament hotels, the Comfort Inn, the Thompson Hotel
and Convention Center and the Maverick Inn also provide
financial support. As well, the tournament enjoys annual
support from a number of Kamloops businesses who provide
advertisement and other forms of support (see the annual
tournament program).
If you have questions about the tournament, its
schedule or its supporters, you can contact either of the
co-chairs at the numbers below. .
Brian Peters - Chair – Girls – 250-828-0190 (h)
e-mail –
jb.peters@shaw.ca
Lindsay Karpluk – Chair – Boys – 250-376-1272(w)
250-374-0741(h) 250-377-2225 (fax)
e-mail – ljkarpluk@shaw.ca
Tournament web site – www.aabasketball.org
The bare facts –
Provincials - 2012
Dates : Wednesday, March 7th
– Saturday, March 10th, 2012
Site : Kamloops, B.C.
Venues:
Tournament Capital Center
Thompson Rivers University Gymnasium
Sahali Secondary
Participants: Top 16 “AA” girls’ basketball teams
Top 16 “AA” boys’ basketball
teams
See info on qualifying procedures in
B.C. School Sports Handbook 2011-2012
Schedule: Days 1 and 2 will be played on two courts at
TCC and 1 at TRU allowing later starts in the morning and
earlier finishes at night.
Day 3 - Boys’ and girls’ teams alternate play at
venues. See exceptions for Association meetings. On Friday,
all except semi-final games finished by 4:30 p.m. to allow teams
to attend semi-final night.
Day 4 - Games alternate at all venues.
Girls finish
last this year.
Schedule of other events:
Tuesday, Mar. 6th
- 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registration
Grand Hall - TRU
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Banquet
Grand Hall -TRU
9:00 – Coaches Social and info meeting
Thompson Conference Center
Friday, Mar. 9th - 9 a.m. –Girls’ Association
meeting
12 noon. – Boys’ Association meeting
Games adjusted to permit all coaches to attend.
Saturday, Mar. 10th - 9:00 p.m. –
Awards presentation – Compulsory attendance by all teams
Other Relevant Material
1. Banquet – includes opening ceremony. All teams
expected to attend. The banquet is held at the Grand Hall at
Thompson Rivers University. All players will receive programs,
lanyards, etc. at banquet. Cost of $40 includes banquet,
tournament t-shirt (only available to players and coaches),
school clothing draw, and program. All teams are asked to bring
two draw items for a raffle at the banquet – school t-shirts,
hats, etc. Appropriate semi-formal dress required for the
banquet.
2. Program – all teams must have rosters and pictures
into zone commissioner by Jan. 15th, 2012. Teams who
do not have their pictures and rosters in to their commissioners
may not be in the program. There is also a financial penalty for
Provincial teams who do not have their pictures in well before
the tournament. If you have noticed errors in previous
programs, contact one of the tournament chairs by the end of
January. It would be huge advantage to our program committee
if you would e-mail your roster and team picture to
jbuckham@mail.ocis.net and to Marie Downing at
maried@noranprinting.ca at the same time you submit it to
your commissioner.
3. Entry fees – $250.00 – Teams not staying at a host
hotel must pay surcharge of $350.00 for total of $600.00. This
is result of motion passed by both Associations to assist
funding for the tournament.
4.
Host hotels – three hotels (check the web-site) support
the tournament in a major way and have been designated as host
hotels. They are:
Comfort Inn
Thompson Conference
Center
Maverick Inn
5. Coaches’ Gifts – supplied by Thompson Rivers
University
6. Coaches’ Social/Coaches’ area at TCC –
Supplied by Skyline Athletics
7. All-star Gifts/Volunteer shirts – supplied by Big
Kahuana
8. Clothing – t-shirts, kangaroo tops, vests, etc.,
available during the tournament.
9. Spirit Award – annual award given to the school
demonstrating sportsmanship, enthusiasm, fan support and
banners.
10. We will not have host/hostesses this year so no
gift is needed.
11. Team Banners – each team can have up to two banners
for the event – large 3X10 for TCC and small 3X6 for TRU.
12. Player awards - game awards for outstanding
performance- supplied by Skyline
Athletic
- up to three Honorable Mention awards for both boys and
girls
- ten All-Tournament awards for
girls
- five First and five Second All-star awards for boys.
- all-star/all-tournament players receive trophies and gifts
- MVP’s receive trophies, gifts and scholarships
13. Team awards - all teams receive commemorative
plaque and picture. Top nine teams in both draws receive
permanent trophies for one year.
14.
Video – all games are taped and copies are
available at a nominal cost.
15. Warm-up Balls – bring your own.
16.
Registration packages will be sent to all zone reps in
late January/early February.
The registration package is also available on the web site.
17. Once the tournament starts, the web site is kept
up-to-date with results, statistics, pictures and daily reports.
18. Closing ceremonies: all teams must participate
following championship games.
19. The Friday coaches’ meetings are an important part of
the tournament. All teams
should have a representative at the meeting relating
to your commission. There
will be no games scheduled in your draw during that
period.
20. There
is a professional photographer on site for parents and players.
21. The semi-finals and medal games will
be carried on the web.