UJIMA FOUNDATION WINS 1ST NAGICO CELEBRITY BASKETBALL GAME
September 1st, 2008
Ujima Foundation's Mrs Belle receiving a check of NAf. 3000.00 from NAGICO CEO McSood Amjad.
Philipsburg, St. Maarten – The NAGICO Celebrity Basketball Game ended in a huge success as the Government team representing the Ujima foundation won the night against the Private Sector who subsequently represented the I-CAN foundation. The government team won by 16 points, ending with a final score of 47 to 31. UJIMA received a total of ANG 3000 for having their representing team win. The I-CAN foundation received a total of ANG 2500 for the private sector coming in second place.
Playing for the government team was Les Brown, Miguel De Weever, Dr. Corneliuous De Weever, Janchi Leonard and Frans Nieuwenhoven. Also on the government team were Wrensly St. Jules, Robert Pantophlet and Van Stralen, all who represented the Ujima foundation. Playing for the private sector was Robert Dubourq, Vincent Haakmat, Dwayne McRae, Samuel Allen, Roberto Wilson, Elton Richardson, Isidor “Mighty Dow” York, Juri Essend and Sharilyn Winston. Mr. Calvin Turner was specially picked by the I-CAN foundation to pick that particular foundation.
The atmosphere was full as energy as the game started of the official introduction of the players. It was at this particular time that each player was escorted to the center of the court by 2 members of Motiance Dance School who were the cheerleaders for the night. After a the introduction and a short warm up session was done the game started. Being officiated over by the referres Mr. Emmanuel York and Patrick Lainez.
The match was basically dominated by the government team who held the private sector to 4 points for the majority of the first half while they built up a very comfortable lead. The offense of the government team was lead by Dr. Cornelious De Weever who ended the match with 12 points. It is in the second half that the private sector started to play a more unified type of game and was able to cut the lead of the government team significantly. The Mighty Dow ended the game as the MVP of the private sector team with a total of 8 points.