Boys and Girls Club Greenwich To Host Annual Corporate Basketball Challenge

Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich is hosting its 9th annual 3-on-3 Corporate Basketball Challenge this afternoon at 5 p.m. at the Clubhouse.

More than 190 professionals comprised of corporate basketball enthusiasts, Boys & Girls Club representatives and Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich alumni from Fairfield County and New York, will play in the tournament and fundraiser to benefit the club’s programs which focus on academic success, good character & citizenship and healthy lifestyles.

The winning team will receive the championship title and trophy. Last year’s champions were Gittleson & Associates, CPAs.

To kick off the event, club members, ages 8 to 12 will participate in a basketball clinic hosted by NBA professional Phaethon Bolton, a club alumnus and former Wake Forest Division 1 basketball player. The basketball clinic is free for the first 30 members and kids will learn how to dribble, shoot and pass. The clinic runs from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

This ‘NBA wannabe’ corporate tournament starts at 5 p.m.

“We look forward to this high energy competition every year because the kids get a chance to see their community leaders actively playing a competitive game of basketball in support of them. It also raises awareness about the Club’s valuable services, accumulates the financial support needed to run these programs and is a great networking forum for the area’s business leaders,” Boys & Girls Club CEO Bobby Walker Jr. said in a statement.

BGCG Board volunteers and BGCG teens will keep score and spectators are welcome to attend.

Local companies participating in the tournament include: BTIG, Espalier Global Management, Gabelli Foundation, Seneca Capital, Titan Advisors, Andersen Tax, AQR Capital Management, Axiom International Investors LLC, BasePoint Capital, Camelot Capital, Catterton Management, Credit Suisse, Cristo Rey NY High School, Ellington Management Group, General Atlantic, Gittleson & Associates, JAT Capital Management, Jefferies LoanCore, Jericho Capital Asset Management LP, Merrill Lynch, Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services, NEBCO, Nomura Securities International, Oak Hill Capital Management, PineView Asset Management, Richards, Sageview Capital, Stone Point Capital, Tide Point Capital Management, LP, Wine Wise Greenwich.

For more information, visit bgcg.org.

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Photo courtesy of Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich: Gittleson & Associates, CPAs were winners of BGCG’s 2014 3-on-3 Corporate Basketball Challenge. From left are David Reggina, Driton Xhema, Telron Spell and Hakeem Hall.