Red Bull half-court Mombasa edition gets 3x3 extravaganza underway

The Swahili pot hub men’s and women’s teams were crowned the winners of the Mombasa Edition of the Red Bull half-court competition that was held over the weekend.

The Mombasa finalists will face winners from other regions across the country in the Nairobi national finals slated for 6 June in the build-up to the world finals to be held in October this year in New York, United States.

Attracting 48 participating teams from the region is a testament to Redbull’s impact in mobilizing basketball in the country. In total 15 ladies’ team registered in the competition while a total of 33 men teams were represented.

Speaking after the competition Faith Adhiambo Oduor the captain of the Swahili Pot Hub ladies’ team expressed her joy at emerging top in the competition and promised to work even harder with their eyes fixed on the national finals.

“It was not easy winning this competition today. We are going to work even harder in our practice in preparation for the national finals in Nairobi. The weather in Nairobi is different from what we have here so we are going to do a lot of running in our practice,” she offered, further thanking organizers for the initiative that has the potential to grow the sport.

Ali Hilmi, vice president of the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) noted that the number of women’s teams had increased this year, an indication of the impact the initiative to identify and nurture basketball talent in the country has.