NBSA Invites Basketball Shooters To Compete for the title of the World's Best Senior Free Throw Shooter
Here's the chance for senior basketball athletes to test their skills against the best senior free throw shooters in the world!
CLATSKANIE, OR, March 21, 2011
The Huntsman World Senior Games and the National Basketball Shooters Association have partnered to hold the first annual Huntsman/NBSA World Senior Free Throw Championship on October 10th, 2011 in St. George, Utah.The Huntsman World Senior Games is the largest annual olympic style games of its kind. More than 10,000 senior athletes from all over the US and from around the world participated in the 2010 Games. The 2011 Games marks its 25th anniversary of the running of the St. George, UT games and it is expected to be the largest field of participation ever.
In just basketball, in 2010, over 300 athletes participated in men's and women's events in all age divisions, competing in 3-on-3 and 5-on-5 play as well as shooting in a hot shot contest and a combined free throw and 3-point contest.
As an addition to the already established basketball offerings, The Huntsman World Senior Games and the National Basketball Shooters Association have partnered to hold the first annual NBSA World Senior Free Throw Championship on October 10th, 2011, at the conclusion of the other shooting contests.
NBSA would like to invite the best shooters from anywhere in the world to register for the shooting contests in St. George (www.seniorgames.net/). Qualifiers for the World Senior Free Throw Championship will be drawn from the best shooting percentages of the free throw portion of the event.
Shooters with the highest percentages from both gender age group shooting contests will qualify into an open competition where all shooters, regardless of gender/age, will go head-to-head in a single elimination format, to find the best senior free throw shooters in the world.
There are many athletes who have competed in their states' senior games, and elsewhere, and while doing well, have not been able to go on to compete with the best shooters from other areas. Here's the chance to test their skills against the best senior free throw shooters in the world!
Interested shooters may register at the Huntsman site to participate in at least the free throw/3-point contest. That will enable participants to attempt to qualify into the World Senior Free Throw Championship.