From the 16th – 21st of July the St.Maarten Youth Beat Foundation will participate with 23 Youth Basketball Players to the NBA 76ers Summer Youth Basketball Camp in Philadelphia Pennsylvania .
The Delegation left St.Maarten on Thursday, 14th July and return on Friday, 22nd July 2011.
This camp will take place at the Prestigious Forge Valley Academy in Wayne Pennsylvinia.
The Youth Basketball Players that will participate are : Omari Serrant, Akim Serrant, Afredo Claxton-Gibbs, Rene Pierre-Louis, Jemmerio Wilson, Jason Davis, Rolando Carty, Ashielle Hodge, Nathan Bell, Wedson Richardson, Sheldon Richardson, Jonathan Philips, Daniel Philips, Alain Duzant, Cairon Herbert, Special Richardson, Shamiki Hodge, Triston Coffie, Malik Duporsoy, Arsenio Meyers.
There is also 4 athletes from Saba that will also form part of the delegation, they are: Mitchell Hassel, Shurandy Winfield, Myron Hassel and John Simmons
Parents, Family and Friends should be advised that the Delegation have arrived safely in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon.
The players will be participating in a friendly game on Friday afternoon against a 17 under youth team from the Philadelphia area.
It should be noted that negotiations is on the way to have the a branch of the NBA 76ers camps take place in St.Maarten during the summer of 2012……This will all happen after Camp and 76ers officials visit the island to assess the possibility and feasibility of having such a camp on St.Maarten
Emanuel York
President SYBF