70th Gold Medal Basketball Tournament seeking interest

  • Friday, November 6, 2015 1:06am
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Fall is in the air and nothing marks that better than the release of the Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament dates.

On Thursday, Juneau Lions Club vice presidents and Gold Medal Tournament co-chairs Edward Hotch, Benjamin Hotch and Louise Kadinger announced the dates, location and divisions in the 70th annual Invitational Gold Medal Basketball Tournament.

The 2016 tournament will be held March 20-26 at the Juneau-Douglas High School gym.

Player division for the tournament will be “B”, “C”, “Masters” and Women’s.”

According to a press release, the Juneau Lions Club is seeking Letters of Interest from all B, C, Masters and Women’s teams interested in participating.

Any team that wishes to be considered for playing in these four divisions is asked to send a letter or an email that states the community they represent, division they desire to play in, name of team and the name of one individual who will be the Team Point of Contact.

The Juneau Lions Club is asking for separate Letters of Interest for each division team. All Letters of Interest must be received by Dec. 1. The Juneau Lions Club will make team invitation selections and send Official Invitations by December 14.

Letters of Interest should be mailed to:

Juneau Lions Club, 2015 Gold Medal Tournament Attn: Invitations

P.O. Box 020911

Juneau, Alaska 99802

Letters of Interest can be emailed via the website lions@goldmedalbasketball.org.

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