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Youth Teams Look Forward to Competitions with Port Arthur

The Cayman Islands Basketball Association has teamed up with Bringing Back the Glory Tournaments to provide opportunities for their youth teams in Cayman and Port Arthur Texas to compete.

Port Arthur and the Cayman Islands have a deeper connection than many people realize.  Many decades ago, many of the seafarers settled in Port Arthur.  As the Caymanian population grew there, an exchange began with friendly competitions of all sorts.  Barefoot Man would even travel there at least once per year and have an event Called “Cayman Nights”.

With the hopes of re-kindling this relationship, Mrs. Wanda Bodden – CEO and Tournament Director for BBTG reached out to the then Director of Sports, Collin Anglin and President of CIBA Richard Parchment to make this vision a reality back in 2019.

The result: Cayman hosted Port Arthur in the Cayman Basketball Festival in 2019 which also included Bermuda along with Cayman and a team from Port Arthur in the Under 17 Boys and Girls Division.

Although the program took a brief hiatus due to Covid, it has now been brought back and both parties are excited! Anglin is now the President of the CI Basketball Association, and the new executive fully supports the continuation of this collaboration.

Cayman’s National Under 15 boys and Girls teams will travel to Port Arthur to Compete in the “Feel the Heat – Reloaded” Tournament June 15-17, hosted by BBTG and then in July 11-13th Port Arthur will travel to Cayman to take part in the Cayman Basketball Festival being hosted by CIBA. The tournament in Cayman will feature Cayman’s U-17 Boys and Girls teams.  This is all aimed at giving our athletes more exposure to international competition as Cayman Prepares to take part in upcoming FIBA tournaments.

L-R: Omari Corbin -1st  Vice President of CIBA, Victor O’Garro – CIBA Technical Director, Wanda Bodden – CEO and Tournament Director of Bringing Back the Glory Tournaments, Collin Anglin – President of CIBA

Tickets Sales Live For Basketball Festival

There’s a lot of excitement around the upcoming Youth Basketball Festival featuring Cayman, Port Arthur Texas, Bermuda and Trinidad & Tobago.

Fans are looking forward to seeing the Cayman’s Top Basketballers take on their neighbours in some intense but exciting basketball action.

Fans can get their tickets now via Event Pro and save! Click HERE

The tournament will be from July 18-20 and showcase 11 total games between boys and girls teams.

Prices are as follows:
CI $15.00 at the gate each day or:
CI $10.00 Per day via Event Pro (Download the app from the apple or android play stores).
CI $25.00 For an All Tournament Pass via Event Pro (Save nearly 50% off the gate value and 20% off the day pass value).

Get your tickets today!
Proceeds go towards Cayman’s National Youth Development Program.

Youth Basketball Tournament is Official

Cayman, Port Arthur Texas, Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago will compete in the Upcoming Sports Festival

There is excitement around the upcoming Youth Basketball Tournament which will showcase Cayman’s local youth talent. The tournament takes place during July 18-20 and will feature boys and girls teams. All four countries will be represented in the boys category and Cayman vs Port Arthur will have a 3 game series in the Girls Category.

Pastor Wanda Bodden – Founder of Bringing Back the Glory Tournaments – had a vision 3 years ago to give children of Port Arthur Texas, who had been devastated by hurricane Harvey, an opportunity to get international exposure and a glimmer of hope despite their current circumstances. She then reached out to the CI Basketball Association & Department of Sports about having a tournament with Cayman, given Port Arthur’s rich history with Caymanians who had settled and started families in Port Arthur many decades ago.

Despite a few challenges, this dream has now become a reality. Cayman will get to showcase some of its high school talent, many of whom will be performing on home soil for the first time; Port Arthur, a city of 50,000 people, will live up to its reputation of athletic prowess, and now with the additions of Bermuda and Trinidad & Tobago, it has turned out to be quite a tournament indeed.

Tournament schedule will be released soon.