SKP Red crowned champions of RED 3×3 Basketball Showdown

Photos by Soh Jun Wei, Matthew Lau and Zachary Foo/Red Sports.

(From left to right) Solomon Goh, Lim Jun Yuan, Leslie Tan, Shamus Poh and Wong Zhong Han pose for a photo after the final of the RED 3×3 Basketball Showdown. Representing SKP Red, the four defeated A-Team 14–13 to emerge champions. (Photo 1 © Soh Jun Wei/Red Sports)

*SCAPE, Friday, August 8, 2014 — After over seven hours of play, which was interrupted once by rain, Lim Jun Yuan, Wong Zhong Han, Solomon Goh and Shamus Poh of SKP Red were crowned champions of the RED 3×3 Basketball Showdown, which saw more than 300 players from 63 participating teams contesting in eight-minute long matches.

The curtain-raiser to the inaugural 2014 RED All-Star Weekend, the RED 3×3 Basketball Showdown served up a gripping finale with champions SKP Red edging out A-Team — comprising of Temasek Polytechnic students Thng Jun Rong, Alistier Tay, Jeremy Quah, Wang Liang Rong and Pauline Ang — 14-13 for the $500 top prize. Finishing in third place were Chua Hao Jun, Lakksman Ganapathy and Pacifico Michael Angelo Rafio of Big Trio.

The 2014 Red All-Star Weekend continues on National Day from 2pm with some of the best and most popular school athletes challenging each other in their respective sports of basketball, floorball, and futsal.

There will also be performances by local three-man band Emerald Street and parkour group Superfly Monkey Dragons.

Admission as a spectator to the RED All-Star Weekend is free but tickets are required to watch the basketball, football and floorball action.

For ticketing information on the RED All-Star Weekend, visit: http://www.redsports.sg/red-all-star-weekend/

SKP Red’s road to RED 3×3 Basketball Showdown victory.

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