DOHA: The Ballers team was crowned winners of Aspire Zone’s fourth edition of Aspire Jam held on Saturday at the Aspire Park Basketball Court.
The Clutch team placed second while the Good Guys came in at third place followed by Al Shaqab at fourth at the annual local basketball tournament where Qatar’s best street basketball players showcase their speed, agility and team spirit on the court.
This year, 16 local teams made up of amateur basketball players played a three-on-three street basketball tournament in front of an enthusiastic home grown crowd.
This year’s winning team, Ballers, demonstrated their wide range of basketball skills and showed why won the 2015 edition of Aspire Jam.
Yousef Aziz, an ex-professional basketball player whose father was a former NBA player, spoke on behalf of the Ballers and said: “We are thrilled to have won this year’s edition of Aspire Jam. Clutch played an awesome game today and it was a lot of fun as we enjoyed ourselves out there on the court. We look forward to defending our title at the next edition of Aspire Zone’s Aspire Jam.”
Abdulla Al Khater, Events Manager at Aspire Zone, said:
“We are delighted to have organised the fourth edition of Aspire Jam and for putting together another successful event. All of the teams were great and demonstrated outstanding skills, technique and a fighting team spirit.”
During Aspire Jam there was music and entertainment for the crowd to enjoy. Meanwhile, there were two additional winners during Aspire Jam, Ahmed Ali who was the social media winner along with Steve Martinez, an 11 year old boy was the spectator winner after scoring three points on the court.The Peninsula
