The Flemming Danielsen shootout

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Another event on Saturday night of the tournament is the "The Flemming Danielsen shootout", where one player from each team enters the 3 pointcontest. Eventually there will be a winner of the first "Flemmning Danielsen shootout".

"I remember as a player coming over from Sweden to watch some danish cup finals and Flemming Danielsen looked like he could shot the ball from anywhere and I remember his killereyes he was all about winning the game and doing what was neccesery to achieve that.
He was a leader on the court and he could shoot the lights out and his game and winning attitude made the openents wish he was on their team instead."
- Andreas Holmgran


Greatfull that another basketball great from Denmark loans his name to what i hope will be a great shootout in Hørsholmshallen on saturday night skills challenge.

Norrkoping Dolphins replaces Sabonis

After some stressfulls weeks its finally in place with a replacement for the late drop off in Sabonis.
Hørsholm and the  Boys 98 Pre Season Invitational welcomes Norrkoping Dolphins to the tournament and with all teams in place I can put the final touches to the gameschedule.

It will be annonced before saturday this coming weekend.

The Waseem Ahmad Challenge

The picture is from DK4 documentary danish basketball icons

Saturday night skills challenge has of course a 1 vs 1 contest that we call "The Waseem Ahmad Challenge", One player from each team will represent their team in the 1 vs 1 tournament.
Which player will be crowned The Waseem Ahmad Challenge Winner 2011?

"Waseem Ahmad was a great pointguard and I still remember the first time a saw his skills executed in a game it was actually practicegame between my team and his. He didn`t play like most nordic players did back then he was smooth and sneaky, great handles and quick like a cobra. He was to me Denmarks Isiah Thomas and a delight to watch in games, he had a presence on the court that only great players have."
-Andreas Holmgran

I`m very happy to be able to use another great players name, to put some history behind competitions and awards in the tournament. Pre Season Invitational says thanks to Waseem "Isiah" Ahmad :-)

The Adama Darboe skillstest

As a part of saturday night skills challenge one player from each team will represent the team in som competitions. One of these competitions is "The Adama Darboe skillstest" which will be a circuit (Somewhat like NBA`s) that will demand calm nervous and sharpness and of course quikness.

"Adama Darboe is the best active PG in denmark as I see it a threat from the outside hard to guard since he can attack the basket as well as shoot it or deliever that opening pass. He is truly a profesional on and outside the court and a perfect rolemodell for bball kids. He is a general on the court and he not only directs with talk, he simply shows the way for his team and thats why he is a winner"
- Andreas Holmgran

I`m very greatful that Adama Darboe loans his name to this skillstest and I´m looking forward to a fun night with skills challenges on the 3rd of september after the last game for the night.

Who will win "The Henrik Norre Award"?

The Henrik Norre Award goes to the best player in the tournament.

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"Henrik Norre is one of the best if not the best danish player of all time and he played the game with passion and finess like most players wish they could do on a good night. He owned the court and directed what would happen like a master"
-Andreas Holmgran

I glad that Henrik Norre loans his name to this prestiges award and hope he has the time himself to select the winner and if not it will be done by a jury.

We have some other awards that will be handed out on the finalday of competition and I`m hoping to put other great danish players names on them. So more to come....

Polish referees will come to Invitational

Since our federation wont let us use top referees from denmark we had to fix something else and today it was cleared that 4 polish top referees will come and ref all the games in Pre Season Invitational 2-4 of september in Hørsholm.

This ads a little more international flavor to the tournament and the work goes on with organizing the tournament all that comes with it.

Sincerely
Andreas Holmgran (Organizer) & Tom Hansen (referee host)