Special Olympics New Hampshire
650 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: 1-800-639-2608 or
(603) 624-1250
Fax: (603) 624-4911 mission statement
Basketball Tournament
Portsmouth hosts the state-wide Basketball Tournament, to be held April 9-10, 2010 (Fri-Sat). The two-day event offers four levels of competition:
Full Court Competition: Special Olympics & Unified Sports Divisions Teams will participate in full length, regulation games over the course of two days including a divisioning round, a seeding round, and a single elimination medal round to determine their finish.
Three on three (Half court) Competition: Special Olympics & Unified Sports Divisions Competition is a one day event where teams play a series of games to determine both seeding and final place finishes.
Individual Skills Competition: A series of stations focusing on a specific skill of the game of basketball. Stations include a target pass, a bounce pass, a speed dribble, a shooting station, and a 10-meter dribble. Athletes will achieve a score for each station and will then be awarded based on the combined score of each station.