New sponsor for Standard tourney
Just in time for the 60th anniversary of the Standard High School Basketball Tournament, tourney organizers have landed a new presenting sponsor.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have Accenture on board as our title sponsor for the 60th anniversary of the tournament,” said Randy Conlon, who co-chairs the event along with John Pilling. “We’d like to thank Kully’s for their support over the past few years as well. Now, as we move into a new area of title sponsorship, we couldn’t be more excited.”
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital cores, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. It combines its strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capabilities to drive meaningful change.
“Congratulations to the Standard High School Basketball Tournament on this milestone year. We are honoured to celebrate the 60th anniversary of this tournament with our community,” said Rachel Stuchberry, Accenture Operations Canada lead. “Accenture Niagara has many employees and their family members who play and coach local basketball and have attended the local schools who participate and we are thrilled to be able to cheer on our local teams during this storied tournament.”
The 60th anniversary of the tournament will be celebrated with a reunion for invited guests on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at the Grantham Lions Club at 732 Niagara St. in St. Catharines with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and the event starting at 7 p.m. The night will include the unveiling of an all-time, all-tournament team, made up of 16 players and four coaches as selected by a committee, and a pictorial history of the tournament.
Also as part of the celebration, the tournament has partnered with RegattaSport to produce and sell commemorative 60th anniversary merchandise online to former players and coaches. RegattaSport is planning to donate proceeds from the sales back to the committee for its bursary fund.
Orders must be placed through the Regatta Sport website at https://regattasport.com/. Once on the site, go to ITEAMS, register and follow the instructions. There will be a dropdown menu. You will need to scroll down to Standard Basketball to view items available for purchase.
The tournament starts Monday at four locations. The schedule includes: Blessed Trinity vs. Ridley College at 1:15 p.m. and Saint Francis at St. Catharines Collegiate at 2:45 p.m. at Blessed Trinity; Denis Morris vs. Thorold at 1 p.m. and West Niagara vs. E.L. Crossley at 2:30 p.m. at Thorold; Eden vs. Holy Cross at 1:10 p.m. and Greater Fort Erie at Laura Secord at 2:40 p.m. at Holy Cross; and, Centennial vs. Governor Simcoe at 1:10 p.m. and Sir Winston Churchill vs. Smithville Christian at 2:45 p.m. at Governor Simcoe.
Tuesday’s quarter-final games will be staged at Saint Francis, Crossley, Churchill and Eden with the consolation games set for 6 p.m. and the championship matches scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
All the semifinals will be staged Thursday at Ridley College with consolation games at 3 and 4:30 p.m. and championship games at 6 and 7:30 p.m.
Championship night will be held at St. Catharines Collegiate with the consolation final at 5:30 p.m. and the championship at 7:45 p.m.
