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This year's tournament was sponsored by FedEx. Nine teams had participated- Snow Leopards, Rato Bangala Club, Malpi International, Niten Memorial School, Orient College, Valley Public School, Golden Gate Club, Ace Flyers and GAA. Winners of the 3rd Fr. Watrin's RIBS did not participate.

Snow Leopards Bagged the trophy beating Rato Bangala in the Finals. Janice Kosman was declared the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Mr. Mahendra Man Sakya, '77, General Secretary of NeBA, former President of GAA, was the Chief Guest of this year's tournament.

This year's tournament was held from August 24- August 30, 2008.

GoldenGate 'A' and Snow Leopard won the men's and women's title of the First Father Donnelly 3 on 3 Open Basketball Tournament at the GAA Hall on Saturday. GoldenGate 'A' lifted the men's title defeating GoldenGate 'B' 21-15, 21-13, 21-17 and Snow Leopard clinched the women's title beating strong favorite Rato Bangala 21-17, 21-2. Paresh Shrestha opened the scoring for GoldenGate 'A' trailing by a huge 9-0 margin. The opener put the team back on track, as it quickly went well ahead of its opponent with a three-pointer and a couple of two-pointers from Rabindra Maharjan.

GoldenGate 'B', reputed for its resolute defending had trouble containing Rabindra Maharjan and went on conceding easily against him thus giving away a game that could easily had gone its way.

It was double delight for Golden Gate College as both its teams advanced to final of the ongoing Fr. Donnelly Open 3-on-3 Basketball Championship winning their respective semifinals on Friday.

Golden Gate A secured an easy 21-7, 21-5, 21-15 win over ABCW while Golden Gate B had to struggle hard to earn a 21-14, 17-21, 10-21, 21-7, 21-15 over Kathmandudes.

Beating ABCW was a cake walk for Golden Gate A, which kept its cool showing the same virtues that won it the previous matches. Rabindra Maharjan and Bipendra Maharjan gave a tough time to their opponents converting almost all their attempts.

GoldenGate rode on Bipendra Maharjan's 17 points to see off spirited Prime College 'B' 21-15, 21-13 on the second day of the First Father Donnelly 3 on 3 Basketball Championship at the GAA Hall on Thursday.

Kathmandudes enjoyed a 21-16, 21-11 win over Generation with Grady Walker and Rabin Khatri's 19 and 11 points respectively.

Free Tibet, one of the four teams of host GAA, failed to live up to the expectation of its enthusiastic supporters, going down 21-14, 21-19 at the hands of EECC.

Prime 'A' gave its 'B' team something to cheer about after its bitter defeat, securing a 21-8, 21-11 win over Intensive College.

Prime was six points clear of its opponent in the initial stages of the first round with Ravi Giri and Rohit Lama giving their best. The experienced GoldenGate was in disarray falling behind against a much younger side.

The 1st Fr Donnelly Open Level Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament is to start on 16 July, 2008. 24 men's team and 10 women's teams have registered. All matches will be held at the GAA hall.

The finals will be on Saturday 19 July, 2008. Fr Donnelly will give away the medals and cash prize.

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1st Fr. Donnelly 3 on 3 Men’s Open Basketball Tournament 2008
1st Fr. Donnelly 3 on 3 Women’s Open Basketball Tournament 2008

The GAA is organizing the 1st Fr. Donnelly 3 on 3 Men’s and Women’s Open Basketball Tournament from 16-19 July 2008. The last date of registration is on  13 July, 2008. The purpose of doing this tournament in the name of the ailing Fr James J Donnelly is to recognize his contribution to sports and towards his zeal to achieving excellence.

The concept of 3 on 3 tournament comes from what is known as “street basketball” played around the world. The pace of the game is faster than regular games and can be played in a half court with three players per team which is one of the reasons behind its popularity.

The service towards youth through promotion of sports being one of the major objectives of GAA, the alumni has been organising its annual basketball tournament in the memory of Fr. Eugene L. Watrin S.J. encouraging the youth members in taking responsibilities and promoting the sports itself. The tournament is reputed and one of the major events in the basketball scenario. This year's tournament was organised by Mr.Patrick Chettri and team (batch of '04 ) under the guidance of Mahendra Man Sakya. It was a huge success as Fr. James J. Donnelly as the honarary guest and Mr Dhurba Man Pradhan being the Chief Guest. The finals was broadcasted live on national TV.