Spalding Pro Basketball Camp 2011

In Co-operation with SPOPS, the 1st Spalding Pro Camp in Germany will take place from April 29th to May 1st, 2011. We are talking about an Invitational Tournament for players with the game level of BBL, Pro A or Pro B. The camp will take place in Mainz (17 miles away from the airport in Frankfurt).

The camp fee will be 275,- Euro (about 400 USD). Players who are not invited can submit their applications as well. Additional positions will be assigned by through a selection process. The fee is kind of an “all-inclusive package” and contains 3 nights in a hotel, 3 x breakfast in the hotel, 2 days catering at the tournament, 3 x dinner as well as the shuttle from train station/airport to the hotel and back.

Further informations will follow soon…

Premium partners

The organization was able to garner the support of Spalding, the leading brand in basketball for the 1st Spalding Pro Basketball Camp 2011 as equipment supplier and naming rights partner. All players, referees and most of the helping hands will be equipped with jerseys and shirts from Spalding. Stefan Schey, Brand Manager Spalding and Martin Schenk, SPOPS - Sports by SPOPS agreed to this corresponding cooperation.

"The Basketball Tryout Camp is for us an excellent opportunity to showcase our products not only under hardship conditions but also to use the positive charisma effect of the event across national borders for our brand and image building", says Stefan Schey.

Baller's planet, the specialist in basketball, team equipment and lifestyle from Würzburg will be represented on both days of the Spalding Pro Camp with a sales and information booth in the gym. The owner of baller's planet, Kai Hügelschäffer, is not only at hand with help and advice for visitors in basketball equipment issues, but will also bring along the one or other hot deal/steal to Rhinehessen. In addition to a collection of camp equipment supplier Spalding there will be a huge selection of Jordans. Further informations can be found here: www.ballersplanet.de.

Great taste with Sinalco ... With Sinalco a dynamic beverage partner was found that will support the 1st Spalding Pro Basketball Camp 2011 refreshment-specific. Due to great commitments in basketball Sinalco is seen as a synonym for the sport with the orange leather in many countries. In 2010 Sinalco has been global partner of the FIBA Basketball World Championships. The organizers of the Spalding Pro Camp (SPOPS - Sports by SPOPS and Weller Sports) are all the more happier to be able to win Sinalco - one of the most famous beverage brands in Germany - as a partner.

Martin Schenk, SPOPS - Sports by SPOPS: "I am glad that we were able to garner Sinalco as one of the most famous brands in Germany for the 1st Spalding Pro Basketball Camp. Lovely, too, that not just me, but also many other basketball players connect a lot of positive refreshing childhood and youth memories with the Sinalco brand."

With ROSBACHER a sporting mineral water partner was found by the initiators of the 1st Spalding Pro Basketball Camp. Jens Weller of joint organizer Weller Sports & Entertainment documents: "ROSBACHER is the optimal mineral water for all people who love to be in motion and who are keen on sports - thus ideal for professional basketballers and dynamic fans."

ROSBACHER mineral water contains the physiological valuable 2:1 IDEAL by nature: By the ideal ratio of two parts calcium to one part of magnesium, there is an optimal supply of minerals. This means that pretty much as the body loses the minerals calcium and magnesium, ROSBACHER gives it back to him. Further informations about ROSBACHER can be found here: www.rosbacher.com.

Junior partners

SUBWAY will become official catering partner of the 1st Spalding Pro Basketball Camp 2011. Alex Mylonas - brother of Serbian basketball World and European Champion Miroslav Pecarski - and Sven Labenz (SPOPS - Sports by SPOPS) agreed to this partnership. All participating players of the camp will be guests of the SUBWAY branch in Mainz South Station/Roman Theater where they will have a "souvenir photo shooting" besides tasty sandwiches. All visitors of the camp can also look forward to healthy sandwiches and goodies as the SUBWAY products will be available for purchase at the kiosk on all days of the camp.

The organizer of the 1st Spalding Pro Camp are glad to announce Boombasketball.com - one of the most notable internet platforms in Germany - as a supporter of the Pro Camp 2011. We say thanks to Dave von Boom who supports our project. You can find more informations about boombasketball on www.boombasketball.com.

After boombasketball.com, the Spalding Pro Camp will also be supported by Layups.com. Layups.com is a basketball coaching blog in English language that is run by Eitel Daniel with a lot abandon. We really appreciate Eitel´s support. More informations about the coaching blog can be found on www.layups.com.

Media partners

For the first Spalding Pro Basketball Camp 2011 the organisation was able to gain Crossover – the biggest German-speaking basketball portal – over as online media partner. Crossover will support the Pro Camp with pre- and post-reports. Furthermore the best and most efficient player of the camp will be honored with the Crossover-MVP-Award. Crossover and SPOPS – Sports by SPOPS as joint organizer agreed to this corresponding cooperation. Informations and reports of the Spalding Pro Camp will be published on www.crossover-online.de.

About Crossover: Founded 1998, Crossover is one of the oldest basketball websites in the internet and the leading one in the German-speaking world. No other online offer of the German basketball scene provides a comparable abundance of contents in the fields of sports and lifestyle – produced by their own editorial journalists. A rich source of basketball themes is complemented by interactive contents (manager games, bettings, quiz…) and a huge social network for basketballers The goal of Crossover is to offer a meeting point in the internet to the basketball fans in Germany and at the same time to get many new people enthusiastic about the sport and the culture.