GUS MACKER OLEAN Schedule
Friday, August 15
4-7 PM -- TEAM REGISTRATION
4-8 PM -- CORPORATE SKILLS Challenge
5-8 PM -- CORPORATE CUP BASKETBALL GAMES
5:30-7 PM -- THREE-POINT Qualifiers (Session ONE)
6:30-9 PM -- SPONSOR APPRECIATION PARTY
Saturday, August 16
7 AM-Noon -- TEAM REGISTRATION
7:45 AM -- OPENING CEREMONIES National Anthem sung by Kirk & Kellen Gilbert
8 AM -- GUS MACKER GAMES Begin (games run until 6 PM)
9 AM -- DREAM COURT GAMES Begin
9 AM -- KidZone Opens (sponsored by the Olean-Bradford YMCA) until 4 PM
9 AM -- BOCCE tournament, PUTTING GREEN contest
11 AM-12 PM -- THREE-POINT Qualifiers (Session TWO)
12-4 PM -- MASCOT Day
2-3 PM -- THREE-POINT Qualifiers
6 PM -- THREE-POINT SHOOT OFF (top 4 girls from qualifiers)
6:30 PM -- SLAM DUNK COMPETITION
Sunday, August 17
8 AM -- GUS MACKER GAMES Resume (games run until 6 PM)
9 AM -- DREAM COURT GAMES Resume
9 AM -- BOCCE tournament, PUTTING GREEN contest
9 AM-4 PM -- NON PROFIT FAIR
11 AM-5 PM -- As courts finish games, AWARDS will be presented
Directions, Parking and other Useful Information
Directions
From the West: I-86 take exit 25 – turn right onto Buffalo Rd- Buffalo Rd turns into Wayne St. Follow Wayne St to Olean Middle School (ample parking 5 –8 Minute walk). Tournament site will be off to the right at the intersections of Wayne St and Union St.
RT 417 East – Turn right on N Union St (Rt 16) - look for parking signs for JCC off of N Barry St. OR continue to Wayne St turn left- park at Middle School
From the East: I-86 take exit 25 – turn left onto Buffalo Rd- Buffalo Rd turns into Wayne St. Follow Wayne St to Olean Middle School (ample parking 5 –8 Minute walk). Tournament site will be off to the right at the intersections of Wayne St and Union St.
RT 417 West – Turn Left on N Union St (Rt 16) - look for parking signs for JCC off of N Barry St. OR continue to Wayne St turn left- park at Middle School
From the South: Take Rt 16 N – look for parking signs for JCC off of N Barry St. OR continue to Wayne St turn Left- Park at Middle School
From the North: Take Rt 16 N – continue to Wayne St turn Right- Park at Middle School
Parking
There is limited parking at the Olean Center Mall and you are encouraged to park at the Olean Middle School or at Jamestown Community College. There is a traffic light at the mall entrance, which will help in dropping off and picking up people or supplies.
Other Useful Information
The proceeds of all water and power drinks sold on the Macker Site go directly to support our charities.
The Old Library Restaurant is providing onsite concessions and maps of other local restaurants supporting our tournament will be available at registration.
There will be a Bocce Court and Putting Green for you to enjoy during down times.
Don’t have your team shirts yet. Don’t worry. Blucher’s Custom Graphics will be on site to make custom T-shirts.
Check out our web site www.oleangusmacker.org
We would like to THANK all of our sponsors, without them this tournament would not be possible.
Please support the local business who have supported Olean’s 1st Gus Macker.
News Release
OLEAN -- Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball, America's largest outdoor basketball tournament celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2008, will be held in Olean August 15-17, 2008. The 3-day event, organized and benefiting both the Olean High School Sports Booster and the Olean City School District Foundation, is open to players of all ages and experience levels who are computer-matched by age, height and experience so that all participants can be competitive. The event, first held in Lowell, Michigan in 1974, is a family festival with food and music along with the basketball competition.
LOCATION -- Courts will be positioned on Delaware Avenue and North Barry Street, with food and retail vendors setting up in the Olean Center Mall/Key Bank parking lot. The tournament, based on basketball played in driveways throughout the U.S., will include players who have no experience to those who have played college and semi-professional basketball. Depending on the number of teams placed in a specific division, players and the teams they’re on will be playing for first- and second- and third trophies. Also teams that finish last in their divisions could receive “Toilet bowl” trophies.
POPULATION INCREASE -- Gus Macker Olean is proud to announce that in its first year the tournament has 237 teams registered. That means the City of Olean will expect an influx of at least 5,000 people just at the Gus Macker alone -- 948 players, more than 150 volunteers, plus 3-4,000 spectators, parents, family and friends! This does not include the number of people attending the Olean Bradford YMCA Corn Festival or the Rally in the Valley.
STREET CLOSURES -- Delaware and North Barry will be closed to traffic Friday, August 15. They will reopen late Sunday, August 17. Detours and road closed signs will be posted.
PARKING -- Parking is available in the following locations: Olean Center Mall; lots on Wayne Street; Jamestown Community College (North Union Street and in lots behind campus); and City lots (off West Sullivan). Signs created by students at Washington West Elementary will direct visitors to parking areas.
DUDE, WHERE'S MY COURT (AND MY GAME)? -- The top men's and women’s courts will be at the intersection of North Barry and Delaware Avenue. A full list of brackets and a map is available at www.macker.com/mackertown/Olean_NY/
MEDICAL STAFF -- The medical ‘tent’ will be located in the American Red Cross building on North Barry Street. The medical staff will be available throughout the tournament. The City of Olean EMS will be on site throughout the weekend for transport. Both players and fans are encouraged to stay hydrated through the weekend.
COURT LAYOUT -- Gus Macker Tournament arrives in two semis. Inside are box units with the two hoops coming out either side. It all tears down and everything stores inside the box. Courts are lined with yellow duct tape in a 35- by 35-foot area marked with a take-back line, foul line and a 2-point shot arc. Games are to 15 (win by two) and players must cross the take-back line with two feet after every change of possession. Possession changes after every made basket as well, aka no "winner's ball" rule.
The tournament is proud to recognize five area companies, Park Centre Development, Southern Tier Health Care System, CUTCO/Ka-Bar Visitors Center, Old Library Restaurant, and the Village Green, who have stepped up and become the Charter Founding Members of the Tournament. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact either John Irving (716) 397-8223 or David Carucci at (716) 378-7860.
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