Did You Know?

The Nightmare have won 2 championships and been runner-ups on 5 occasions, which is slightly better than the Meralomas who are one for four in the finals

The Express won 5 championship, the most ever, in 6 championship appearances

Back before the traditional Saturday night tournament parties at bars, Dolphin used to host dances at venues such as Thompson Community Centre (1988-89) and Scout Hall (1987)

Youngest player ever to play: Lucky Bindra at 14 years old in 1990

The 1991 finals were the only finals to take place indoor (Richmond High)

During the first tournament in 1986, Gareth Davis’ team lost to a team of 15 year olds, tournament T-shirts were made in the backyard of Bira Bindra’s parents house, and believe it or not there was no beer garden

In 1988, Eric Morgan dunked over the likes of Ron Putzi, David Williscroft, Jim Lamond to win the dunk contest

Collapsible rims were first used in the 1989 tournament

There was a push to add a second court to Dolphin Park in the late 1980s and again in the late 1990s, both times it was denied by the city of Richmond.
Tournament Champions

1986: Express over Court Force (48-46)
1987: Express over Boozers (77-73)
1988: Court Force over All In The Family (54-47)
1989: Young Guns over Nightmares (58-48)
1990: Team Radical Fred over Nightmares (82-77)
1991: West Rebels over Express (76-70)
1992: Express over Nightmares (86-71)
1993: Express over Dirt Pigs (84-82)
1994: Express over Nightmares (84-83)
1995: Voodoos over Jam Squad (78-71)
1996: EA Sports over Meralomas (64-49)
1997: Radicals over Nightmares (82-68)
1998: Meralomas over Sun Gods (96-86)
1999: Nightmares over Dirt Pigs (86-84 OT)
2000: Westsiders over Donkey Riders (89-72)
2001: Planet Fitness over Molson (67-58)
2002: Nightmares over Meralomas (76-73)
2003: Moose Knuckles over Daddy O's (74-59)
2004: Gentlemen’s Club over Meralomas (78-71)
2005: Impulse Horsemen over One Mo’Gin (90-65)
2006: Home Team over Drive Basketball (91-83)
2007: X-Falcons over Home Team (91-81)
2008: X-Falcons over Moose Knuckles (78-62)

Tournament MVPs

1986: Bira Bindra
1987: Jim Lamond
1988: Eric Morgan
1989: Ernest Pettaway
1990: Clint Hamilton
1991: Byron Takarchuck
1992: Brian Tait
1993: Mike Carkner
1994: Axel Christianson
1995: Jason Leslie
1996: Novell Thomas
1997: Andrew Mavis
1998: Navi Sekhon
1999: Peter Morris
2000: Tony Harris
2001: Damon Williams
2002: Peter Morris
2003: Aman Heran
2004: Jamal Crawford
2005: Rozelle Ellis
2006: Rozelle Ellis
2007: Randy Nohr
2008: Randy Nohr

Dunk Contest Winners

1986: Ron Putzi
1987: Todd Hanson
1988: Eric Morgan
1989: Sean Hartley
1990: Jake Jakeaway
1991: Chris Shriek
1992: Chris Shriek
1993: Byron Tecarchuk
1994: Byron Tecarchuki
1995: Josh Masters
1996: Josh Masters
1997: Lorenzo Orr
1998: Lorenzo Orr
1999: Josh Masters
2000: Josh Masters
2001: Josh Masters
2002: Josh Masters
2003: Josh Masters
2004: Josh Masters
2005: Josh Masters
2006: Roberto "Exile" Young
2007: Josh Masters
2008: Ross Bekkering

3-Point Winners

1986: no 3-pt line
1987: John Conners
1988: Bira Bindra
1989: Phil Ens
1990: Rich Weisgarber
1991: Mike Carkner
1992: Roy Mathews
1993: Bira Bindra
1994: Bira Bindra
1995: Mike Carkner
1996: Bira Bindra
1997: Lee Olsen
1998: John Dykstra
1999: Tom Connolly
2000: Barnaby Craddock
2001: Paul Biring
2002: Ramesh James
2003: Brian Lee
2004: Taylor Cherris Wilding
2005: Taylor Cherris Wilding
2006: Steve Janzen
2007: Swaroop Singh Clair
2008: Aman Heran



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