Scotty Mac Basketball Camps 2007

Scotty Mac Basketball Camps 2007

The Scotty Mac Basketball Camp 2007 was a tremendous success. Participants fron ages 6 to 16 enjoyed, worked hard and competed all week long. Big thanks to Thrifty Food's, Happy's Source for Sports, Costal Community Credit Union,Comox Valley Insurance,BodyNextix, Comox Floor Centre, Komoux Masters Baseball and Quality Foods.

Scotty Mac Basketball Camps Sponsorship

To whom It may concern,

My name is Scott Mackinnon and I am the founder of Scotty Mac Basketball camps. We are a non–profit organization that is extremely interested in providing the Comox Valley with an enjoyable, fun, competitive and unique basketball experience. Being a resident in the Valley for the majority of my life I feel that is not only my responsibility but a duty to give back to this community which has provided me with so much. For the past five years I have played basketball at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta on a full scholarship, being named Captain my last three years. I have coached community camps for as many summers as I can remember and finally have decided that I feel and know I can create and develop an unbelievable camp. I attribute a lot of my success to the help that I received from our great community whether it was at Robb Road Junior High or summer camps at the Courtenay Recreation Centre. I would love to be able to provide the kids of the Comox Valley with an annual basketball camp that successfully does this.

The camp will take place July 23rd to the 27th at Highland Secondary School and will consist of two age groups. (6-9 Year olds in the morning and 10-13 in the afternoon). With the high rental costs of the gym I have decided that sponsorship of this camp has become a necessity. Attached is an outline of my sponsorship program and how you can become involved in Scotty Mac Basketball Camps. I would love if you read this proposal and gave it some serious thought. Our organization has decided only to send these letters out to locally owned companies and businesses. The reason being I want to see the Comox Valley thrive and grow from within and somehow personally become involved in that. Being a local kid I have experienced every form of Basketball camp that has entered the Comox Valley and I truly believe that I can provide a product that will be tremendously enjoyable for everyone involved, the participants, coaches, parents and sponsors.

Thank you very much for your consideration and please contact us if you have any questions,


Scott Mackinnon
Head Coach and Founder Scotty Mac Basketball Camps
1447 Ridgemount Drive
Comox, B.C. V9M 3G9
1-250-339-0661
1-403-795-1805
scottmac32@hotmail.com

Hero's are remembered, Legends never Die!!!

I believe that Benny the Jet from The Sandlot had it right. Basketball is a addiction to some of us, a way of life and sport all combined with a ball and a hoop. It's true hero's are remembered but legends like John "The Animal" Munro will ultimately never die!

John has played the game of basketball for thirty plus years and as I experienced John plays the game as hard now as he did when he was 18. John accomplishments are endless, BC High School Provincial All Star, Canadian Junior National Team Member, Best Import, CIAU National Champion with the University of Victoria Vikes to name a few. He could easily live upon those accolades but his determined personality would never let him. Over the last 20 years John has run a resort and bar in the Philippines on one of the most beautiful islands in the world. Also commanding and running the basketball fever that engulfs this community and in turn the game that he grew up on has never left his blood.

John is a player that every coach yearns to have. His versatility allows him to play and defend any position on the floor. His silky soft touch creates scoring opportunities at will and his relentless, aggressive defence strikes fear in the hearts of any offensive threat. Nick named "The Animal" a game is not complete with John unless he has taken five charges, dived out of bounds fourteen times and hit the ground on the slightest potential for a loose ball. I believe that John has also found a magical fountain of youth because his game only continues to get better with age.

All this a side, I believe that John's biggest accomplishment in the game of basketball is what he has given back to it over his thirty years of mayhem.I lived with John Munro for a year and a half of my life and have never experienced a more generous, giving and thankful man. John gives back to the sport every time he graces the court with his presence. Playing on outside concrete courts in the plaza(Philippine Basketball Court), five steps from the beach and John's house. You watch as Filipino children mimic John's play, his style, his jump shot, his aggressive attitude and swagger. As he walks back for his fifteen hour shift at his business you watch in awe as every kid in the plaza fights for the ball as if they were all The Animal. Every person who has ever picked up a ball in the court knows, respects, appreciates and likes John. It is tremendously rare in today's world where you find an athlete so admired, respected and competitive.

John does not lose!

I sat and appreciated the generosity of this amazing man. Numerous times I watched John put on massive basketball tournaments for every single child on that island. Organizing sponsors, reffing, paying for sound systems and bank rolling jerseys. I observed as Filipino kid's who didn't have shoes(They played in sandals), let alone a house would be able to put on a real basketball jersey for the first time. Those smiles will be imprinted in my mind for the rest of my life. After these tournaments I would hear John talk with pride about the day, the events, the basketball. Always thanking everyone else but himself.



The best basketball experience of my life I owe to John. Before my time was up in the Philippines John organized the Boracay All Star Traveling Basketball Team.(Picture above)This team was the best players from the island all wanting to go out and represent what Boracay Basketball was all about. John funded this entire trip, paying for jersey's, vans, food, travel and organizing each sponsor. He organized games and events for the guys between those games. We traveled down to Iliolo one of the bigger cities in the Visayan Area. John scheduled us a game with a local team as well as a local universities. For these guys this was their N.B.A. Championship and unexpectedly it also became mine. The memories, friendships and undefeated record that our team experienced during that trip will remain with all of us forever. During the games John inspired us! Leading us whethor hitting a big shot down the stretch or running over a cement pillar holding up the hoop. He refused to let our team lose, making it not even an option. I was amazed at how we all followed .Our team believed after that weekend the Boracay Island All Stars could have won the N.C.A.A. Championship and that was all due to John!!

John continues to do all of this today! Along with his son Chico Munro they form the most dominant father son tandem since Bill and Luke Walton. John has done all of this regardless of recieving praise or not! He did it because he loves his family and he loves the sport that his father Nev so graciously passed onto him. I am excited for the day when I can go watch Chico run these same tournaments just as Nev must have been excited to watch and hear about John's. I know that hero's are remembered but I also know that in 200 years the legend of "The Animal" will live on!

Steve Nash: Three Time MVP???

Big Thanks to the biggest supporters of all!!

I personally just wanted to thank my Grandma Mary who honestly is the toughest lady alive for all her support and leading the Munro Clan so determinely.As well as the best secretary ever my Mom(Kathie Mackinnon)and my dad, the legendary Hugh Mackinnon! As well as the Mcdonald family who's support and loyalty is endless!

Larry Street and the Vanier boys getting some Ink!

Boys high school hamper
Howard Tsumura, The Province
Published: Saturday, January 27, 2007

Larry Street agrees that it’s phenomenon, that what is happening with his star player shouldn’t really be happening at all.Just by basketball’s very nature, with bodies converging in the paint and free angles so easily denied, there is no reasonable way to explain what 6-foot-8 Nick Adair of Courtenay’s G.P. Vanier Secondary School is doing as a shot blocker for his No. 9-ranked Towhees this season.
Let’s be honest. Under the ultra-critical eye of say, the stat crew assigned to Houston Rockets’ games, Adair’s eye-popping statistical line score might shrink somewhat. But even that much scrutiny couldn’t do too much damage to what is one of the most incredible statistical seasons the B.C. prep game has ever seen.G.P. Vanier's Nick Adair is averaging a triple-double this season for the No., 9-ranked Towhees.Consider that after Tuesday’s 65-58 win over North Island rival Highland of Comox, Adair was actually averaging a triple-double of 23 points, 20 rebounds and 10 (actually 10.1) blocks per game. Against the rival Raiders, he was credited with 21 points, 19 rebounds and 17 blocked shots.“What amazes me is how many guys keep going at him,” laughed Street on Wednesday. “We have had guys that were so good in the post. I can remember (Nanaimo’s) Gerald Kazanowski was good at blocking shots (in the late 1970s). But Nick is one of very few.” Street admits those numbers won’t likely happen in a post-season atmosphere like the Telus B.C. championship tournament at the PNE Agrodome in March.“That won’t happen in playoffs,” says Street. “But Nick has done this against some very good teams. But even if he doesn’t block their shots, I can tell you that the opposition will be thinking about it when they get in there, and that is the key.” Yes, the ability to alter the opposition’s game plan just based on your presence on the floor. It’s enough of a tease that at least two dominant CIS programs -- the Victoria Vikes and UBC Thunderbirds -- have gone up-island to see for themselves, so often doubling up on the Vanier-Highland games to also see the Raiders’ outstanding guard Ryan MacKinnon, who in the loss to the Towhees registered 27 points and according to Street, more than 10 steals.
The move to FIBA rules next season at the university level means a quicker-paced game and a 24-second shot clock.Yet Adair is athletic and is the kind of player that you can anchor a defence around. Add him alongside Victoria’s Tyler Hass, Mitch Gudgeon and Jacob Doerksen and you’d been hard pressed to get to the rim.
Same thing at UBC where Bryson Kool, Matt Rachar and Cody Berg would love the help.
Yet perhaps the most interesting would be at SFU. With all-everything big man Aaron Christensen set to leave the program after this season, Adair would look great in conjunction with bruisers Nolan Holmes and Greg Wallis.“I think he can be a force right away,” says Street, “because he can rebound with anybody and he is a defensive presence. He’s also better than an 85 per cent student.”Adair’s Grade 11 year saw him adopt the bull-in-the china-shop approach to scoring in the paint. He still needs to extend his shooting range for the CIS game, but Street says it’s improving and that he had added a hook shot to his arsenal.And the rest of the Towhees, who last year were led offensively by the explosive Calvin Westbrook, currently in his first year at NCAA Div. 2 Cal State-Stanislaus?Well, part of the reason that Adair is allowed to freelance offensively is that the Towhees boast three other players that average double-digits in scoring.Mike Greer and Simon Nessman man the two guard spots and each stands at 6-foot-4. Nessman is known for his toughness and Greer has given Vanier enough ball handling ability that the Towhees are able to use their solid overall height to beat pressure defence and traps. And, 6-foot-8 Jay Valeri, who has adapted his game to compliment Adair, often brings the ball up court and is the team’s top three-point shooter. Grade 11s Will Palmer and Graham Peterson are among the players that have alternated in the rotation at the third forward position this season.