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ABA Players and Coaches had a blast promoting Canada's favourite team.

Everybody clap your hands - GO RAPTORS and GO KNIGHTS!

Tangerine is celebrating Toronto Raptors fans that are doing great work in the community with an exclusive game-day experience at Scotiabank Arena during Toronto Raptors home games.

Sean Loucks is the Director and Head Coach of Albany Avenue Basketball. Since 2003 Sean has helped develop the ABA into a unique inclusive place for all players to learn, improve, excel, and have fun, while striving to become the best possible version of themselves on and off the court.

Congrats on being our Fan of the Game Sean and thank you for all your work in the community.

This piece about Coach Loucks was written by RSGC graduate and former ABA camper Andrew Savory while doing his master's in journalism at Carleton University. Andrew is now the Vice President of the Vancouver Bandits pro basketball team of the CEBL.

When Ball Isn’t Life: a story about Coach Loucks

ABA Toronto Knights European Summer Basketball Tour 2013: ENGLAND - GERMANY - NETHERLANDS

Coach Loucks encourages his players in a game at Portslade Sports Centre in Brighton, England. The Knights won both games at Portslade and finished their European Tour 6-4 with stops along the way in Berlin, Cologne, Maastricht and Amsterdam.

This last year has not been what Shervin Pouvakil had expected. Between winning a high school basketball championship with Royal St. George's College and his first European basketball tour, the 6-foot-4 centre gets a crack in his voice as he talks about getting involved in competitive basketball for his first time. "Being my last year of high school, I wasn't really involved in basketball before this year," said Pourvakil. "All I've been through with my teammates, learning to never give up no matter what, these things have really stuck with me. I've learned a lot more than just basketball throughout this experience."

"Through hard work we beat teams that we had no business beating," said Loucks, who has played professionally in Europe. "All I ask from our guys is maximum effort with focused intensity. If we happen to win, that's gravy, but our main goal is to always outwork our opponents."

The Toronto Gamecocks Charity 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, in various formats, continues the annual tradition since 1989 of bringing together multiple generations from our basketball community for good fun and great times for a noble cause.

Formerly known as The Big Valley Charity 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament from 1989-1999, this is Toronto’s longest running 3 on 3 charity basketball event.

This event has raised funds for the SickKids Foundation, Canadian Cancer Society, Thomas J. Webb Memorial Scholarship Trust, and Royal St. George’s College Scholarship Trust.

On the last Saturday of every June, friends, family, teammates, alumni, coaches, mentors, mentees, players, referees, supporters, and new friends gather for some basketball action in the gym followed by a social at a nearby pub for more good times, food, drink, and revelry.

“Any day you can play basketball is a good day,” said Loucks. “Any day you can do something positive for someone else, that’s a great day.”

Charity basketball tournament dishes out fun and funds

Sean Loucks has been sharing his love for basketball with RSGC since 2001 when he started helping out with the after-care programs. “Helping out” evolved into “running” and supply teaching, at which point he started coaching teams. Well over 500 games later, Coach Loucks has become synonymous with RSGC basketball. GO KNIGHTS!