About The classic

We successfully hosted our 11th Annual Steveston Classic basketball tournament this year. Basketball teams from squadrons all over the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island come together to compete for the championship and have their squadron name engraved forever on the trophy.

Updates

If you are interested in joining please follow the instructions listed in the registration package attached below.

For further updates, head over to our official Facebook event and click "GOING".

If there are any questions or concerns, please direct them to the NCOIC

Registration Package:

Details for the 2024 tournament will be posted when available.

*Content in registration form subject to change. Keep up with any changes on the Facebook event. We will try our best to update the registration package if needed.

The classic Rules

  1. Your team has 10 seconds to advance the ball over half

  2. Standard basketball playing rules such as travelling, double dribble, over and back will be implemented.

  3. On offence, a player is only allowed to stay in the key for 5 seconds

  4. Once your team has over 5 team fouls then there will be bonus free throws even on fouls that are not in the act of shooting

  5. Your team has 5 seconds for an in-bound pass

  6. One 30 second timeout each half and one 30 second timeout for round robin games: They may be called in the case of a dead ball, made baskets or a free throw.

  7. One foul shot worth 2 points (for a miss and foul) and one foul shot worth 1 point (for scoring and foul). If a player is fouled while taking a three pointer, the free throw will be treated as a technical foul: 1 free throw worth two points and possession for the team that was fouled

Technical Fouls:

  1. The first technical foul will result in a free throw worth two and possession for the opposite team, the second technical foul will result in an ejection from the game

  2. Allotted time for games

  3. Round Robin: 1 minute warm up 8 minutes on court game

  4. *The clock will be stopped during free throws and timeouts

  5. Playoff Round: 1 minute warm up 16 minutes on court game (Two halves of 8 minutes each) 2 minutes intermission during half

  6. *The clock will be stopped during free throws and timeouts

  7. All teams must have one cadet under 14, as well as one girl on the court at all times.

  8. Only the roster of 15 and the coach will be allowed to sit on the game benches during the game. All members of your squadron and audience are to be seated or standing in the audience designated area.

  9. Teams must prepare at least 2 different color shirts in case two teams wearing the same color are matched up

Past Winners

2011 - 819 Skyhawk

2012 - 759 Falcon

2013 - 655 Richmond

2014 - 111 Pegasus

2015 - 655 Richmond

2016 - 692 BCIT

2017 - 767 Dearman

2018 - 777 Neptune

2019 - 609 Steveston

2020 - 777 Neptune

2023 - 609 Steveston

We are still collecting pictures from past tournaments! If you have pictures of your team winning please send it to 609rcacs@gmail.com.