SCMCO Organizes Fifth Joint Masjid Basketball Tournament

340 players representing 26 mosques from all over Southern California gathered in MMTSC Irvine on August 6th to participate in the “Fifth Joint Masjid Basketball Tournament” organized by the Southern California Muslim Community Organization (SCMCO).

SCMCO Shura Member ArifHyder extended a warm welcome to the players and the audience. This is not only about basketball or entertainment, this is about coming together, he said. Rules and regulation lead, Azeem Syed, explained the rules and format of the tournament to the players.

His team was compromised of Aziz Molai, Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Aziz Hafeez, Usman Rana and Layla Issa.

It was a rare delight to see over 300 players and spectators performing salah together. Hafiz FaizDadabhoy from IOK led the prayers.

SCMCO Chairperson Dawar Naqvi thanked everyone for their contribution. He thanked ALLAH for making this program successful.

Here are the results:

CATEGORIES	RANK 1	RANK 2
39 & U	ICOI , Irvine	ANFFV, Al Noor Foundation
19 & Under	BIC, Burbank	WCIS, Masjid AL Ansar
16 & Under	ICSB, Lomita	ISOC, Garden Grove
13 & Under	ICN, Northridge	ICIE, Rancho
10 & Under	IOK, Institute of Knowledge	ICIE, Rancho

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