ABOUT

The Simon Chiasson Alumni Basketball Tournament (“The Simon”) is one of the largest ALUMNI basketball tournaments in Canada.  Started in 2012, it reunites high school teammates, coaches, and new friends for 4 days of competitive basketball.

This year the Simon be run from April 27 to 30, 2023 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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A portion of net proceeds from The Simon are donated to
local schools, sports clubs, nonprofits, and charities. 

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New in 2019, a Bursary program will be created for students 

enrolled in Memorial High School and Breton Education Centre.

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The Simon is dedicated to the memory of the late Simon Chiasson – father, coach, athlete, and respected community leader.  Simon taught and coached junior high and high school boys and girls in the Antigonish, Northside, and Victoria Country School Districts.  In the early 1970s, he organized Cape Breton’s first mini-basketball program, based out of Sydney Mines.  Around the same time, he started Cape Breton’s first basketball camps.  The week-long camps were open to players of all ages, and camp counselors featured Cape Breton’s best players and coaches and also some of Nova Scotia’s best university coaches and players.  The teams Simon coached won several Cape Breton and Nova Scotia titles; however, his proudest moments were seeing children from the community learn, compete, and gain confidence, while building lasting friendships through the sport he loved so much.  

This tournament builds on Simon’s legacy by providing another avenue for past and current players and coaches from the region to compete, rekindle friendships, make new ones and continue to grow the sport.

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The Simon Chiasson Alumni Basketball Tournament is a division of Basketball Cape Breton Association, a nonprofit society registered in Nova Scotia.