On Saturday, the Vilnius "RyKrepsino" club gave all the capital's basketball fans a season opening celebration, which included plenty of entertainment. All the players of the main team interacted with the fans, tough trios tournament battles took place near the Siemens Arena, and fans could see the behind-the-scenes training of basketball players and dancers during open training sessions.
The weekend at the Siemens Arena started with the trios tournament, and the players of Ryto's main team, who joined the fans, attracted the most attention. The fans had a unique opportunity to take photos and chat with the basketball players, and the surprise was Antanas Guoga, who performed better than Mindaugas Girdžiūnas and Deividas Sirvydis in the three-point competition.
"Three-pointers are not very difficult because that is my strong point. I could hit even more, - A. Guoga was happy. - Such events are very important to the city, which is proven by the ever-increasing ranks of participants."
"It's great that a lot of Vilnius residents and their families gathered at this celebration," said Vilnius Vice Mayor Linas Kvedaravičius. "I'm glad that Rytas is becoming an increasingly important club for its city, and for this tournament it united all Vilnius basketball schools under its wing."
There was no lack of good mood at the opening celebration of the season, and the visiting fans also shared their insights from the open training sessions.
"You can see that this year's team is very accurate, so there should be even more three-pointers than last year," analyzed one of the participants of the celebration. - Matt Farrell is making a very good impression so far, and he should become one of the leaders of the team in the future. It is true that Eimantas Bendžius and Chris Kramer should be the main players in the first season".
After opening the season, Vilnius "Rytas" won the first place in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) will play a regular season match against Utena's Juventus on September 23. Meanwhile, the Vilnius team will open the European Cup season on October 2 with a match against Malaga's Unicaja.
