"It was built with nothing but several timber tiles and planks. Tujiawu basketball team, comprising 12 members with an average age of 30, can be traced back four generations to the 1960s, according to 73-year-old Tu Hongbiao, the current coach of the team and one of the oldest amateur basketball players in the village.īack then, "educated youth" Tu Hongbiao had helped build the village's first-ever basketball court. In 2011, the Shanghai China Records Headquarters recognized Zhuji as a "county-level city with the highest number of standard basketball courts." The popularity of basketball in Zhuji, a county-level city with approximately 1.2 million population, has a deep root. The relatively affluent economy has ignited the villagers' interest in sports and continues to fuel their passion and love for sports to this day. Nestled in green hills, Tujiawu was more known to the outside world as an auto parts business center. The nickname quickly went viral and has evolved into a nationwide sensation this summer. "Village BA" garnered the attention of Chinese netizens as a town or village-level basketball event since its debut in a county in southwest China's Guizhou Province last year. Tujiawu basketball team won the championship in the first "Village BA," a rural basketball tournament held across Fengqiao Township, where the village is located. "Our players have played to their best level and displayed their competitive spirit," said Tu Lijun, Party chief of Tujiawu Village in the province's Zhuji City. Some were so thrilled that they couldn't resist standing up and making basketball shooting gestures, reliving the memorable moments of the matches. 1 (Xinhua) - Recalling their experience with a rural basketball tournament that concluded in late June, the locals from Tujiawu, a mountain village in east China's Zhejiang Province, were still brimming with excitement. By Yue Xitong, Liao Hongqing and Du Chenxi
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