RENEGADES 3×3 basketball side on Sunday captured the inaugural Republic Bank Edge Series 3×3 Title.
The team made up of Travis Belgrave, Harold Adams Nikkoloi Smith and Shelroy Thomas overcame a strong Linden Shooters outfit made up of Dennis Niles, Kobe Tappin, Vibert Benjamin and Yonnick Tappin.
Renegades won it 21-13 for the overall title.
They were led in the competition by Smith who scored 32 points across their 6 games to collect the tournament’s MVP honour.
The champion took home a million dollars with Linden Shooters collecting half a million dollars for second place and Kwakwani Untouchables taking the third-place honour to give them two hundred thousand dollars.
Renegades first tipped off their campaign with a 21-8 win over Elements before also narrowly defeating eventual finalist Linden Shooters 21-20 on Saturday.
On Sunday they managed to outlast ATML 22-0 and also whipped club side Mambas 20-10 before a stern test against KK Untouchables saw them winning 21-19.
Meanwhile Linden Shooters had tougher path to the finals.
They opened with a win against ATML 20-11, before losing to Renegades, but bounced back to get pass Elements 21-9.
They then tipped Young Gunz 19-17 and team Agricola 17-13 to earn a place in the finals.
In the finals, the two team battling for a second time, again traded blows in a clash that went the distance before renegades pulled away to win it 21-13.
The two-day competition featured 16 teams including two from neighboring Suriname.
The 3 on 3 shortened version of basketball sees teams battling on a half court with one hoop and one substitute player.
Games last 10 minutes, the fastest team to 21 or the highest after the 10 minutes winning.
Teams have a 12-second shot clock, no break after scoring, no half-time and no quarters.
The 3×3 competition was the first sport in the 2025 Edge Management Sports Series which also includes Table Tennis from July 19-20 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and Cycling set for on July 20 on the Vlissengen road circuit.