Archenoul becomes a saint Luke Archenoul has gained a place at St Luke's High School in Conneticut . The placement comes after a successful season in Middlesborough where Luke averaged over 30pts per contest. Luke will spend two seasons in their programme before becoming eligible for college selection. We wish Luke the best of luck for the new season.
|
St. Peter Port Rookies League Is now running at St. Peter Port school for children aged 8-10 on Mondays and for 11-13 year olds on Tuesdays. All sessions cost £1 per week and run from 6-7pm. Please email Rachel for further details. |
|
The GBA Committee will be running a 1 day table officiating course for Scorekeeping and Timekeeping. The course will be held at the Grammar school in early September, so if you want to broadan your knowledge on the officiating side of basketball, please contact the committee to reserve your place. |
Kings Club 3 on 3 Ten teams competed for the title of "kings of the court" at Kings club last weekend. Guernsey Basketball was well represented with 8 of the teams containing current GBA players. Congratulations to James Tracey, Mike Beausire, James Roberts and Peter Beausire who walked away with the £150 first prize. well done to all players who took part. Pictures will be loaded in the Gallery in the next few days.
|
| BBL Finals - 2006
The GBA will be putting together a trip to next years BBL finals in the UK. The finals weekend consists of Div 2 final and BBL League semi-finals on the Saturday and Womens Final, Div 1 Final and BBL Final on the Sunday. If you are interested, please contact Pat Ogier by November 31st |
Yabsley signs six month contract with the Bears Martin Yabsley has signed a 6 month contract with the Brighton Bears which he hopes will lead to a more lucrative move abroad in Spain or possibly Australia in the second half of the season. |
Wed 9th November
RBC 32 (Le Masurier 15) v Under 17 Boys (Bisson 14, Mariott 12)
The Under 17 Boys maintained their unbeaten record in the Business league with a comfortable victory against RBC. RBC started well and matched the Under 17's for large parts of the first half as Under 17 coach Adam Farish rotated his bench. The second half saw much stronger fives as the Under 17's opened up a big lead. The game was ended by Ricard Fletcher's buzzer beating three from just inside the half to give the Under 17's a 72-32 victory showing just how deep the current squad of youngsters is. Aaron le Masurier lead the scorers with 15 while Jamie Bisson tope scored for the Under 17's with 14, backed up by Dan Marriott, sporting two different shoes, who notched 12.
Les Camps Eagles 15 v Specsavers 38
Specsavers overcame a spirited Eagles side in the second Business league clash of the evening. The game was won in the final quarter when Specsavers put together a 14-0 run to seal the victory. Olly Bolger lead Specsavers with ten points while Lee Garland offered some resistance for the Eagles, with 9. Les Camps will be looking to improve as they face the Under 17 Boys in their next game.