28th January 2009
Collins Stewart Heat 53 (James Ashplant 17) v RGF 56 (Matt Mckenna 15)
CS Heat suffered a blow in their title challenge as they were beaten by a much improved RGF side. With a number of U21 players in their line up, RGF out - hussled and outplayed their opponents. CS struggled to find the fluidity they had played with in their previous two games and although the game was not a basketball master class, RGF showed glimpses of what is to come in the next few years. CS may have been guilty of complacency as they built small leads but failed to ever get away from the purple and golds. Heading into the final minutes and CS holding a four point lead, you may have been forgive for thinking RGF would lay down, but to their credit they showed maturity and made some clutch shots down the stretch and fully deserved their win.
MVP – Matt Mckennan
3rd October 2008
Goldridge Estate Agents 39 v Collins Stewart Heat 95
Collins Stewart Heat made a strong start to the season as they made light work of Goldridge’s second team. Both teams looked rusty as they started the game but it was Collins Stewart that settled first and put together some good runs to open up an unassailable lead by the half. Tom Creed and Andy Maiden got on the end of most of the Heats scoring chances as they bagged 24 and 27 respectively. For GEA only Luke Vaudin made it into double figures as he fought hard for 14 points.
MVP – Andy Maiden
1st October 2008
Goldridge Estate Agents One 71 v Bredoyle 48
Last years champs minus their two big guns, easily defeated Bredoyle in the opening Division 2 contest. Shek Sessay and Chris Lamb have both moved up into Division 1 but they were hardly missed as GEA lead from start to finish. Phil English was all over the court as he hussled and harried the Bredoyle guards. His shooting was also on top form as he lead all scorers with 18. Nick Ford was on hand for GEA to pick up anything loose underneath the boards as he added 16. Robin Le Page was Bredoyles go to guy as he picked up a hard earned 17 points.
MVP – Phil English
Manzur 80 v RGF 58
Manzur and RGF entertained the crowd with a hard fought contest for three quarters before Manzur pulled away in the fourth. Liz Kerr was exceptional as she ran the show, hitting shots and bringing her team mates into the game. RGF were lead by the inside presence of Elliott Weakes and Liam Docherty but Manzur’s experience showed as they closed out the game in some style to record an 80-58 victory. Kerr finished with 25 points for the victors while Elliot Weakes top scored for RGF with 16.
MVP – Liz Kerr