Ipswich Basketball Club round-up: Teams are perfect on the road
Ipswich Basketball Club Girls u16 coach and club chair Kathryn James, left, and head coach Nick Drane, right, with former NBA player John Amaechi. - Credit: Su Anderson
With no junior home games this weekend, our teams travelled across the country, with every team coming back to Suffolk with a victory, writes Arron MacDonald.
The Under-13 and 14 boys travelled to Barking, both recording heavy wins and holding their hosts to just 19 points.
Each team were led by a high-scoring duo, Price and Eze for the U13s and Winter and Tebbit for the U14s.
The Under-14 girls travelled across Suffolk to square-off with County Upper Coyotes missing three starters and with several debutants, but a strong all-round performance from Esther Little helped Ipswich ease away with a 34-point win.
Also looking to bounce back from a loss, the Under-16 girls squared-off against Pioneeers East without England international Ash Pink, who had injured her ankle in the cup loss.
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Although the game was a little scrappy, Ipswich opened 10-0 and were buoyed by Baker’s return en route to an 18-point win.
Coach Kathryn James said: “It was good to see our younger girls making solid contributions today with Tebbit regaining her mojo and Price controlling the boards.
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“Credit also goes to new girl Bond from Farlingaye. She’s concentrating on rebounding and played disciplined on-ball defence, which I was really pleased with.”
As well as hosting two triple-headers next weekend (and Saturday’s games being halloween-themed), Ipswich are also running pay and play sessions at Copleston School from 10am on Saturdays, for boys and girls interested in playing basketball, aged 11-16.
For more information contact Hayley on: 07799 288391.