Leadonites on the coaching pathway

Last Sunday (12th November) three volunteers from Leadonites Basketball attended the coaching course put on by the Gloucestershire School of Basketball at GlosCol by Director of Basketball Danny James and assisted by Joe Grainger. Danny is an excellent coach tutor and each and every Leadonites coach has gained their qualifications under his tutelage.

The three course attendees are...
Duncan Rudge
Duncan completed his Basketball England (BE) Level 1 course last year and became the head coach for Leadonites Cubs/U12s this season. Taking the BE Level 2 course is the logical step for Duncan having now coached the Cubs players in more than ten matches starting last season. Duncan has two sons training with the club.
Daniela Long 
Dani only arrived at Leadonites at the start of this season when she brought one of her children along to join the Cubs training session. Dani is also taking the BE Level 2 course based on her basketball background of having played for many years back in her native Czech Republic. She will assist Duncan with our U12s set up this season and transition with those players when they step up to play in next season's YBL U13s.
Kayleigh Edwards
Kayleigh is one of the Leadonites Originals having played in the very first match played by any age group team when the inaugural season's U17s team played away at the then Worcestershire Men's Regular League Season champions, Malvern Hills Buzzards in October 2015. That match also made Kayleigh the first girl to represent the club and successful completion of the BE Level 1 course will see her become the first Leadonites player to transition to becoming a coach. Not bad for a 17 year old!

(photo borrowed from Gloucester Saxons Facebook site)

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MATCH RESULT: YBL U15 South Division

Date: Saturday, 11th November 2017

Venue: Ledbury Leisure Centre

Competition: YBL U15 South

LEADONITES BASKETBALL 47 v 41 Redditch Raptors 
(Q1: 22-10 / Q2: 8-10 / Q3: 10-8 / Q4: 7-13)

A much tighter affair in the older age game with a late charge by Rockets putting the result in doubt before a long outlet pass found Nicholls on a charge to the basket and a finger roll score in the final minute of the match.

Before that the damage seemed to have been done in the first with Chalkley and Spriggs leading the charge to a first period score of 22-10. The second saw the visitors claw back some of that deficit before baskets from French, Hobson and Spriggs reasserted Leadonites to a 30-20 half-time lead.

Running their 5-out motion offence to Coach Robb’s instructions saw buckets from Spriggs and Chalkley push the lead up to 12 points at 40-28 going into the final period.

Poor shooting at one end and lack-lustre boxing out at the other allowed Redditch to reduce arrears to just 3 points with 5-minutes remaining. Two converted free-throws by Chalkley kept Leadonites noses above water but back came Redditch again with their own score. Emotions flared and referee intervention was required to calm tempers then Calvo-Whitelegg pushed the lead back up to four points with less than two minutes remaining. Each side scored a single free-throw before the tension busting finale from Nicholls.

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MATCH RESULT: YBL U13 South Division

Date: Saturday, 11th November 2017

Venue: Ledbury Leisure Centre

Competition: YBL U13 South

LEADONITES BASKETBALL 55 v 32 Redditch Rockets
(Q1: 12-7 / Q2: 13-6 / Q3: 20-11 / Q4: 10-8)

Leadonites made it two wins out of two in the league, winning all four quarters of this match. The game started well with Leadonites 12-0 up before Rockets scored the first points of their own mini run to end the first at 12-7. The second quarter was much the same as the Dudley twins added to the rampant scoring of Miccio and Deards to finish the half 25-13 to the good.

The scoring flood gate burst open in the third with 31 points scored between the two teams and Leadonites going into the last quarter 45-24 ahead.

The final quarter was by far the closest, with just two points in it, as Stunt, John, Fisher and Renfrew-Clarke each scored to compliment the screens and defensive work of Short and French.

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Remembrance trip to the Black Country (again!)

WBA D-SQUAD Vs LEADONITES BASKETBALL

Leadonites Under 15s travel up to the Black Country and to the impressive Sandwell Academy, opposite the West Bromwich Albion FC stadium, The Hawthorns to play WBA D-Squad in the 3rd Preliminary round of the LTG Cup. The two teams also met in preliminary round 2 when the Herefordians came away with with a 55-45 victory against a young but well drilled and well motivated West Brom Foundation team.

MATCH DETAILS:

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Venue: Sandwell Academy, Halfords Lane, West Bromwich, B71 4LG

Date: Sunday, 12^th November 2017

Tip-off time: 12:00 noon

Competition: YBL U15 Lorna Tull Griffiths Cup Preliminary Round 3

Match Code: LTG21

LEADONITES TEAM (10 players)

Colour of Kit: Black jerseys and Black shorts.

#5        47281 – ROBB George

#7        47266 – FRENCH Michael (Cap)

#8        47256 – CHALKLEY Finlay - Unavailable due to Remembrance Parade duties

#10      47291 – HOBSON JJ

#11      47264 – FISHER Joseph

#12      47255 – CALVO-WHITELEGG Teo

#13      47273 – MICCIO Alessio

#14      47276 – NICHOLLS Samuel

#15      47285 – SPRIGGS Joshua

#19      47288 – WHEELER Ethan

Coach:             47294 – ROBB Ian

A. Coach:        47292 – DAVIS Richard

A. Coach:        47290 – CHALKLEY Matthew

Match Subs: £3.00

Players are to meet at JMHS at 10:30am to sort lifts.

REFEREES:

BRUCE Keith

HENRY Kevin

TABLE OFFICIALS

N/a – Away Match

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YBL Home Double Header this Saturday

LEADONITES BASKETBALL Vs Redditch Rockets

Leadonites Basketball will hold its first Youth Basketball League Double-header as the Under 13s and Under 15 teams play their age counterparts from Redditch Rockets.

If you are at a loose end this weekend then please feel welcome to come along and support the boys (and Katie); it's free to come in and watch and there is a tuck shop for those a little thirsty or peckish.

DETAILS:

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Venue: Ledbury Leisure Centre, (JMHS) Mable’s Furlong, Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 2HF

Date: Saturday, 11^th November 2017

REFEREES:

49350 – KOZEL Martin

47398 – SOLVASON Joshua

TABLE OFFICIALS

47290 – CHALKLEY Matthew

47257 – CLARKE Emma

47272 – LEWIS Claire

47274 – MICCIO Doreen

47280 – REYNOLDS Michelle

47289 – WILKINSON Irene

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GAME 1

Tip-off time: 1:15pm

Competition: YBL U13 South

Match Code: T26

LEADONITES TEAM (10 players)

Colour of Kit: Black jerseys and Black shorts.

#1 –     47265 – FRENCH Joseph

#2 –     47414 – STUNT Michael

#3 –     47283 – SHORT James

#6 –     47259 – DEARDS Ben

#21 -    47260 – DUDLEY Adam

#22 –   47295 – CORLEY Richard

#23 –   47275 – MICCIO Samuele (Cap)

#24 –   47261 – DUDLEY Katie

#25 –   47262 – FISHER Alfie

#26 –   47279 – RENFREW-CLARKE Fraser

Coach:             47290 – CHALKLEY Matthew

Assist Coach:  47293 – DUDLEY Sandra

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GAME 2

Tip-off time: 3:15pm

Competition: YBL U15 South

Match Code: F26

LEADONITES TEAM (10 players)

Colour of Kit: White jerseys and White shorts.

#2        47273 – MICCIO Alessio

#3        47291 – HOBSON JJ

#4        47255 – CALVO-WHITELEGG Teo

#5        47266 – FRENCH Michael (Cap)

#6        47281 – ROBB George

#10      47285 – SPRIGGS Joshua

#11      47288 – WHEELER Ethan

#15      47276 – NICHOLLS Samuel

#16      47256 – CHALKLEY Finlay

#17      47264 – FISHER Joseph

Coach:             47294 – ROBB Ian

A. Coach:        47292 – DAVIS Richard

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