Match Results - U14s-B team friendlies

Saturday, 10th March 2018
Mid-Season Friendlies

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Match 1

Worcester Bears U14-B 40 Vs 24 Leadonites Basketball U14-B (HT: 24-9)

Match 2

Worcester Bears U14-B 42 Vs 22 Leadonites Basketball U14-B (HT: 22-14)

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Two matches and two defeats. Leadonites probably could have won the first match having got back to 4 points down by midway through the second half so that defeat was purely Coach C's for following the pre-match goals rather than the win.
These were matches for the players that do not get the chance to shine and all eleven boys did themselves proud for the amount of effort made (some tired bodies by the end of the second match) and for their sterling attitude. Every goal that they were set they either met or did their best to achieve. Some personal best performances were witnessed today and a couple of boys have played their way into next week's YBL squad.

Thanks to our hosts today and we'll see you in Ledbury in a couple of week's time.

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Match Result - YBL U15s

Saturday, 24th February 2018
YBL U15 South Division

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Leadonites Basketball U15 59 Vs 66 Frankley Falcons U15 

(Q1: 12-12 / Q2: 28-16 / Q3: 7-25 / Q4: 12-13)

If ever Leadonites were going to beat Falcons impressive U15s team then it was at home today and at half-time the boys were 12-points ahead. But a disastrous third quarter effectively snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and with it the fate of their season is now dependent upon the results of others.
After a very poor start allowed Falcons to go up 10-3 the introduction of JJ_H sparked some much needed life into the Leadonites offence and the boys clawed their way back to parity by the close of the first quarter.
The second quarter, with a 3-pointer from Mike_F. Further 3s from George_R and JJ_H together with scores from Finlay_C, Alessio_M and Teo_C-W, saw the Ledbury team run riot as the Leadonites enjoyed their best quarter of the season to finish the half ahead by 40-28.
But if the second was their best then the third was easily their worst as they stopped doing the things that made the big difference in the second, namely fast breaking. This allied to some woeful defence as they failed time and again to resist the Falcons dribble drives to the basket led to an 18-point turnaround as a 12-point half-time lead turned into a 6-point deficit going into the fourth and final quarter.
The fourth quarter was a fairly even affair as Falcons always did just enough to maintain their lead and thus their season's 100% record.
Next week Leadonites' U15s travel to Redditch Rockets for a season's do or die match and without the defensive rebounding of Teo_C-W after he limped off court today. Results from an A&E X-ray are awaited. 

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Match Results - Glozball U14 CVL

Sunday, 18th February 2018
Glozball U14 CVL

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Gloucester Saxons U14-II 28 Vs 30 Leadonites Basketball U14 (ht: 10-16)

With an 8-point lead half-way through the second half poor substitutions from Coach C nearly lost this match. With two minutes left Saxons were leading 26-22. Full court pressure and a succession of offensive rebounds won pulled Leadonites back to a slender victory.

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Stroud Sharks U14 16 Vs 10 Leadonites Basketball U14 (ht: 8-8)

Probably the least said about this match the better, other than we felt tighter officiating may, not definitely but may, have seen a different result here. It's all part of life's great learning curve.

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Bristol Storm U14 16 Vs 22 Leadonites Basketball U14 (ht: 8-8) 

Against a Storm team with only six players it was always a matter of simply keeping the pressure on until tiredness became a factor and so it proved as Storm were unable to maintain their early match pace.

So 2 out of 3 isn't too shabby and well done to the eight boys who represented us in Gloucester today.

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MATCH RESULT - U13s YBL

Saturday, 17th February 2018
YBL U13 South Division

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Frankley Falcons U13 43 Vs 70 Leadonites Basketball U13

(Q1: 13-10 / Q2: 3-17 / Q3: 17-28 / Q4: 10-15)

This match was scheduled to be played in Ledbury but re-arranged to be played at Bournville College, Longbridge.
Leadonites went into this vital match in the run in for the YBL U13 South Divisional title with a match day squad of 12 players as coaches Chalkley and Dudley tried to balance the need for players to get promised game time whilst still going for a victory.
Falcons twin threat of their number 9 and the excellent number 13 gave Falcons the first quarter. Number 9 got into foul trouble and Leadonites were able to take a stranglehold of the match in the second quarter.
Dominance of the scoring in the third settled the match from a result perspective though Falcons fought their corner until the final buzzer in a match that, whilst not a dirty match, saw a whopping great 56 fouls called!
Match Stats:
- Elliot_B = 0 pts & 2 fouls
- Michael_S = 10 pts & 4 fouls
- Harry-W = 1 pt & 3 fouls
- Harry_U = 2 pts & 3 fouls 
- Ben_D = 16 pts & 3 fouls
- James_S = 5 pts & 4 fouls
- Ben_L = 11 pts (Inc. a 3-pointer) & 3 fouls
- Adam_D = 4 pts & 3 fouls
- Sami_M = 10 pts & 2 fouls
- Katie_D = 4 pts & 3 fouls
- Joe_F = 4 pts & 2 fouls
- Harry_P = 3 pts & 2 fouls

All players played well but a special coach's mention for Harry_P for defensive endeavour.

One more regular season match to go now, away against Redditch Rockets, on Saturday, 17th March where victory will send our U13s to the play-off semi-finals in April.

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MATCH RESULT - U15s YBL LTG Cup

Saturday, 17th February 2018

YBL U15 Lorna Tull Griffiths Cup - Semi-final

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Frankley Falcons U15 80 Vs 57 Leadonites Basketball U15

(Q1: 14-10 / Q2: 21-12 / Q3: 26-17 / Q4: 19-18)

And so comes to and end Leadonites Inters' participation in the YBL Cup competition.
This semi-final started well with a 3-pointer from George_R and our boys were leading half-way through the first quarter but with too few players available it meant foul trouble and players playing with injuries were never going to win the day against the YBL's best team at the U15 age level. More disappointing though were the number of turnovers from poor passes and travels with the ball; very basic errors.
Ultimately, Falcons were well worth their victory and we wish them luck in the final with West Brom BC in May.
On the plus side the team returned to +50 points scoring in a match and for the first time in club history all Leadonites players participating in the same match scored and the relevant facts are:
- George_R = 3 pts & zero fouls
- Mike_F = 5 pts & 5 fouls
- Finlay_C = 11 pts & 3 fouls
- Teo C-W = 15 pts & 2 fouls
- Alessio_M = 2 pts & 1 foul
- Sam_N = 9 pts & 4 fouls
- Josh_S = 10 pts & 3 fouls
- Ethan_W = 2 pts & 5 fouls

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