!0th Annual Flanders Basketball Tournament

Wessex Basketball has had communication with the tournament director of the 10th “Flanders Basketball Trophy” in Ghent, Belgium. This is the biggest international basketball-tournament in Belgium and this event is open for all age-groups for boys and girls (from U14 to U21), men and ladies seniors and mens veterans. The tournament will be held on August 18th and 19th, 2012. For those teams that are interested please click on the link to the website below

Please also note that they require officials too!

Flanders Basketball Trophy

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KK MITCHELL AWARD VOLUNTEER OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR – Mary Brown (South Region, Wessex Area) presented by Di Charles, wife of England Basketball President Emeritus Ken Charles Mary is currently secretary of the Regional Management Committee for the South and also the Wessex Area Basketball Association. Alongside these roles, she continues to officiate in her efficient, calm and relaxed manner and is invaluable as a mentor to up-and-coming table officials at local league and junior tournaments.

Well done to Mary Brown a stalwart of Army and especially Wessex Basketball on a very well deserved award!!

REGISTRATION

Dear Club Secretary,

For the 2011-2012 basketball season you can now register online with England Basketball.

As club secretary you can sign in and register your club and any individuals that are part of your club.

A Club Registration Guide to registering online is available here CLUB REGISTRATION GUIDE , there is also a Frequently Asked Questions section on the website and help files on each page.

Please click on the link below to reach the EB Sign In page.

http://www.englandbasketball.co.uk/members/signin.aspx

Once there please read the instructions and click on Sign In under the Club section. If you do not have your password or club number you can request your Sign In details from England Basketball which will be sent to you by email.

You can then sign in, register your club and members and update your contact details.

Please email Peter Griffiths at England Basketball with any questions peter.griffiths@englandbasketball.co.uk

WESSEX REPORT 2011

The annual committee report for this years Wessex competition has been published and can now be downloaded. Click here for a PDF copy of the report.

CUP FINALS DAY - 15 May 11

A feast of Basketball finals took place at the Aldershot Garrison SC which saw 4 pairs of well matched teams competing for 4 Wessex trophies. All games were close with only a few points seperating teams at halftime.

Well done to all the participants who played hard and fair and to the noisy supporter that created a great atmosphere.

The results and this years Champions are:

LPT3 - Winchester Panthers 63 vs Swindon Sonics 60
MVP Becky Attwood

KTP07 - Aztec Jaguars 75 vs Winchester Kings 55
MVP Johnny Reynolds

LC11 - Woking Ladies 55 vs Diamonds 64
MVP Flo Ward

KT22 - Woking Blackhawk Flyers 65 - Basingstoke Blizzardz 63
MVP Ged Lukas

WARRIOR WEEKEND INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT

The Warrior weekend took place on Sunday 3 April 2011. A great days basketball saw the Wessex teams triumph in the Senior Men and Under 23’s competition and losing out to the Army and Solent in the Women’s Competition.  

The Senior men played the Army twice losing out by 16 points in the first game, but turning round the second game from the second quarter to win by 20 points so taking the tournament overall by 4 points. 

The U23’s won both games by double figures.  The ladies played hard but lost to both Solent and the Army team.

This Tournament is hosted annually by the Army as part of their preparation for the Inter services Tournament against the Royal Navy and the RAF.

Results:
Women’s competition: Winners Solent – Most Valuable Player Lara Hooper Solent
U23 Men’s competition: Winners Wessex – Most Valuable Player - Josh Hearn Wessex
Senior Men’s competition: Winners Wessex – Most Valuable Player - Victor Yarborough Wessex

Teams
Senior Men:- Bashir Abubakar, Damian Knode, Louis Knight, Luke Sinnick, Francis Long, Victor Yarbrough, Jim Grainger, Nat Simpson – Coach - Damian Knode

U23 Men:- Lloyd Msipha, Dan Marshall, Dom Sammut, Josh Hearn, Ben Woods, Simon Pleass, Chris Hatto, Dave Fellows – Coach – Jason Dunderdale