Kingslea Primary School hosted this year’s Horsham Primary Schools Year 5+6 Basketball Tournament. 18 teams entered to make for an excellent event and it was Leechpool A who emerged as champions winning out in a super final versus Kingslea A, 12-10.
The tournament was played on five outdoor courts and in three phases. In the first phase the teams were randomly split into six round-robin groups of three teams. Shelley, Leechpool A, Holbrook A, Kingslea E and Kingslea A all won their groups with two wins out of two. Only Castlewood A required points difference to elevate them over Holbrook B after the two enjoyed a 5-5 draw.
Teams were re-arranged by position into six more groups of three, based on Phase 1 positions, for Phase 2. Shelley gave Leechpool A a good run for their money in the first winning teams group but ultimately had to settle for second spot, whilst in the second winners group Kingslea A were very dominant scoring 32 points across their two fixtures without conceding. In the runners-up and thirds groups there were a number of good games, none moreso than a thrilling 8-8 draw between near neighbour school B teams Northolmes and Leechpool.
The third phase of the evening brought everything to a climax with nine play-off games between teams finishing in a similar position either side of the draw to determine final positions across the spectrum 1 to 18.
We know Leechpool A nudged a thrilling final but below that there were more exciting encounters. Castlewood B and Kingslea F also went 12-10 in the former’s favour for them to claim 17th. Northolmes B got up to its draw antics again, sharing 11th place with Holbrook B after the two finished 4-4. A last gasp free shot earned Castlewood A 5th place with a 5-4 win over Holbrook A and Shelley saw off Kingslea E 8-2 to take third spot.
Well done to everyone for a great show of skill, enmergy and enthusiasm.
RESULTS
| COURT 1 | COURT 2 | COURT 3 | COURT 4 | COURT 5 | |||||
| PHASE 1 | |||||||||
4.06-4.15 | GROUP 1 Kingslea F v Holbrook B 4 6 | GROUP 2 Northolmes A v Kingslea C 8 6 | GROUP 3 Leech A v Kingslea B 24 4 | GROUP 4 Holbrook A v Leech C 10 6 | GROUP 5 Northolmes B v Kingslea E 0 5 | |||||
4.17-4.26 | GROUP 1 Castle A v Kingslea F 18 0 | GROUP 2 Northolmes A v Shelley 2 8 | GROUP 6 Kingslea A v Rob South 14 0 | GROUP 4 Leech C v Kingslea D 4 6 | GROUP 5 Castle B v Northolmes B 2 6 | |||||
4.28-4.37 | GROUP 1 Holbrook B v Castle A 5 5 | GROUP 2 Kingslea C v Shelley 6 16 | GROUP 3 Kingslea G v Kingslea B 0 20 | GROUP 6 Leech B v Rob South 4 2 | GROUP 5 Castle B v Kingslea E 2 10 | |||||
4.39-4.48 |
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| GROUP 3 Leech A v Kingslea G 12 0 | GROUP 4 Kingslea D v Holbrook A 2 6 | GROUP 6 Kingslea A v Leech B 16 0 | |||||
| GROUP 1 POSITIONS 1st Castlewood A 2nd Holbrook B 3rd Kingslea F | GROUP 2 POSITIONS 1st Shelley 2nd Northolmes A 3rd Kingslea C | GROUP 3 POSITIONS 1st Leechpool A 2nd Kingslea B 3rd Kingslea G | GROUP 4 POSITIONS 1st Holbrook A 2nd Kingslea D 3rd Leechpool C | GROUP 5 POSITIONS 1st Kingslea E 2nd Northolmes B 3rd Castlewood B | GROUP 6 POSITIONS 1st Kingslea A 2nd Leechpool B 3rd St Rob Southwell | ||||
| PHASE 2 | |||||||||
4.52-5.01 | WINNERS OF GROUPS 1-3 Castlewood A v Shelley 2 12 | WINNERS OF GROUPS 4-6 Holbrook A v Kingslea E 0 4 | SECONDS OF GROUPS 1-3 Holbrook B v Northolmes A 2 12 | SECONDS OF GROUPS 4-6 Kingslea D v Northolmes B 18 2 | THIRDS OF GROUPS 1-3 Kingslea F v Kingslea C 2 20 | |||||
5.03-5.12 | WINNERS OF GROUPS 1-3 Shelley v Leechpool A 12 16 | WINNERS OF GROUPS 4-6 Kingslea E v Kingslea A 0 14 | THIRDS OF GROUPS 4-6 Leechpool C v Castle B 6 4 | SECONDS OF GROUPS 4-6 Northolmes B v Leech B 8 8 | THIRDS OF GROUPS 1-3 Kingslea C v Kingslea G 10 0 | |||||
5.14-5.23 | WINNERS OF GROUPS 1-3 Castlewood A v Leech A 2 30 | WINNERS OF GROUPS 4-6 Holbrook A v Kingslea A 0 18 | SECONDS OF GROUPS 1-3 Northolmes A v Kingslea B 2 12 | THIRDS OF GROUPS 4-6 Castlewood B v Rob South 0 12 | THIRDS OF GROUPS 1-3 Kingslea F v Kingslea G 2 2 | |||||
5.25-5.34 |
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| SECONDS OF GROUPS 1-3 Holbrook B v Kingslea B 2 8 | SECONDS OF GROUPS 4-6 Kingslea D v Leechpool B 4 12 | THIRDS OF GROUPS 4-6 Leechpool C v Rob South 4 10 | |||||
| WINNERS GROUPS 1-3 POSITIONS 1st Leechpool A 2nd Shelley 3rd Castlewood A | WINNERS GROUPS 4-6 POSITIONS 1st Kingslea A 2nd Kingslea E 3rd Holbrook A | RUN-UP GROUPS 1-3 POSITIONS 1st Kingslea B 2nd Northolmes A 3rd Holbrook B | RUN-UP GROUPS 4-6 POSITIONS 1st Leechpool B 2nd Kingslea D 3rd Northolmes B | THIRDS GROUPS 1-3 POSITIONS 1st Kingslea C 2nd Kingslea G 3rd Kingslea F | THIRDS GROUPS 4-6 POSITIONS 1st Rob South 2nd Leechpool C 3rd Castlewood B | ||||
| PLAY-OFFS | |||||||||
5.38-5.47 | 17TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 3rd in thirds 1-3 Kingslea F 10 V 3rd in thirds 4-6 Castlewood B 12 | 15TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 2nd in thirds 1-3 Kingslea G 4 V 2nd in thirds 4-6 Leechpool C 10 | 13TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 1st in thirds 1-3 Kingslea C 8 V 1st in thirds 4-6 St Robert Southwell 16 | 11TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 3rd in seconds 1-3 Holbrook B 4 V 3rd in seconds 4-6 Northolmes B 4 | 9TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 2nd in seconds 1-3 Northolmes A 10 V 2nd in seconds 4-6 Kingslea D 0 | |||||
5.49-5.58 | 7TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 1st in seconds 1-3 Kingslea B 18 V 1st in seconds 4-6 Leechpool B 6 | 5TH PLACE PLAY-OFF 3rd in winners 1-3 Castlewood A 5 V 3rd in winners 4-6 Holbrook A 4 | 3RD PLACE PLAY-OFF 2nd in winners 1-3 Shelley 8 V 2nd in winners 4-6 Kingslea E 2 | 1ST PLACE PLAY-OFF 1st in winners 1-3 Leechpool A 12 V 1st in winners 4-6 Kingslea A 10 |
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FINAL POSITIONS
- Leechpool A
- Kingslea A
- Shelley
- Kingslea E
- Castlewood A
- Holbrook A
- Kingslea B
- Leechpool B
- Northolmes A
- Kingslea D
- = Holbrook B / Northolmes B
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- St Robert Southwell
- Kingslea C
- Leechpool C
- Kingslea G
- Castlewood B
- Kingslea F