St Mary’s, Horsham won the Horsham Area Primary Schools Year 5+6 Basketball Competition tonight with powerful play that earned it a full house of five wins from five matches to successfully come through the field of 11 teams from six local schools.
The event was structured in two phases. The first involved four small groups. Northolmes took Group A, although St Robert Southwell A nearly scuttled them by holding them to a draw. St Mary’s stormed Group B with two big wins. St Robert Southwell B also went maximum in Group C to reach the top tier in the second phase. Group D only had two teams so Kingslea D’s 14-0 win over Shelley fast-tracked them into the top echelon.
Phase 2 involved bigger groupings. Division 3 was close as each of the three teams scored a win and a loss in their two games. St Robert Southwell A were pronounced winners courtest of their losing bonus point achieved in their defeat to Kingslea C. Division 2 was similarly tight with three teams finishing on 12 points after two wins and a loss for all of them. Castlewood A and Kingslea A both has equally superior goal difference of +4 but the former prevailed because of scoring more baskets.
Nobody could lay a glove on St Mary’s in Division 1, although bottom team Kingslea D was best at restricting their scoring. Another small school, Northolmes, also performed creditably by taking second spot and St Robert Southwell B should be more than satisfied with their performance in securing third place at the top table.
Next week the year 3+4 basketballers convene for battle, again at Kingslea.
PHASE 1 – GROUPS | |||||
GROUP A St Robert Southwell A 4pts Kingslea B 6pts Northolmes 8pts | GROUP B Kingslea C 4pts (GD-20) Castlewood A 4pts (GD-15) St Mary’s 10pts | GROUP C Castlewood B 2pts Kingslea A 6pts St Robert Southwell B 10pts | GROUP D Shelley 1pt Kingslea D 5pts
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COURT 1 | COURT 2 | COURT 3 | |||
GROUP A Rob South A 4 v 14 Kingslea B | GROUP B Kingslea C 5 v 5 Castlewood A | GROUP C Castlewood B 0 v 12 Kingslea A | |||
GROUP A Kingslea B 0 v 6 Northolmes | GROUP B Castlewood A 3 v 18 St Mary’s | GROUP D Shelley 0 v 14 Kingslea D | |||
GROUP A Northolmes 4 v 4 Rob South A | GROUP B St Mary’s 22 v 2 Kingslea C | GROUP C Rob South B 10 v 0 Castlewood B | |||
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| GROUP C Kingslea A 2 v 12 Rob South B | |||
PHASE 2 – PLAY-OFFS | |||||
DIVISION 1 – Winner Gp A v Winner Gp D Northolmes 12 v 6 Kingslea D | DIVISION 2 – Second Gp A v Second Gp D Kingslea B 8 v 6 Shelley |
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DIVISION 1 – Winner Gp B v Winner Gp C St Mary’s 20 v 6 Rob South | DIVISION 2 – Second Gp B v Second Gp C Castlewood A 10 v 14 Kingslea A | DIVISION 3 – Third Gp A v Third Gp B Rob South A 2 v 4 Kingslea C | |||
DIVISION 1 – Winner Gp A v Winner Gp C Northolmes 12 v 8 Rob South | DIVISION 2 – Second Gp A v Second Gp C Kingslea B 8 v 6 Kingslea A | DIVISION 3 – Third Gp A v Third Gp C Rob South A 12 v 4 Castlewood B | |||
DIVISION 1 – Winner Gp B v Winner Gp D St Mary’s 12 v 4 Kingslea D | DIVISION 2 – Second Gp B v Second Gp D Castlewood A 14 v 8 Shelley | DIVISION 3 – Third Gp C v Third Gp B Castlewood B 12 v 4 Kingslea C | |||
DIVISION 1 – Winner Gp A v Winner Gp B Northolmes 6 v 22 St Mary’s | DIVISION 2 – Second Gp A v Second Gp B Kingslea B 8 v 10 Castlewood A | 5 pts for a win, 3 for a draw, 1 for a loss. 1 bonus point if you lose but score 50% or more of opponent’s winning score. /. Matches 4.5 minutes each way with 1 minute half-time | |||
DIVISION 1 – Winner Gp C v Winner Gp D Rob South 18 v 0 Kingslea D | DIVISION 2 – Second Gp C v Second Gp D Kingslea A 6 v 4 Shelley | ||||
1st St Mary’s 15pts 2nd Northolmes 11pts 3rd St Robert Southwell B 8pts 4th Kingslea D 4pts | 1st Castlewood A 12pts (GD+4, G=34) 2nd Kingslea A 12pts (GD+4, G=26) 3rd Kingslea B 12pts (GD+2) 4th Shelley 6pts | 1st St Robert Southwell 7pts 2nd Castlewood B 6pts (GD=0) 3rd Kingslea C 6pts (GD-6)
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