An excellent year 5+6 basketball tournament at Kingslea School tonight with 12 teams from seven schools battling it out on four playground courts.
In the first phase of the event there were three groups of four teams, two of which played on a round-robin basis and the third by a semi-finals to final/third place approach.
St Robert Southwell and Leechpool A teams dominated Groups A and B respectively, gaining maximum points on their way to Top Tier qualification. Oakfields likewise had relatively untroubled passage in Group C despite Kingslea A scoring a flurry of late points against them in the first semi-final.
In Tier 1 St Robert Southwell A made a strong opening statement by ending Leechpool A’s unbeaten run by a 10-0 scoreline but they couldn’t maintain it in their second match against an Oakfields team packed with Horsham Hawks club players, Oakfields running out fairly easy winners. So all money on Oakfields to beat Leechpool A comfortably in the last match….but not quite as a thriller ensued in which Oakfields only prevailed by 6-4.
Well done to St Robert Southwell B for taking Tier 2 with two strong wins. Likewise Kingslea B never looked in doubt in Tier 3 and Kingslea A were dominant in Tier 4.
RESULTS
GROUP A Leechpool B 10pts Castlewood A 3pts Rob South A 15pts Kingslea B 9pts | GROUP B Kingslea C 7pts Leechpool A 15pts Castlewood B 8pts Shelley 10pts | GROUP C Oakfields Kingslea A Rob South B St Mary’s | ||||||
PHASE 1 GROUPS | ||||||||
PITCH 1 | PITCH 2 | PITCH 3 | PITCH 4 | |||||
Castlewood A 2 v 6 Leechpool B | Rob South A 8 v 2 Kingslea B | Kingslea C 8 v 12 Leechpool A | MATCH A Oakfields 24 v 12 Kingslea A | |||||
Castlewood A 2 v 14 Rob South A | Kingslea C 4 v 6 Castlewood B | Leechpool A 8 v 4 Shelley | MATCH B St Mary’s 4 v 6 Rob South B | |||||
Leechpool B 4 v 8 Rob South A | Kingslea B 8 v 2 Castlewood A | Castlewood B 0 v 10 Shelley | WINNERS OF MATCHES A+B Rob South B 8 v 24 Oakfields | |||||
Kingslea B 4 v 4 Leechpool B | Shelley 8 v 8 Kingslea C | Castlewood B 10 v 18 Leechpool A | LOSERS OF MATCHES A+B Kingslea A 12 v 8 St Mary’s | |||||
PHASE 2 GROUPS | ||||||||
TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TIER 4 | |||||
1st Group A v 1st Group B Rob South A 10 v 0 Leechpool A
| 2nd Group A v 2nd Group B Leechpool B 14 v 0 Shelley | 3rd Group A v 3rd Group B Kingslea B 16 v 6 Castlewood B | 4th Group A v 4th Group B Kingslea A 26 v 2 Castlewood A | |||||
1st Group A v 1st Group C Rob South A 4 v 18 Oakfields
| 2nd Group A v 2nd Group C Leechpool B 4 v Rob South B 8 | 3rd Group A v 3rd Group C Kingslea B 10 v 4 St Mary’s | 4th Group C v 4th Group B Kingslea C 12 v 2 Castlewood A | |||||
1st Group C v 1st Group B Oakfields 6 v 4 Leechpool A
| 2nd Group C v 2nd Group B Rob South B 14 v 2 Shelley | 3rd Group C v 3rd Group B St Mary’s 10 v 10 Castlewood B | 4th Group A v 4th Group C Kingslea C 6 v 14 Kingslea A
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1st Oakfields 10pts 2nd Rob South A 6pts 3rd Leechpool A 3pts | 1st Rob South B 10pts 2nd Leechpool B 7pts 3rd Shelley 2pts | 1st Kingslea B 10pts 2nd St Mary’s 4pts (GD-6) 3rd Castlewood B 4pts (GD-10) | 1st Kingslea A 10pts 2nd Kingslea C 6pts 3rd Castlewood A 2pts | |||||