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Skip Hire and Basketball? Oh yes – you better believe it.
That’s right, it’s time for an update on TopSkips skip hire sponsored junior basketball team, the Withington Warriors. There’s been a whole basket-load of drama over the past few months so it’s over to team coach James Quinn for the latest:
Following a narrow defeat by table-topping Amaechi All-Stars just before Christmas, the equation for the Warriors, was simple; win all four games in January (and hope other results went our way) – or kiss goodbye to one of the four places in the Winter League Play-Offs.
This sounded like a tall order for a team whose Achilles heal this season has been inconsistency. To be fair, injuries and other absences have played their part in the Warriors’ unpredictability but it all pointed to a series of tough and tense January Friday nights at the Amaechi Basketball Centre.
JAN 9th – Warriors Vs Alder All Stars
2009 began as the season had begun back in September with a fixture against Alder All Stars. Then, the Warriors had been edged out by a narrow margin in a thriller. In November, the teams had fought to a draw in a game where the Warriors had, at one stage, held an eight point lead.
There was no margin for error this time but with the game well underway and half-time approaching; Alder had a seven point lead, not a good start. However, on the stroke of half-time, a hard-earned basket from long-time player, Elliott Quinn, reduced the deficit to five points and gave the Warriors a real impetus going into the interval.
Towering Performances
The second half was nip and tuck but the fantastic determination of the whole team, personified by towering performances by new signings, Angus Bangs and Tobias Emare gradually gave Warriors the upper hand.
The final six point margin of victory accurately reflected, the Warriors second half superiority and the hope of a place in the February play-offs was still alive!
Final Score – Alder All Stars 30 – Warriors 36
So, with one win under their belt, the Warriors had started 2009 exactly as planned and took a step closer to the four wins from four they needed in January to be sure of a place in the Winter Play-offs. Friday Jan 16th saw the next must win game against ‘Belle Vue Blazers’ – you can find out how they did against Belle Vue in Monday’s Blog.
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Wow, pretty tense stuff and did you see the names of those new signings? ‘Tobias Emare’ and ‘Angus Bangs’ – possibly the two best names in the world ever. I feel for Tobias though, I bet he’s usually the guy with the most unusual name, but not when Angus is in town. Go on Warriors!

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