Thursday 17th January: YEAR 7 BOYS BASKETBALL

BISHOP BELL 16 ETC 19

KANE BRUCE ALEX CHAKABUA
JOE CHAPMAN CALLUM DELL
CRAIG DELL SAM DERRICK
BEN GODDARD BEN HANSON
MICHAEL VILLEGAS DANNY RODFORD
PAUL WEATHERBY

The year 7 basketball team put in an exceptional performance against a strong Bishop Bell team. Faced with their first fixture away from home, the team got off to the perfect start by scoring the first 4 points of the game which quietened the vocal home support.

From then on both teams were involved in a highly competitive game with players from both teams showing some fine basketball play. Both teams were cancelling each other out, and it was up to Mr Raybould and Mr Moore to offer some genius tactical plays which allowed ETC to pull away from Bishop Bell in the fourth quarter.

However Bishop Bell replied and ETC were faced with a nervous last few minutes of play, with the score at 19-16. ETC stuck to their guns and showed great character in keeping Bishop Bell at bay. The final whistle was greeted with great cheer from the ETC team, with the score finishing ETC 19 - Bishop Bell 16.

There were some great individual performances in the team:
Kane Bruce- showed good strength and determination on offence and defence.
Alex Chakabua- good support play when introduced off the bench.
Joe Chapman- demonstrated close dribbling skills, and adapted well to a different playing position.
Callum Dell- worked well with Kane in offence and defence, and showed good movement in the key.
Craig Dell- fast dribbling skills, and simply ghosted past the opposition.
Sam Derrick- Improving game by game, forced opponents into errors on a number of occasions.
Ben Hanson- Good captains performance, covered every area of the court.
Michael Villegas- Used strength to out muscle his opponents on offence and defence.
Danny Rodford- Winning rebounds against his taller opponents, and whizzed up and down the court.
Paul Weatherby- A touch of class, great understanding of the game; and drove ETC forward as point guard.
MVP: Mr Raybould could not separate two boys. So his Most Valuable Player goes to Kane Bruce and Paul Weatherby.Well done year 7, a brilliant performance from all the team.

Mr Rayboul