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Title: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on June 28, 2015, 07:48:57 PM
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Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on June 29, 2015, 04:25:44 PM
Morgan, Brewer shine Schools All Stars Basketball


Division MVP Hakeem Morgan of East Mucurapo and International School of Port-of-Spain (ISPS) stand-out Remy Brewer led the T&T Schools’ Basketball Association’s (TTSBA) North Zone All Star Under-17 team to a 55-52 win over East Zone Under-20 champions, St Joseph Secondary, last week in an exhibition match closing the North Zone season.

Morgan, who was largely responsible for East Mucurapo’s capture of yet another Under-17 North Zone league title earlier this month, top scored for the North Zone All Stars with 17 points. Brewer, one of few players to play in all three divisions this season, and who was named MVP for the U-15 and U-20 divisions after guiding helping ISPS the double, contributed with 12 points for the North Zone All Stars. On the opposite end, St Joseph brothers Ahkeel Boyd and Ahkeem Boyd, scored 12 and 10 points, respectively, while Shakiel Bertram added seven.

The All Star team from the North Zone comprised players from five schools who stood out during the league campaign. East Mucurapo was represented by four players: Morgan, Josiah Best, Tehrek Scott and Isaiah Francis, while ISPS fielded three players in Brewer, Sekou Folie and Ephrain Archer. The other players selected were, Malcolm Douglas and Kobee James (QRC), Israel Daniel (Belmont Boys), Ezekiel Humphrey (South East Port-of-Spain) and Rafer Richardson (Success Laventille Secondary).

Following the conclusion, the respective MVPS and winning schools were awarded medals and trophies for their efforts. 

Honour Roll

​Boys U-20

1 - ISPS, MVP - Remy Brewer

2 - East Mucurapo

3 Fatima

Girls Open

1 ISPS MVP - Sara Low

2 Tranquillity

3 Mucurapo West

Boys Under-17

1 East Mucurapo - Hakeem Morgan

2 ISPS

3 Belmont

Boys U-15

1 ISPS, MVP - Remy Brewer

2 Belmont Boys

3 Queen’s Royal College

Girls U-15

1 Mucurapo West, MVP - Shenice Piago

2 South East Port-of-Spain

guardian
Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on July 02, 2015, 07:28:30 AM
North out plays South All Stars 100-89

Dextroy Manswell and Adrian Joseph did everything they could to upset the party, but even their combined 77-point tally could not prevent their 100-89 loss their South Zone All Stars team suffered at the hands of a North Zone Men’s First Division All Star team at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo on Sunday.

Despite playing for Police, which campaigns in the North Zone, centre Manswell and point-guard Joseph played for the South team during Sunday’s contest.

Three matches were played comprising the best players from the School Basketball Association’s North Zone Under-20 league, the U-16 league, the Women’s Division and the Men’s First Division. They played against an East Zone Under-20 All Star team, San Fernando Secondary for the Under-16 All Star Match and a South Zone Men’s All Star team respectively.

In addition to the matches, dozens of players participated in a three-point shoot-out contest and a slam dunk contest.

On Sunday, the All Star weekend lit up when the best from the North Zone combined against those from the South Zone. Although the North Zone’s All Star team was led in terms of scoring by Akil Paynter and Saiki Guerra, who scored 17 and 15 points, respectively, they still managed a relatively comfortable and an evidently economical win against the South Zone team, which had Manswell and Joseph running riot over the court. Joseph was later named MVP of the match. The dunk-out competition among the men was won by Patrick Scipio, while Jamile King won the three-point shoot-out.

A day prior, the Women’s Division All Stars from the North Zone were divided into two teams. In the end, the ‘A’ team, led by senior national women’s team player, Kielle Connelly, scored a 41-23 win. Connelly scored ten points and was subsequently named the MVP, while Crystal Ann George, winner of the three-point shoot-out, supported with six points. Iyanna Hughes and Alicia Cumberbatch were the top players for the ‘B’ team, scoring nine and six points, respectively.

Results

Saturday

North Zone Schools Under-20 All Stars 51/81 (Kurshiah King 32 pts, Josiah Best 15 pts) v East Zone Schools All Stars 21/38 (Ahkeem Boyd 14 pts, Joel Timothy 7 pts)

Most valuable Player: Kurshiah King

Under-20 three-point shoot-out Winner: Ahkeel Boyd

Under-20 dunk-out Winner: Chad Webb

North Zone Women All Stars A 41 (Kielle Connelly 10 pts, Crystal Ann George 6 pts) v North Zone Women All Stars B 23 (Iyanna Hughes 9 pts, Alicia Cumberbatch 6 pts)

MVP: Kielle Connelly

Women’s three-point shoot out

Winner: Crystal Ann George 15 pts

Sunday

San Fernando Secondary 88 (Tyrik Singh 16 pts, Kareem Pit 10 pts) v North Zone Under-16 All Stars 45 (Josiah Best 11 pts, Andrew Dookoo 9 pts)

MVPs: Andrew Dookoo, Tyrik Singh

North Zone Men’s First Division All Stars 100 (Akil Paynter 17 pts, Sadiki Guerra 15 pts) v South Zone All Stars 89 (Dextroy Manswell 36 pts, Adrian Joseph 31 pts)

MVP: Adrian Joseph

Senior men dunk out

Winner: Patrick Scipio

Senior men three point shoot-out

Winner: Jamile King

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Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on July 13, 2015, 09:17:26 AM
North Zone Fixtures

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Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: Deeks on July 13, 2015, 10:18:24 AM
Dextroy Manswell. Only in Trini a man go give his son a name that rhymes with Destroy.
Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on July 20, 2015, 05:41:24 PM
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Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on July 24, 2015, 07:31:40 PM
UTT & Army fight back in Big 4 series

The University of Trinidad & Tobago (UTT) and Defence Force (Army) men's basketball team bounced back from their opening game loss to even the series -1-1 in the Semi-Finals of the North Zonal Basketball Commission Big Four tournament on Sunday at the Eastern Indoor Complex, Tacarigua.

In the opening encounter against Shak Attack, UTT led by Captain Patrick Scipio with 21pts rallied back from a 30-41 deficit at the end of the first half. Facing elimination, head coach Lenny Guy applied a full court press from the opening minutes of the third quarter as UTT controlled the tempo for a well deserved victory, 87-74.

For the winners, Scipio was ably supported by Jeffery Harris with 18pts while Ernesto Romain chipped in with 13pts. For Shak Attack, power forward Andrew Ifill scored a game high 26pts and Kurt "Koto" Christian had 15pts.

In the second game of the double header, national standout Steven "Lighter" Lewis with 24pts guided Army to a comfortable 94-77 win over Police. Lewis ended the game with 24pts for the winners. From the tip off, Army controlled the battle and ended the first half ahead, 48-35.

For the winners center Kevian Bacquain, who missed the opening game of the best of three series, supported Lewis with 20pts while point guard Derrick Boxhill added 12pts. For Police, center Dextroy Manswell top scored with 16pts, Fabrice Fisher had 14 and Ronel Winter got 12pts in a losing effort.

Meanwhile, the deciding game of both series will be played on Sunday 26th July at the Jean Pierre Complex, Port of Spain. The winners of both series will clash for the championships while the losers will compete for the third and fourth places respectively.
 
Albert Lee Young
Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on August 04, 2015, 08:51:41 PM
Ian Wason I ‏@IanMWason

Prisons completes East Zone Big 4 line up with 76-62 win over San Juan Warriors in Maloney.  @cnewslive
Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on August 09, 2015, 03:18:15 PM
North Zone champs Police at Mayaro League opening

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Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on August 14, 2015, 06:32:44 AM
Police start bpTT Mayaro basketball title defence in style

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A member of the Police Service team tries for the basket in the Premier Division match with La Horquetta Forces at the opening of the 2015 bpTT Mayaro Basketball League on Sunday. Police won 84-75.

Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the reigning North Zone champions, have started the defence of their Premier Division title in style as they won their opening game of the 2015 bpTT Mayaro Basketball League when the season was launched at the Mayaro Indoor Sport Facility on Sunday.

In the second of two competitive matches, Police demonstrated that they would be keeping a tight grip on the trophy when they turned back a determined La Horquetta Forces team 84-75, with Dexter Manswell contributing 18 points. La Horquetta’s Jeffrey Borne was top-scorer in the match with 36 points.

In the first game, Maloney Pacers triumphed over Mayaro Pacers 70-59 in an Under-23 fixture. Mayaro led in the first quarter but Maloney went ahead in the second and maintained their lead to the very end with Mohammed Elias scoring a three-pointer right at the buzzer.

The season got off to a colourful start with the parade of teams. Not surprisingly, Police captured the March Past title, with Newlands Knicks placing second, while High Voltage (Arima) and Maloney Pacers tied for third.

Now in its third year, the Mayaro Basketball League is organised by the South Corner Basketball Foundation and sponsored by energy company BP Trinidad and Tobago.

Joel Primus, Community Sustainability and Stakeholder Relations Adviser, bpTT, urged the players to take the sport seriously since they can take it to the highest international level as a profession. “Sport, in this case basketball, can be considered recreation, an avenue to alleviate crime, a means of bringing communities closer together but it can also be converted into a career. How far you take it depends on your discipline, attitude and passion. You should aspire to be basketball stars on the national and international stage,” Primus told the players.

He said that bpTT, whose home community is Mayaro, would continue to partner with the South Corner Basketball Foundation to develop the sport in the south-eastern communities.

Kyron James, councillor for Mayaro/Guayaguayare, praised bpTT for its “sterling and longstanding contribution in supporting sports in the region over the years. He appealed to the players to be competitive but display the highest standards of sportsmanship.

Twenty-four teams will compete in the 2015 bpTT Mayaro Basketball League. They will play in four divisions, Premier, Under-23, Women and Community League. Matches continue at the Mayaro Indoor Sports Facility on Saturday from 6 pm.

Games for the Mayaro Basketball league will start on August 19th with community division games being scheduled during the week and the other three divisions for weekends. Some of teams that are not too far from Mayaro may be scheduled for games during the week sparingly.

Teams confirmed for the divisions

Premier

1. Mayaro Pacers, 2. Grande All Stars, 3. Police, 4. Pythons, 5. Pistons, 6. Detour Shak Attack, 7. Valencia Heat, 8. La Horquetta Forces, 9. High Voltage, (Tentative – Prisons)

Community Division

1. NDS Ambassadors, 2. Mayaro Boys, 3. New Lands Knicks, 4. Libertville Villas, (Tentative – Rio Blazers, Ortoire Ballers, Mafeking, Quash Trace, Omeara Knights)

Under 23

1. Mayaro Pacers, POS Trailblazers, Grande Young Stars, Maloney Pacers

Women

1. Police, 2. Brian Chase Academy, 3. New Lands Knicks, (Tentative - Invitations extended to Colours, Defence Force, Shooting Stars, Courts Horizon and Maloney Pacer

guardian
Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on September 06, 2015, 02:31:11 PM
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Title: Re: Zonal Basketball News
Post by: royal on September 22, 2015, 05:28:37 AM
Valencia Heat reigns as East Zone B-ball champs

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CHAMPIONS: Valencia Heat, the 2015 Eastern Community Basketball League - East Zone of the NBFTT champion Team. The club is led by Junior Williams, third from left.

Centre forward Jeffrey Saunders and forward Wayne “Warlord” Richards combined for 43 points which guided Valencia Heat to a 80-70 win over perennial champions Maloney Pacers in Game-3 of the Men’s First Division on Saturday night at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Hall, Tacarigua.

Valencia which celebrated the Second Division title the week before, got 28 points from Sautnders, a Big-Four Play-off best and former national junior player Richards netted 15, as their team lead 43-25 at the half-way mark.

For Pacers which won game two weeks ago 74-70, lost game two in over-time 85-82 and full-time ended 73-73. For Pacers, point-guard Kevon Khan led from in front with 22 points and forward Nayton Lewis supported with 18.

La Horquatta Forces defeated T&T Prisons in the play-off for third and fourth places.

Maloney Pacers win 2nd crown

In the Under-17 Division, Maloney Pacers Youth Development Programme outplayed Celtics 95-73 to win that title in the Best-of-Three-Series 2-1.

Pacers youths won the opening contest 68-66, but Celtics bounced back to level the rubber 62-61 last week. For Pacers Ahkeem Boyd top-scored with 32 points which included eight three-point baskets, his twin brother Akheel netted 26, Kadeen Greg supported with 15 and Shaquile Bertrand contributed 11. For Celtics forwards Josiah Best led with 26, Hakeem Morgan (16), Tariq Singh (14) and basketball coach Cleveland King’s son, Kurshiah King helped out with 10.

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Title: Re: Zonal and local Basketball News
Post by: royal on October 13, 2015, 07:40:28 PM
journalist and basketball administrator Keith Clement get life ban from basketball

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Title: Re: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on November 02, 2015, 06:29:13 AM
Ian Wason 2.0 ‏@IanMwason
Shak Attack are Mayaro Bball Champions after  90-77 win over Police in game two. Police won game 1 81-80 @cnewslive

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Title: Re: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on November 10, 2015, 06:30:03 AM
Congratulations goes out to the North Zone for hosting a successful U14 and U9 tournament today at the Jean Pierre Complex. Under 9 saw action from Brian Chase Basketball Academy, Spartans Basketball Academy and Dunross Preparatory. Under 14 saw action from Hawks, Belmont Intermediate Off Limits, Spartans Basketball Academy, Brian Chase Basketball Academy, Woodbrook Warriors and Dunross Preparatory.
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Title: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on December 02, 2015, 06:14:23 AM
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Petro Stars guard Adrian Joseph dribbles down the court as centre Miguel Williams of Detour Shak Attack runs in to defend during the HOS Events Two-Day Basketball Extravaganza fiinal at the Southern Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Pleasantville, San Fernando on the weekend. Petro Stars won 85-59.


There are now calls for another basketball contest similar to the HOS Events Two-Day Basketball Extravaganza held at the Southern Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Pleasantville, San Fernando on the weekend.

Eight teams including Defence Force, Petro Stars, Petro Jazz, Detour Shak Attack, BTU Ballers, Quarters and the University of T&T (UTT) which had two teams, took part in the tournament for a whopping $25,000 first prize that the Petro Stars won eventually. But the prize was just part of the excitement in a shortened version of the sport. Organiser Musa Rahaman said he got the concept from the now popular Twenty20 (T20) cricket game.

“I have seen a number of T20 matches at the Oval and I decided to implement it in the sport of basketball which I enjoy playing, and it was exciting,” Rahaman said. At the tournament, matches were played in 16 minutes (8 minutes per half) and there were a number of additional events such as a slam dunk contest, three-point shoot out and a slam dunk contest for children under the age of 10.

Rahaman said he would satisfy the desire of the teams and the basketball fraternity by hosting a March Madness basketball extravaganza and he was hoping to get either 12 or 16 teams. He said the winning team would walk away with a whopping $100,000 cash award once sponsorships are forthcoming.

He is calling on corporate T&T and government to come on board and showcase the best basketballers in the country in true NBA style.

He wants the competition to be a fixture on the NBFTT calendar in the future. At this weekend’s tourney there was instant replays and NBA style racks.

Petro Stars defeated Detour Shak Attack 85-59 in the final, which was a full 40-minute game, for the $25,000 winners’ cheque courtesy Hideout Construction Services. Shak Attack received $5,000. Meanwhile Keon Joseph of Defence Force claimed the Slam Dunk contest and $5,000 from Flavorite. Orlando Mapp of Shak Attack walked away with Venture Credit Union’s $5,000 for the Three-Point shoot out.

There were also $200 vouchers given out by Keith Khan Book Sellers to youngsters under the age of 10 for a slam dunk competition as well as entertainment from international slam dunk expert Guy Dupuy of France and Porter Mayberry—the world shortest dunker.   

According to Rahaman, the tournament was made possible from a number of businessmen who, like him, would come out and take a basketball “sweat” in the evening after work. He pointed out that their only problem to date, was receiving sanction from the National Basketball Federation of T&T (NBFTT) since they only have a few days before the actual start.

He noted that for the March Madness contest his organisation has already submitted a request for sanctioning and they are still awaiting a response. Anyone wishing to contribute or take part in the event can contact Rahaman at 657-8000.

WALTER ALIBEY
Title: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on December 12, 2015, 12:38:46 PM
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Title: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on December 16, 2015, 06:35:40 AM
Is there a sport run in T&T without confusion?


National basketball tourney will go on says vice president

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Brian Lewis, president of the TT Olympic Committee, Darryl Smith, minister of sports, Garvin Warrick, president of the T&T basketball Federation and Glyne Clarke, president of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation CBC, are engaged in a conversation at the opening of the 2015 National Basketball Championship at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon.

Despite calls by clubs, coaches and other stakeholders to postpone the National Basketball Championships, vice president of organisation and development of the NBFTT, Barry Stewart, is adamant that the tournament will proceed as planned.

The event opened on Saturday at the Jean Pierre Complex but two of the four teams scheduled to play, BTU Ballers and Petro Jazz, failed to show for the 5 pm bounce off.

In the second game, Detour Shak Attack beat Valencia Heat 68-64. Minister of Sports, Darryl Smith, who was expected to give the feature address, failed to do so, in spite of his presence.

Smith was joined by president of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC), Glyne Clarke, and president of the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) Brian Lewis, who was also expected to address the gathering but who also did not.

The tournament continued last night with a clash between the Ministry of Sports Schoolaz and Valencia Heat from 6.30 pm at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Tacarigua and NBFTT officials were expected to distribute fixtures for the tournament to participating clubs.

Asked why the first match was not played, Stewart said BTU Ballers did not have sufficient uniforms for players as their manager had only recently returned from abroad. He said this was communicated to NBFTT officials, but the information did not reach him in time.

Stewart said be believed that some clubs were deliberately creating confusion by expressing unwarranted concerns that contradicted key decisions made by the board.

In clarifying this statement, he explained that the Championship was a fixed tourney on the basketball calendar which should have been held some three months ago.  “The only real concern for the Championship coming off was the prize structure which stated that the winning prize would have been $10, 000,” Stewart said.

“Even I didn’t agree with that but that was sorted out as the prize money was increased to $25, 000 but yet they want us to postpone it again.”

He said it was also difficult to get two other teams to play the opening game because of the limited time available.

Stewart also took offence to a newspaper report by a group of concerned coaches calling for the postponement of all basketball related tournaments until a proper assessment, planning and organisation element was implemented.

It stated also that following a meeting on last Wednesday, club officials Kern George and Melissa Guerero called on the NBFTT for an open-forum type general meeting to be held among all stakeholders to chart a way forward and develop a calendar of events for 2016.

Stewart cleared the air, saying Wednesday’s session was not a meeting but rather a discussion to find out the possibility of holding a youth and women’s tournament as part of the national championship.

Despite calls by clubs, coaches and other stakeholders to postpone the National Basketball Championships, vice president of organisation and development of the NBFTT, Barry Stewart, is adamant that the tournament will proceed as planned.

The event opened on Saturday at the Jean Pierre Complex but two of the four teams scheduled to play, BTU Ballers and Petro Jazz, failed to show for the 5 pm bounce off.

In the second game, Detour Shak Attack beat Valencia Heat 68-64. Minister of Sports, Darryl Smith, who was expected to give the feature address, failed to do so, in spite of his presence.

Smith was joined by president of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC), Glyne Clarke, and president of the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) Brian Lewis, who was also expected to address the gathering but who also did not.

The tournament continued last night with a clash between the Ministry of Sports Schoolaz and Valencia Heat from 6.30 pm at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Tacarigua and NBFTT officials were expected to distribute fixtures for the tournament to participating clubs.

Asked why the first match was not played, Stewart said BTU Ballers did not have sufficient uniforms for players as their manager had only recently returned from abroad. He said this was communicated to NBFTT officials, but the information did not reach him in time.

Stewart said be believed that some clubs were deliberately creating confusion by expressing unwarranted concerns that contradicted key decisions made by the board.

In clarifying this statement, he explained that the Championship was a fixed tourney on the basketball calendar which should have been held some three months ago.  “The only real concern for the Championship coming off was the prize structure which stated that the winning prize would have been $10, 000,” Stewart said.

“Even I didn’t agree with that but that was sorted out as the prize money was increased to $25, 000 but yet they want us to postpone it again.”

He said it was also difficult to get two other teams to play the opening game because of the limited time available.

Stewart also took offence to a newspaper report by a group of concerned coaches calling for the postponement of all basketball related tournaments until a proper assessment, planning and organisation element was implemented.

It stated also that following a meeting on last Wednesday, club officials Kern George and Melissa Guerero called on the NBFTT for an open-forum type general meeting to be held among all stakeholders to chart a way forward and develop a calendar of events for 2016.

Stewart cleared the air, saying Wednesday’s session was not a meeting but rather a discussion to find out the possibility of holding a youth and women’s tournament as part of the national championship.

WALTER ALIBEY
Title: Re: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on January 20, 2016, 10:39:01 AM
Police stay perfect; Jazz hold off Valencia

DESPITE showing signs of rustiness after a long layoff, Police made their title ambitions absolutely clear when they returned to action in the National Basketball Federation’s (NBFTT ) club championships on Sunday, beating Ministry of Sport Schoolaz by 13 points at the Jean Pierre Complex.

The victory was the lawmen’s fourth win from as many outings, keeping them third in the points table and maintaining their status as one of two unbeaten teams.

Other winners on the evening were Petro Jazz, who edged Valencia Heat in a thriller and BTU Ballers, who defeated Upstate in a bottom-of-the-table battle.

Police were playing for the first time since the Christmas holidays, and it showed as Schoolaz kept it close in the first two periods. The Ministry of Sport team actually led 16-12 after the opening quarter, before Police edged ahead 31- 29 at the half. The officers then led by nine points after three quarters before closing off 75-62 winners.

Wesley Vincent led Police with 23 points; Dane Daniel had 14, Kenrick Bernard got 11 and Don Wilkinson had 12. Dale Copeland once more led Schoolaz, tallying 17 points; Kiev Chessney had 15, Keya Blackett got 11 and Triston Benjamin weighed in with 10.

Police thus remained joint second in the standings with Petro Jazz on eight points from four games.

The Jazz came within two points of losing to Valencia having led for three quarters of the contest.

The southerners led 20-15 after one and seemed to be cruising as they extended their advantage at the half to 38-22; and after three quarters, Petro Jazz had taken their lead to a commanding 29 points (63-34).

But in a fantastic display of determination, Valencia Heat outscored their opponents 38-11 in the final stanza, only to lose by a bucket, as the final buzzer sounded with Petro Jazz holding on, 74- 72.

Ako Pascall and Kevin Sarjeant both scored 22 for the Jazz, while Michael Pantin had 11. Valencia’s challenge was spearheaded by a game-high 28 points from Michael Saunders; Kyeon Joseph got 15, Randy Greenidge 14 and Kevin Greene had 10.

Earlier, BTU Ballers defeated Upstate in a see-saw affair — a result that left Upstate still seeking their first win after five outings.

Upstate led 17-15 after one, but BTU were ahead 32-25 at the half, and they continued to lead 48-42 after three quarters before going on to win 66-58.

Walter Peters led BTU with 27 points; Kevin Flemming had 14 and Jerome Joseph, 10. Marvin Allan carried Upstate with 15 while Keron Davis had 10 and Kofi Campbell, 8.

Upstate remain the cellar- placed team on four points, one less than BTU. Detour Shak Attack maintain pole position in the nine-team table with nine points from five games, followed by Petro Jazz and Police on eight each; Schoolaz are fourth on eight points, but their six games played are the most by any team thus far.

Quarters, Valencia and Siparia Ball Players lie 5th, 6th and 7th respectively.

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Title: Re: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on January 29, 2016, 09:47:51 AM
Warwick quits as basketball president

RACHAEL KING

Two years into his leadership of the National Basketball Federation of T&T (NBFTT), president Garvin Warwick has stepped down from the post. Warwick submitted his resignation letter on Monday with immediate effect, citing that personal reasons forced him to leave prematurely.

“Generally due to work and family commitments I did not have the time to give my 100 percent towards the sport,” Warwick said yesterday.

“But still we at the board were able to accomplish a lot. We launched a mini basketball programme in partnership with NGC’s (National Gas Company) Right On Track programme that were rolled out in all communities and signed an MOU with UTT to develop a School of Basketball.”

However, he did admit that it was not smooth sailing all the way through but said that the many issues were not the reason why he left.

“Over the last two years we (NBFTT) continuously faced uphill battles starting within our own boardroom. There are a lot of changes that need to be made by the executive of the NBFTT starting with the constitution in order for this organisation to move forward. I don’t have the time to commit fully to the task.”

In his resignation letter, Warwick listed what he referred to as milestones that the NBFTT had accomplished under his watch. It said: “Got seven of the nine zones active after a three year inactive period, lectured 122 coaches in 2014 at Level I, launched four out of five school zones, both male and female as well as under-15, U-17 and U-20 age-groups, completed two years of audits (12-13); (13-14)and this current one (14-15) financial statement is completed.”

Three VPs also resigned

Warwick’s exit makes it four persons overall who have left the executive sooner than expected.

The others are former vice-presidents Daron Lall (technical and training services), Chezette Baillie (communications and marketing), Alexis Browne (organisation and development).

However, Lall’s departure totally contrasts that of Warwick’s as part of his reason for leaving dealt heavily with the mismanagement by the federation under the former president’s watch.

Lall said that the board had strayed from what was promised when they were elected at the annual general meeting (AGM) and he felt the constitution was disregarded.

“The constitution was being used conveniently,” said Lall yesterday. “The president and secretary had openly stated that they purposely withheld information from me. Information which I would have needed to operate as the vice-president of technical and training.”
Another reason for him vacating his post was the board’s failure to deal efficiently with disciplinary problems.
“The inability of the Federation to deal with internal disciplinary issues, including a matter where I brought myself, along with the general secretary and president before the board, has not been dealt with to date.” His exclusion from a number of meetings and being given late notice of meetings on numerous occasions which were primarily held in Port-of-Spain, an issue he brought to the board’s attention continuously as he is based in South, prompted Lall to take such actions.
“I had been excluded from selected elected officers meetings and most of the ones that I had been invited to only give 24 hours or less notice. Due to my location and work obligations that was not enough time to make the necessary arrangements. “Some of the decisions made by the NBFTT, in my humble opinion may seem right to some but the proper process was not being followed, compounded by the lack of transparency.”
He said it affected his ability to perform his duties as vice-president so he officially tender his resignation in December.
“I wish basketball nothing but success, may the sport grow and may the individuals who manage the sport also grow,” said Lall.

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Garvin Warwick steps down as Basketball President.
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Post by: royal on March 06, 2016, 08:49:35 PM
Police win national basketball championships with 85-82 win over Shak Attack in game 3 tonight

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Post by: Deeks on March 06, 2016, 10:41:31 PM
Congrats to the police and dem. Whey Fires and Army?
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Post by: royal on March 08, 2016, 10:53:47 AM
Congrats to the police and dem. Whey Fires and Army?


http://www.cnc3.co.tt/sports/police-are-champion-champions-basketball-winners
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Post by: Sando prince on March 10, 2016, 03:42:27 PM
Congrats to Police   :beermug:

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Post by: royal on March 16, 2016, 05:33:27 AM
Mitchell to act as NBFTT president


CLAIRE MITCHELL will serve as acting president of the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago (NBFTT ).

Mitchell, who is also the NBFTT secretary general, will sit on the hot seat after the resignation of Garvin Warwick - who is currently the advisor to the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Darryl Smith.

Warwick’s resignation was accepted at the NBFTT statutory board meeting on Saturday last.

According to a media release, “this was the Board’s first opportunity to meet since Warwick tendered his resignation on January 25 2016.” Similar to Warwick, Daron Lall stepped down as vice president (technical and training services) and, as a result, Arnold Thomas will temporarily serve as that role, as well as his current position as assistant secretary. “The Board of Directors wishes to thank all parties who continue to support basketball in Trinidad and Tobago as we restructure and improve opportunities for the sport to flourish,” the media release ended.

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Post by: royal on May 22, 2016, 05:32:24 PM
National U19 team in training for upcoming regional tournament
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Post by: royal on August 24, 2016, 10:11:07 AM
National U19 team beat their senior counterparts. 

https://youtu.be/KLFmhVJVkHg
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Post by: royal on August 26, 2016, 05:20:18 AM
Mayaro Basketball League opens

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Detour Shak Attack displayed consummate all-round skill when they started their defence of the bpTT Mayaro Basketball League Premier Division title in convincing fashion at the launch of the 2016 season at the Mayaro Indoor Sport Facility on Sunday.

Shak Attack sounded a warning that they would be keeping a tight hold on the premiership trophy when they turned back a determined La Horquetta Forces outfit, 78-64.

In the first game of an entertaining double-header, Maloney SOS Basketball Academy ran past Rio Claro Villers 71-51 in the under-19 division.

The 2016 season got off to a colourful start with a parade of participating teams. So far, a total of 19 teams are registered for this year's edition of the league, competing in three divisions— premier, under-19 and community.

Now in its fourth year, the Mayaro Basketball League is organised by the South Corner Basketball Foundation (SCBF) and sponsored by BP Trinidad and Tobago.

BPTT community liaison officer, Matthew Pierre, said that the energy company had reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the league and was proud to sponsor basketball, alongside other sports. He urged the players to play hard but with discipline and good sportsmanship, and to use the opportunity to progress to higher levels of the game. Pierre also expressed the desire to see more teams from Mayaro itself taking part in the tournament.

Apart from showcasing the immense basketball talent in the region, a major objective of the initiative was to foster greater camaraderie among the various communities and provide wholesome activities for the youths, explained Pierre, himself a former stand-out national player.

South Corner chairman, Quammie Alexis, said that his organisation was grateful to bpTT for its partnership in reviving basketball in the region, adding that the SCBF would utilise all the resources at its disposal to ensure that the game grows from strength to strength.

Former T&T basketball stars Derek ‘Cornbread” James and Stephen “Lighter” Lewis witnessed the launch.

Competition in the premier and under-19 divisions will resume at the Mayaro Indoor Sport Facility on Saturday, September 1, while the community league will see action on Wednesdays, starting from September 7.
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Post by: royal on September 07, 2016, 02:36:42 AM
Successful 'SOS' b/ball academy


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THE Maloney Gardens Community once again played host to the 'Stories of Success' basketball academy summer camp, which ran from the July 11 – August 29, at the Maloney Indoor Sports Arena.
Led by former national player and SOS Basketball Academy Head Coach Kern George, the 2016 'Ball All Summer' basketball camp maintained its focus on enhancing participants' knowledge and athletic ability in the sport of basketball, encouraging the pursuit of educational achievement and advocating socially responsible behaviour.
The success of the camp was once again made possible through the support of a cast of dedicated personnel. SOS assistant coach Kenyatta Alfred was a mainstay throughout the camp, and was ably assisted by Stefan Dillon (Head Coach of the University of Trinidad and Tobago) and Ian “Poison” Gomes (Brian Chase Basketball Academy coach).
Avionne Maule (Defence Force) lent her expertise in physiotherapy, while Renaldo Alexander and Saleem Henry of GT Fitness challenged the campers with a series of strength and conditioning exercise routines over the course of the two months.
Kenrick Julien and Patrick Scipio (recently recruited to the Wiley College, Texas Basketball Programme), as well as ex-NBA player Terry DeHere, mentored the group, offering insight to their experiences and words of encouragement to keep pushing to be better on and off the court.
Over 50 participants from Trinidad, Tobago and the United States took part in what was the fourth edition of the camp, which in the past has produced several national basketballers at various levels.
Academy members Nickolai Mills, Kalique Robertson-Forrester, Jedidiah Celestine and Jamal Prince journeyed to Georgetown, Guyana as part of the Trinidad and Tobago Boys' Under 16 Basketball Team that took part in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) U16 Championship in July.
At the under-15 level, Jadon Daniel and Jaheim Evelyn joined Mills, Prince and Robertson-Forrester on the T&T roster in Patillas, Puerto Rico for the CentroBasket U-15 Championships in late August. And in Jamaica, Charles Williams, Clint Graham and Mohammed Elias all featured for Team T&T on their way to bagging gold at the Caribbean Hoopfest Under 19 Tournament in Montego Bay, also in August.
With the conclusion of the “Ball All Summer” Camp, training now returns to its regular weekend schedule (Saturdays 9am – 1pm, Sundays 5pm – 7pm), with attention now switching to preparation for the NBFTT National Boys & Girls U-17 3x3 Championships, as well as the Digicel NBA Jumpstart Clinics.
Further info can be obtained from Chevon Le Gendre (Operations Manager – SOS Basketball Academy) via phone: 468-5462, or email: chevon_legendre_03@hotmail.com.

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Post by: royal on October 09, 2016, 05:09:59 PM
Basketball Federation in limbo again

SPORTS COMMENTARY
Keith Clement



For the second time in six years the sport of basketball has collapsed resulting in many decisions being taken without the necessary Board approval as is required for compliance with the constitution, regulation and decision-making protocol documents of the National Basketball Federation of T&T.

On January 25 this year Garvin Warwick resigned as the sport’s president to take up the appointment of Advisor to Sports and Youth Affairs Minister the Honourable Darryl Smith which left the sport in limbo as he became the fourth of seven elected officers to sever ties with the organisation.

However, back on March 12, the board of directors approved transferring some of the powers of the president to the general secretary with the intention of getting the annual general meeting (AGM)—outstanding since December 2015—organised. In fact, the critical 2014-2018 Strategic Plan of the sport was to be approved at that meeting according to the November 2015 board minutes.

At the September 10 Board meeting the AGM was set for October 15. However, to date no notices were sent to the membership which is one of the critical functions of the general secretary. Notices for AGM must be issued 14 days in advance, so come Saturday the AGM will not be held again.

While the general secretary is parading as the acting president of the organisation, no such title was bestowed upon her at the March 12 meeting according to article 14.2 of the said constitution. Could you imagine someone signing a letter twice—as general secretary and as acting president? Yes, it happened.

The sport of basketball is currently reeling under mismanagement of every sort because individuals entrusted with office to manage and guide the sport are using it for their own benefit.

Further research also showed that the head coach of the boys under-15 team was relieved of his duties on the recommendation of a board member and the vice president of Organisation and Development who sat on the interview panel for coaches recommended himself for the position. Without board approval he travelled to the tournament in Puerto Rico as the team’s head coach.

When yesterday’s statutory Board was convened at the Conference Room in Maloney, only the general secretary and representatives from the South and North Zones were present which meant once again there was no quorum to conduct the business of basketball.

Of the three elected officers left, the vice president of Finance and the assistant secretary have not attended Board meetings since May. What is also sad is that the vice president of Finance has not tabled a financial report since August 2015, a concern that was raised during the Board’s aborted meeting on May 14.

Despite not having constitutional board approval, the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago continues to fund projects that are submitted to it by the general secretary.

Further, the key general meeting, according to article 19.4 of the constitution which requires that the membership be presented with the sports’ annual budget, development and strategic plans, did not take place despite its being constitutionally due before September 30 each year. In fact, this year marks the third consecutive year that such a meeting did not take place.

The big question is what is the basketball fraternity, the clubs and players who are directly affected doing about this? This year with the exception of Tobago there were no zonal competitions and there will be no National Tournament.

On assuming office in September 2015, Minister of Sports Darryl Smith promised the population that under his watch sporting organisations would be held accountable for every cent of taxpayers’ monies given to them. 

The record will show that following the 2014 AGM Team Strong led by Warwick was elected into office unopposed with officers Garvin Warwick (president), Alexis Browne (vice president—Organisation and Development) and Daron Lall (vice president—Training and Technical). However, they all resigned by January 2016. The vice president—Marketing and Communication Chezette Baillie, who was not on a slate, also resigned.

The elected officers of the Basketball Federation are Hyacinth Hart, the vice president of Finance; Claire Mitchell, the general secretary; and Arnold Thomas, assistant secretary. 

The last time the sport was in a similar crisis was in 2010.
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Post by: royal on December 03, 2016, 12:25:32 PM
Young Starz, Quarters jump-off women’s basketball tourney


Women’s basketball makes a grand return with a two-week long competition hosted by the newly formed Female Basketball Action, starting today at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Tacarigua from 6 pm.

The league will see teams including Grande Young Starz, Quarters United, Brian Chase Academy, Police, Maloney Pacers and Straker Nets, competing for the top prize of $6,000. The second placed team gets $3,000 and the third place finisher receives $1,000.

Action in the women’s contest jumps off tomorrow with a double-header, Grande Young Starz faces Quarters from 5 pm and Brian Chase Academy tackles Police two hours later in the feature match of a doubel-header.

Today, however, the league will host its opening ceremony which will see an exhibition match-up between newly crowned bpTT Mayaro Basketball League champion Defence Force and runners-up Detour Shak Attack. This will follow, the formal part of the opening, which will facilitate speeches from the sponsors and a performance by Black Loyalty.

One of the stipulation for the participating squads is that each team must have two to four Under-16 players.

There will be a number of individual awards given out at the end of the league for Most Valuable Players for the League and All Stars, best defensive player, most points, three-point shootout, coach of the league and the best U-16 player.

Competition will also be played at the Maloney Indoor Sports Arena.

Rachael King - Guardian
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Post by: royal on January 12, 2017, 09:10:29 PM
Spotlight Basketball CNC3

http://www.cnc3.co.tt/sports/spotlight-basketball
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Post by: royal on January 19, 2017, 11:46:19 AM
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Post by: royal on March 16, 2017, 05:09:26 AM
Felix, Brewer shine in Schools basketball


N’WADIKE Felix and Remy Brewer both displayed top performances, leading Queen’s Royal College (QRC) and International School of Port of Spain (ISPS) respectively to victories in the Trinidad and Tobago Schools Basketball Association North Zone League, last Tuesday.

Felix scored 18 points to lead QRC to a 40-33 win over East Mucurapo at the Jean Pierre Complex in Mucurapo. Johnathan Ward scored 10 points for QRC, while Jadi Antoine was a one man show for East Mucurapo, netting 24 points. Brewer scored half of his team’s points, when he dropped 30 points to lead ISPS to a 60-15 victory over St Mary’s College. Jordan Mukerji contributed 18 points for ISPS, while Evan Trim was the top scorer for St Mary’s with six points.

In the other match, South East Port of Spain earned a win by default over Tranquillity.


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Post by: royal on April 25, 2017, 05:34:36 AM
Baptiste powers Police to b-ball honours

Rachel Thompson-King

Forward Aneicia Baptiste’s allround performance in the final of the Female Basketball Association (Fem BA) Under-21 Easter Basketball Tournament helped Police claim the inaugural title and earned her the “Most Valubale Player” award.

Baptiste topscored with 20 points, pulled down five rebounds and stole the ball eight times to pilot Police past Quarters United, 63-50 in the title match on April 16 at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Tacarigua.

She had help in the form of another forward Janeisha Casssimy, who registered a double-double adding 14 points and grabbed 10 rebs. She also shared the ball three times to aid in the victory.

Their teammate Tahirah Hollingsworth also reached double-figures, netting 12.

For Quarters, Shania Emmanuel, who was named the league MVP, scored a match-high 23 points, securing 15 boards and six steals and Breanna Charles poured in 11, had three rebounds, two blocks and a steal.

“Watching the final between Quarters and Police was so heart-warming and exciting. The game was intense like a college basketball game. Steal after steals, rebounds, blocks and assists, great shooting and eye vision of the court,” said the coordinator of the league, Alicia Cumberbatch.

“The emotions I felt was unexplainable towards this game but one thing I know we (the committee members) at Fem BA will help those get better and become great by allocating the players to development programmes in T&T.”

Emmanuel was definitely one of the bright spots in the league. She was most deserving of the league award tallying 47 points, 25 rebounds, nine steals, two assists and two blocks, guiding her team to the final after playing unbeaten in the preliminary round on April 14. She also got the trophies for having the most points and best defensive player.

The following day (April 15) during the All Star activities, Emmanuel emerged the MVP and the three-point shootout winner while her teammate Jamika Knights was the U-21 Skills Challenge winner.

At the award ceremony of the three-day tournament, Police head coach Alfonso Raphael picked up the prize after being named the “Coach of the League”, Ize-Tao Best of Malick and Brian Chase Academy’s Joreius Headley shared the “Most Improved Player” award.

“Fem BA would like to express our deepest gratitude to our sponsors, Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, Haynes Plumbing 1990 Limited, Micron Limited, Renova Limited and Plenty Sport, participants, media represetatives and supporters for helping us make yet another successful tournament,” said Cumberbatch, a national player.

“Fem BA will continue to improve the state of basketball for our female basketballers in T&T. Failure is not an option.”

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Aneicia Bapiste, right poses with her Police teammates, the Ministet of Sports Darryl Smith, centre, and chairman of the Sport Company Michael Phillips, left, after winning Fem BA Easter Under-21 Basketball Tournament at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Tacarigua from April 14-16.

 
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Post by: royal on July 04, 2017, 12:15:25 PM
The Stories Of Success Basketball Academy's Ball All Summer Basketball Camp returns

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Post by: royal on November 18, 2017, 03:01:37 PM
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Post by: royal on December 23, 2017, 06:46:42 AM
Connelly leads Police to FemBa title

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A leading 36 points from Kielle Connelly saw the power forward lead Police to its second straight title in the Female Basketball Association (FemBA) Tournament held over the weekend at the Maloney Indoor Sports Arena.

Connelly helped the policewomen defeat Quarters United 91-61 in the final on Sunday evening in the two-day competition which had some of this country’s top senior players and up-and-coming basketballers on show.

“It feels good,” said a proud Connelly. “Even better because it was basically a young side. Glad to have led them to victory.”

Connelly emerged as the “Most Valuable Player” (MVP) in the finale for her all-round performance also grabbing four rebounds, had two assists and stole the ball three times.

“By winning it (MVP award), I just hope the younger ones coming up take example of how I play. I tried to lead the team and it wasn’t easy because the other teams gave us a great run for our money.”

She did not do it alone though as she was well supported by six-footer centre Samantha Wallace with 16 points, eight rebounds, three steals and a block, and Joelisa Cooper with 13 points, grabbed two boards and stole the ball four times. The team effort helped Police win its second consecutive title in as many years.

“It feels great,” said Connelly of helping Police defend its crown. “It’s like we’re helping contribute to women’s basketball in the country in some way.”

Police entered the final as the only unbeaten team, winning its two matches on the opening day, Saturday, against Quarters (68-57) and Brian Chase (36-33). In both matches, Connelly was the topscorer notching 29 and 20, respectively. Quarters edged Brian Chase by one point (45-44) in the other match to finish with a better record and progressed to the decider.

Stepping up for the south-based Quarters unit was Jamika Knights, who produced a team-high 24 points in the final with three steals. Her teammates Breanna Charles added 12 and Nilleen Ramdial 10 in a losing effort.

Knights picked up a number of prizes including being named the MVP of the All Star match, was the best Under-16 player and won the skills challenge. Also receiving individual awards were Wallace (best defensive player) and her teammate Tia Bruno won the three-point shooting contest in one of the few competitions that showcased women’s basketballers this year.

“I applaud FemBA for doing this. It was just sad that the people who claim to love the sport so much didn’t come out and support,” said a disappointed but optimistic Connelly. “But these young ladies coming up are going to be a force to reckon with."

RESULTS

SUNDAY
Final: Police 91 (Kielle Connelly 36 pts/4 rebs/2 assts/3 stls, Samantha Wallace 16 pts/8 rebs/3 stls/1 blk, Joelisa Cooper 13 pts/2 rebs/4 stls) vs Quarters United 61 (Jamika Knights 24 pts/3 stls, Breanna Charles 12 pts/2 rebs/2 bks, Nilleen Ramdial 10 pts/3 stls)
SATURDAY
Police 68 (Kielle Connelly 29, Tia Bruno 14, Afiya Vincent 11) vs Quarters 57 (Candice Guerrero 21, Jamika Knights 14, Breanna Charles 9 )
Brian Chase 44 (Alicia Cumberbatch 15, Annola Charles 9, Suelin Tang 7) vs Quarters 45 (Jamika Knights 16, Breanna Charles 9, Nilleen Ramdial 6)
Police 36 (Kielle Connelly 20) vs Brian Chase 33 (Allison Young 12, Annola Charles 13)
HONOUR ROLL
Final MVP: Kielle Connelly (Police)
All Star MVP: Jamika Knights
Skills Challenge: Jamika Knights
3 Point Shoot Out: Tia Bruno (Police)
Best U-16 Player: Jamika Knights
Best Defensive Player: Samantha Wallace (Police)
Coach of the Tournament: Ashton Peters (Police)
First: Police
Second: Quarters United
Third: Brian Chase Academy

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Post by: royal on December 23, 2017, 06:59:39 AM
highlights of Defence Force vs Trail Blazers, Pacers vs Brian Chase and Petro Jazz vs Shak Attack in the Barry Stewart basketball tournament

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Post by: royal on January 05, 2018, 08:18:14 AM
Big 6 Tournament

https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/7pmnews/big-basketball/article_39c65c50-f1b4-11e7-96b2-3b7f9d446e97.html
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Post by: royal on March 22, 2018, 07:11:05 AM
40 kids to participate in March Mayhem Basketball Skills Clinic

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On Saturday and Sunday, Spartans TT Sports Club will host March Mayhem Basketball Skills Clinic with American coach Mark Cook.

Spartans TT has partnered with British Airways on this Clinic as part of their Flying Start programme, which is a global charity partnership between British Airways and Comic Relief. British Airways wants to help give children in the countries, which they fly, to the chance to have a brighter future. This is why 100 percent of monies raised by this Clinic will go directly to Comic Relief.

The camp will be hosted at the Jean Pierre Complex from noon to 3 pm both days. A total of 40 kids from different clubs, between the ages of 14-17 years, were selected to participate in this two-day skills Clinic.

As part of their sponsorship, British Airways will have Gold cardholders, and local sports icon, Dwight Yorke, make an appearance at the start of the event, noon on Saturday. He has also pledged to give a motivational lecture to the kids on the essential ingredients to success in sports and at the end, distribute autographed Manchester United t-shirts to each participant. Cook is certified by FIBA, NFHS, Stanford University and Columbia University. Cook has worked with Fast Break Kids AAU, Brooklyn Rams AAU and Urban Assembly of Global Commerce High School, before becoming head coach of the Boys JV Basketball team at Avenues The World Upper School in 2014.

He worked with NYC Basketball Kids, and has had the opportunity to lead youth basketball clinics with the Brooklyn Nets and NBA players such as Zach Lavine, CJ McCollum and Devin Booker.

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Post by: royal on July 31, 2018, 08:34:49 AM
Army marches past Police 99-89 in OT


Rachael Thomspon-King

Defence Force forward Steven Lewis brought the excitement on the opening night of the Barry Stewart Invitational Basketball League, so too his opposing Police point guard Ronell Winter, but it was the army coastguard combination team that prevailing with an exciting 99-89 overtime win.

The Men’s Premier Division match unfolded at the Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Chaguanas on Sunday. It was the feature match of four played on the night in three divisions to mark the Second edition of the league, which is being held in honour of Vibert “Passay” Dean, a long-standing player whom the basketball fraternity lost in May.

It was a pretty even match from the jump with the police officers taking an early 26-22 lead at the end of the first quarter. However, Defence Force boosted by Lewis with support from Kensley Sandy (16) and Kerry McMillan (10) fought back and grabbed a four-point advantage at the halfway mark.

That lead was short-lived though as Police rallied back in the third period to go ahead by a narrow one point (62-61) as the teams continued to trade baskets into the fourth quarter.

Winter was fierce from beyond the three-point arc, connecting 10 in his match-high 33 points but it was the one he hit with two seconds left to play that was most critical as it levelled the scores at 85 to send the match into an extra five minutes of overtime play.

Police though lost some its lustre in the extra time, only adding four points to its total while Defence Force went on to dominate scoring 14 in that period, to emerge with the 10-point win.

Police had two other players scoring in double-figures including forward Wesley Vincent (19) and post-player Don Wilkinson 18 but in a losing effort.

Earlier in the other match in the top division, Straker Nets defeated Stories of Success (SOS) Basketball Academy, 81-75. Play got on the way after T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis did the jump ball.

SOS spurred on by twin brothers Ahkeem and Ahkeel Boyd made a huge comeback in the fourth and final quarter after being down by 20 points (67-47) at the end of the third period but it was not enough to overcome Starker.

Post-player Ashton Demurrell top-scored for the winner with 20 points and his teammate Triston Benjamin added 10 in the six-point win.

In the Under-19 Division match-up, led by Josiah James with 21 points, Grande Young Stars beat New Age Lions, 55-47 while in the U-15 category, Uthman Bilal (18) starred for 500 Hawks in their 47-34 win over Brian Chase Academy.

Also in attendance to witness the exciting matches were former national player Gerard Moore, who played at New Mexico State University under legendary coach Lou Henson. Moore of Point Fortin was an All American at Southeast Illinois College (SIC) and in 2008 was inducted into the SIC Hall of Fame. He also competed with Straker Nets in the past.

Results

Men’s Premier Division
Defence Force (41/85) 99 (Steven Lewis 32, Kensley Sandy 16, Kerry McMillan 10) vs Police 89 (37/85) (Ronell Winter 33, Wesley Vincent 19, Don Wilkinson 18).
Straker Nets (46) 81 (Ashton Demurrell 20, Triston Benjamin 10, Jeffrey Harris 9, Richard Guiseppi 9) vs SOS Academy (30) 75 (Ahkeem Boyd 23, Ahkeel Boyd 18, Kern George 18).
Boys U-19 Division
New Age Lions (16) 47 (Joshua Sheppard 21) vs Grande Young Stars (21) 55 (Josiah James 21, Jeden Celestine 16, Christopher Nottingham 10).
Boys U-15 Division
Brian Chase Academy (18) 34 (Kasem Prince 14) vs 500 Hawks (17) 47 (Uthman Bilal 18, Lion Sandy 11).

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Barry Stewart, second from right, TTOC president Brian Lewis, left and Gerard “Jerry” Moore, second from left, with some of the players that will be competing in the Barry Stewart Basketball League at the Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Chaguanas on Sunday.
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Post by: royal on September 08, 2018, 01:31:08 PM
Grande new 4x4 basketball hub


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Jeffrey Harris, left, coordinator of the Sangre Grande Ruff & Ready 4v4 Basketball League, shares a moment with veteran player Steven "Lighter" Lewis, on the opening day of the tournament on August 25 at the Foster Road Sangre Grande basketball court. Howeger, when the two players meet on court, Harris with the Maloney-based Stories of Success (SOS) basketball team and Lewis with D'Hill of Laventille Harris it will be in a battle aimed at the $10,000 first place prize.

RACHAEL THOMP­SON-KING

rachael.king@guardian.co.tt

For­ward Kern George net­ted an easy lay-up to score the win­ning point for the Sto­ries of Suc­cess (SOS) team in its 41-35 vic­to­ry over Sweaters of San­gre Grande in the San­gre Grande Ruff & Ready 4v4 Bas­ket­ball League at the Fos­ter Road Bas­ket­ball court on Sat­ur­day.

George's fi­nal bas­ket worth a sin­gle point to reach 41 points to bring it home for the Mal­oney-based SOS team in the in­au­gur­al league with a new con­cept to bas­ket­ball com­pe­ti­tion ac­cord­ing to co­or­di­na­tor Jef­frey Har­ris.

He said, " We got the idea from look­ing at FI­BA 3v3 and the Big 3 League be­ing played in the US." The main rules are as fol­lows sev­en play­ers per team - four play­ing with three run-in sub­sti­tutes - on any dead ball. There is a 12-minute stop­page time per half. One point per bas­ket in­side the arc, two points per bas­ket out­side the arc, and three points per bas­ket once scored from the three-point spot iden­ti­fied on the court.

There are two ways a team can win, the first is hav­ing the most points at the end of stop­page time or the team, which reach­es 41 points first, wins.

"Pop­u­lar lo­cal bas­ket­ball play­ers are par­tic­i­pat­ing in the ex­cite­ment while we bring to T&T, the 'Roc­ka Park' ex­pe­ri­ence. We have play­er in­ter­views, fans in­ter­views, an in-game DJ and com­men­tary and every night give­aways," said Har­ris, adding to the thrill of the in­no­v­a­tive com­pe­ti­tion, which has 10 teams com­pet­ing for the $10,000 first place prize. The run­ner-up re­ceives $5,000 and the third place fin­ish­er gets $3,000.

The oth­er teams are Buck­ets of Arou­ca, Ball Hun­gry of St Au­gus­tine, D'Hill of La­van­tille, Gold­en State (Va­len­cia), San­gre Grande All Stars, Grande Ext (San­gre Grande), Rebels (San­gre Grande) and Hey Now (Tacarigua).

Har­ris works on a com­mit­tee that in­clude Kevin Thomas, Mick­iel Williams, Fran­cis Har­ris and Mar­lon Bur­nett , all of the San­gre Grande com­mu­ni­ty for a tour­na­ment spon­sored by Sav­ings & Deals Su­per­mar­ket, Cost Cut­ters Su­per­mar­ket, Dar­ryl's Fa­mous Foods, Juter­am Au­to Sup­ply, Phats In­ter­na­tion­al, Be The Change Move­ment, and oth­er com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers of San­gre Grande.

George will be back on the court to­mor­row (Sat­ur­day) with his SOS team aim­ing for its third straight win af­ter beat­ing Hey Now, 41-38, last Fri­day. The Mal­oney unit will play Ball Hun­gry, who has a win against Grande Ext (35-24) and a loss to Buck­ets (33-30).
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Post by: royal on November 01, 2018, 05:22:48 AM
Martin's dunk wins it for Straker Nets


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Cen­tre Al­lis­ter Mar­tin slammed home the game-win­ner for Strak­er Nets to reg­is­ter a tough 86-84 win over Sto­ries of Suc­cess (SOS) Bas­ket­ball Acad­e­my to take Game 1 of the best-in-three se­ries of the semi­fi­nals con­test. Ac­tion was in the Men's Pre­mier Di­vi­sion of the Bar­ry Stew­art Bas­ket­ball League which is ti­tled "Bas­ket­ball For Bas­ket­ballers" and played at the Mal­oney In­door Sports Are­na on Tues­day night.

With 0.57 sec­onds left in the match and scores tied 84-84, point guard Sadi­ki Guer­ra drove from the top of the key down the mid­dle lane, drew three de­fend­ers and sim­ply slipped the ball to the await­ing hands of the six-foot­er Mar­tin, who put down a huge dunk while be­ing fouled in the process. This sent the Strak­er Nets bench in­to a fren­zy sens­ing vic­to­ry.

Mar­tin (10 points) missed the free throw to com­plete the three-point play, and Kern George grabbed the re­bound and un­leashed a last-gasp long-range shot from deep in­to the oth­er end of the court, but his shot missed its tar­get, gift­ing the Strak­er team the open­ing win.

"The game was re­al­ly tough, SOS played their hearts out," said Guer­ra fol­low­ing the match. He scored a team-high 23 points.

The SOS play­ers will rue their missed chance of giv­ing Strak­er its first loss of the sea­son af­ter lead­ing by as much as 20 points (59-39) in the third quar­ter thanks to a daz­zling shoot­ing per­for­mance from point guard Ah­keel Boyd from be­yond the three-point arc. He con­nect­ed sev­en three-point­ers over­all for his match-high 36 points.

"In the first quar­ter, the point guard got too much of free shots. He was killing us," said Guer­ra. "He scored like four threes in the first quar­ter. Who­ev­er had to mark the broth­ers had to stay close to them."

The oth­er broth­er he was re­fer­ring to was Ah­keem Boyd, who added 13 to SOS's score.

SOS did their home­work, re­strict­ing Strak­er's lead­ing scor­ers this sea­son, Jef­frey Har­ris and Guer­ra, in the first two quar­ters while get­ting the jump on the more ex­pe­ri­enced team.

The Mal­oney-based team SOS backed by its home-based sup­port­ers, raced to a 26-14 lead in the first pe­ri­od and built up a 32-17-point ad­van­tage in the next quar­ter but with the likes of guard Joel Hinds and post play­er Mori­ba De Fre­itas keep­ing up the at­tack for Strak­er, their team ral­lied back to trail, 45-37 at the half.

In the third quar­ter, SOS mount­ed its biggest lead of the match 59-39 with 5.11 min­utes to go in the pe­ri­od, but it was short-lived as Strak­er de­ter­mined not to be up­set by the young team, fought back and man­aged to pull with­in 10 (61-51) with 1.12 on the clock in the third. The pe­ri­od end­ed with SOS still in con­trol, lead­ing 66-55.

"The coach told us we're down by 18 points, we just have to claw back on each play, and we will get back in­to the game," said Guer­ra on the ad­vice of coach Bar­ry Stew­art as Strak­er through its low-post game chipped away at the lead.

The in­ex­pe­ri­ence of SOS coach Kem­rick Julien showed as his team start­ed to im­plode.

George was guilty of two turnovers which Strak­er con­vert­ed in­to five points as the op­po­si­tion came with­in two points, 77-75 with 4.01 min­utes re­main­ing in the match. Mo­ments lat­er he was one of four SOS play­ers to foul out. The oth­ers were Ah­keem Boyd (13), Charles Williams and Bran­don Kel­ly. Strak­er too had two play­ers foul­ing out in Har­ris and Steve Williams.

Mean­while, De Fre­itas tied the score (77-77) with a dunk and lat­er went to the free throw line af­ter be­ing fouled. He con­nect­ed one of two free throws to give Strak­er, its first lead of the match, 78-77. The teams con­tin­ued to ex­change bas­kets, and it was in the fi­nal play of the in­tense match-up start­ed by Guer­ra that de­ter­mined the win­ner. This af­ter Boyd (Ah­keel) turned over the ball pass­ing the ball out-of-bounds.

"We lis­tened to our coach, and we clawed back to win the game," said a pleased Guer­ra.

Tonight the teams re­turn to the court at the Jean Pierre Com­plex in Port-of-Spain for game two with Strak­er seek­ing to close-out and book its spot in next week's best-of-three se­ries fi­nale.

De­tour Shak At­tack will have the same in­ten­tion tonight as well as it takes on De­fence Force in game two of their semi­fi­nal se­ries. Led by post play­er Shawn Lawrence with 19, Shak At­tack de­feat­ed the Army/Coast­guard com­bi­na­tion team, 82-74.
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Post by: royal on November 16, 2018, 05:14:29 AM
SOS Basketball Academy win U-19 crown

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Pacers’ Shakiel Isertrand (#5) and SOS’s Nickolai Mills )#3) go head-to-head for a lose ball, during the 2nd game of the Finals of the U-19 Barry Stewart Basketball League between Maloney Pacers and SOS Academy at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo,on Saturday.

THE STORIES of Success Basketball Academy won the 2018 Barry Stewart Basketball League Under-19 Championship after defeating the Maloney Pacers 83-80 in the division final on Saturday, at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo.

https://newsday.co.tt/2018/11/15/sos-basketball-academy-win-u-19-crown/
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Post by: royal on January 29, 2019, 11:51:05 AM
NBFTT will embark on a 6 day screening to select the top 5 youth male basketball prospects across T&T. The selected 5 will have the opportunity to participate in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Youth Camp in April, 2019 to be held in either Puerto Rico or Dominican Rep

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Post by: Deeks on January 29, 2019, 02:33:16 PM
Does Shaw Park has an indoor arena?
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Post by: royal on January 30, 2019, 08:58:53 AM
Does Shaw Park has an indoor arena?

no there's one in Pleasantville.   
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Post by: Deeks on January 30, 2019, 12:21:47 PM
Does Shaw Park has an indoor arena?

no there's one in Pleasantville.   

That is really PATHETIC if Tobago does not have an indoor sports facility. f--king pathetic. In this day and age?
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Post by: royal on May 24, 2019, 05:28:35 AM
Five TT players for Basketball Youth Camp

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FIVE of TT’s best Under-17 prospects have been selected to attend the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Youth Camp in Puerto Rico from July 11-14.

The first pick went to high flyer, Jael Lewis of the Maloney Pacers Basketball Club and Youth Development Programme. Completing the top five all-star cast wiill be Nickolai Mills of the Stories of Success Basketball Academy, Jadon Daniel and Jelani Blackett both of Maloney Pacers, and Nwadike Felix of the Detour Shak Attack Basketball Development Programme.

On reserve are Daniel Constance of Scarborough Secondary School and Samuel Waldron of Maloney Pacers.

The final selection process took place on May 5 at the Eastern Regional Sport Complex, Tacarigua. Twenty-four of the shortlisted participants were evaluated through advanced skills and in-game activities.

When asked about being selected first, Lewis replied, “Well, this is just the beginning. I am proud of myself knowing I have earned my pick at number one for this camp and I have been working really hard on increasing the standard of my game.”

Regarding his actual participation in the forthcoming camp, he stated, “I look forward to dominating in the CBC camp and showing the world the talent I possess.”

Joel Bailey
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Post by: royal on June 19, 2019, 10:51:41 AM
Dave Johnson netted 17 points to help Success Village Pythons edge pass Prisons 67-66 in the EZBC 2019 Championships on Sunday

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Post by: royal on June 29, 2019, 09:07:33 AM
Harris, Hinds off to French basketball camp

guardian sports desk

Jeffery Harris, left and Joel Hinds at the Piarco International Airport before heading off to France for the Frenchy US Camp starting today.

Jeffery Harris, left and Joel Hinds at the Piarco International Airport before heading off to France for the Frenchy US Camp starting today.

For­mer Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T (UTT) play­ers, Jef­fery Har­ris and Joel Hinds, have been cho­sen as as­sis­tant coach­es for the Frenchy US Camp which start­ed on Fri­day in France. The camp will be staged across 110 cities over a 12-week pe­ri­od.

Har­ris and Hinds will trav­el to a new city in France every week to coach a dif­fer­ent group of kids. Their par­tic­i­pa­tion is main­ly through the ini­tia­tive of na­tion­al play­er Kyle Row­ley with as­sis­tance from for­mer na­tion­al team man­ag­er, Al­bert Lee Young.

Row­ley has part­nered with Frenchy As­so­ciate in the glob­al strat­e­gy and mar­ket­ing of its pro­grammes. This year's camp will be the biggest in Eu­rope.

Frenchy As­so­ciate is the lead­ing es­tab­lish­ment for bas­ket­ball camps in Eu­rope and is man­aged by the pres­i­dent of the or­gan­i­sa­tion, Arthur Framery. It or­gan­is­es bas­ket­ball camps, en­tire­ly in Eng­lish, us­ing the lat­est and most elite equip­ment for Eu­ro­pean clubs and acad­e­mies all around the world.

Young par­tic­i­pants will have the op­por­tu­ni­ty to play bas­ket­ball in an elite pro­gramme and with a high lev­el of train­ing which can help them to im­prove their skills, abil­i­ties and un­der­stand­ing of the game. The par­tic­i­pants are from nine to 20 years old.

Over the years, Frenchy As­so­ciate has had strong growth in terms of the num­ber of kids and camps. From the first camp in 2013 with 35 par­tic­i­pants to the 110 camps with 3,500 par­tic­i­pants this year cov­er­ing France, Bel­gium, Italy, Switzer­land and Spain.

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Post by: royal on June 29, 2019, 09:16:51 AM
PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad and Tobago) — Doors have started to open wide in Trinidad for two outstanding young players that are showing great promise in basketball.

According to the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago (NBFTT), two of their best basketball players younger than 13, Ty Warwick and Carissa Ramdial, have been called to participate at Club Enterprise Basketball in Maryland, USA, as part of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

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This is a great opportunity for these girls to experience a higher level of competition and, at the same time, showcase their abilities in front of high school coaches and academies with superb athletic programs.

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The first tournament will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 28 to July 1 and players could eventually participate in other competitions in the future.

“The NBFTT is very proud of our elite women athletes Carissa Ramdial and Ty Warwick,” said Federation President Claire Mitchell to FIBA.basketball. “This could open doors for other young prospects at a time when the development of women’s basketball in Trinidad and Tobago is on the rise.”

In Warwick’s case, she had already participated in the club last year and was an essential part of the roster that achieved the title of the Summer Slam Tournament. This made her the recipient of an invitation to play with the team to the East Coast AAU National Championships.

Ramdial, for her part, had been part of the Latin American camp of the Jr. NBA in Brazil after being scouted by UBA’s coach in 2018.

AAU is one of the largest nonprofit sports organizations in the world. Established in 1930, today it has more than 700,000 members and 150,000 volunteers in its 41 sports programs. The organization's mission is to offer local and national sports events to promote the mental, moral and physical development of its participants.

COLLEGIATE PLAYERS WILL BE COACHING ASSISTANTS IN FRANCE

Meanwhile, the Federation also announced that two of its national college players were chosen to be assistant coaches in several camps that will take place in France. Jeffery Harris and Joel Hinds will be part of the Frenchy US Camp, whose schedule includes over 110 stops throughout three months, and will welcome players of the ages of 9 to 20. The opportunity arises from the initiative of national team players Kyle Rowley and former national team General Manager Albert Lee Young, who will oversee the global marketing strategy of the camps.

FIBA
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Post by: royal on February 23, 2020, 07:42:46 AM
Clippers Crowned National Champions   

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Cale­do­nia Clip­pers emerged men’s cham­pi­ons of the Na­tion­al Bas­ket­ball Fed­er­a­tion of T&T’s (NBFTT) Na­tion­al In­vi­ta­tion­al Cham­pi­onships (NIC) af­ter de­feat­ing Sto­ries of Suc­cess (SOS) Bas­ket­ball Acad­e­my 108-95 in the de­cider at the Mal­oney In­door Sports Are­na on Sun­day.

Kirk Bap­tiste led the way for Clip­pers with a game-high 25 points as Clip­pers swept the three-game se­ries 2-0.

SOS en­tered game two al­ready at a dis­ad­van­tage fol­low­ing a nar­row 77-76 loss to Clip­pers in game one on Thurs­day.

In a fran­tic ef­fort to keep their cham­pi­onship hopes alive, the SOS unit was com­bat­ive from the jump, ap­ply­ing de­fen­sive pres­sure from coast-to-coast. Dur­ing the first quar­ter, it was a show­down be­tween Clip­pers’ Kurt “Ko­to” Chris­t­ian and SOS’ Ah­keel “Smal­ly” as the two guards were go­ing at each oth­er on each pos­ses­sion.

The young SOS group stayed with­in strik­ing range in the first half of play, lim­it­ing the on-court pro­duc­tion of Clip­pers’ Adri­an Joseph through their de­fen­sive strat­e­gy and end­ing the first two quar­ters 24-29 and 52-55 re­spec­tive­ly.

How­ev­er, Ako Pas­cal, who record­ed a sea­son-high 35 points in Cale­do­nia’s vic­to­ry over SOS dur­ing the reg­u­lar sea­son, be­gan to heat up, scor­ing 11 of his 22 points in the sec­ond pe­ri­od.


In the sec­ond half, the phys­i­cal­i­ty of the con­test grew much to the dis­ad­van­tage of the SOS out­fit. De­spite SOS’ open dis­plea­sure with the of­fi­cials, the men in or­ange fe­ro­cious­ly bat­tled through­out the en­tire con­test.

In spite of SOS’ fight, it was not enough as Joseph, Pas­cal, Chris­t­ian and de­fen­sive spe­cial­ist Bap­tiste com­bined for 44 points in the Clip­pers’ 53-point charge to­wards the end of reg­u­la­tion as they swept their op­po­nents.

Sev­en teams par­tic­i­pat­ed in this year’s com­pe­ti­tion. The oth­er teams were Po­lice, Bri­an Chase Bas­ket­ball Acad­e­my, Mal­oney Pac­ers, Pris­ons and De­fence Force.

Fol­low­ing the pre­lim­i­nary round, SOS fin­ished at the top of the ta­ble and the Clip­pers, De­fence Force and Po­lice were ranked sec­ond, third and fourth re­spec­tive­ly.

Clip­pers swept De­fence Force 2-0 in the Big Four se­mi-fi­nals, se­cur­ing their place in the se­ries fi­nal. SOS’ jour­ney was a bit longer as they de­feat­ed Po­lice 2-1.

In the women’s di­vi­sion, Po­lice, De­fence Force, Bri­an Chase and En­ter­prise-Mal­oney Com­bined field­ed teams to form a pool of four in the com­pe­ti­tion, which jumped off in De­cem­ber with some of the top avail­able teams in T&T in the men’s and women’s di­vi­sions.

Po­lice were crowned the women’s cham­pi­ons with De­fence Force plac­ing sec­ond and BC­BA se­cur­ing third place.

Score:

CLIP­PERS 108 (Kirk Bap­tiste 25, Ako Pas­cal 22, Kurt Chris­t­ian 22, Adri­an Joseph 16) v SOS 95 (Ah­keel Boyd 24, Kern George 14, Keron Stephens 12, Je­lani Val­ley 11).

Quar­ter scores: 1st. 29-24, 2nd. 55-52, 3rd. 86-70 (All in favour of Clip­pers).

Clip­pers won se­ries 2-0

Spe­cial Awards:


• MVP: Adri­an Joseph (Clip­pers)

• Best De­fen­sive Play­er: Kirk Bap­tiste (Clip­pers)

• Most Promis­ing Play­er: Ah­keel Boyd (SOS)

• Top Per­form­ing Coach: Col­in Al­leyne (Clip­pers)

• Most Out­stand­ing Man­ag­er: Milio Camp­bell (Po­lice)

• Most Out­stand­ing Train­er/Physio: Nicole Abra­ham (Po­lice)

Trinidad Guardian
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Post by: royal on November 23, 2020, 08:07:24 AM
NBFTT planning women’s basketball league
JELANI BECKLES

THE National Basketball Federation of TT (NBFTT) in an effort to build the sport among women and girls in TT will launch a women’s basketball league, next month.

Chairperson of the TT Women’s Basketball League Allison Bastien said the aim of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) programme is to increase women’s involvement in administration in the sport throughout the Americas.
https://newsday.co.tt/2020/11/23/nbftt-planning-womens-basketball-league/

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Post by: Deeks on November 23, 2020, 10:18:10 AM
Wonderful!
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Post by: royal on August 27, 2022, 09:24:05 AM
BIG BASKETBALL LEAGUE TO JUMP OFF IN NOVEMBER
by ianwason


The inaugural Big Basket Basketball League is set to jump off in November with 10 of this country’s biggest basketball teams. With sports recently reopening, after its closure due to the covid-19 pandemic, basketball is set to be in for a time.

As the name suggests, the Big Basketball League will be the biggest privately run league, sanctioned by the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago.

The League will see 10 teams divided into 2 conferences, with each of the 10 teams playing each other once. The top 2 teams in each of the conferences will square off for the conference’s best of 5 finals. The conference winners will then play in the best of 7 finals.



Some of the features of the League include 12 minutes duration of the quarters instead of 10 minutes and the All-Star Weekend at the end of the regular season where the fans will determine who plays in the All-Star Game. There will also be a reward for the team with the noisiest and best supporters.


Families will be encouraged to come out in their numbers on Christmas day and on New Years’ day as some mouth-watering fixtures will await basketball lovers. Fans and supporters can keep up with the tournament on wavetvtt.com to check fixtures, results, and stories, as well as vote for the All-Star starters and the MVP.

All 45 regular season games will be streamed live in addition to the playoffs. Fixtures will be released as soon as all the teams confirm participation.

The League is expected to begin on the first Friday in November with games on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until the playoffs.

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Post by: Deeks on August 27, 2022, 10:35:26 PM
Nice, Splendid. Looking forward to seeing some games.
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Post by: royal on September 02, 2022, 11:54:16 AM
Basketball fraternity welcomes rebuilding of Jean Pierre Complex
JONATHAN RAMNANANSINGH

THE LOCAL basketball fraternity welcomes the reconstruction of the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo.

The longstanding multi-sport facility, opened in 1979 for the staging of the Netball World Cup, is earmarked for demolition and rebuilding by the Ministry of Sport and Community Development owing to its outdated and irreparable state.

The venue is the official home of netball but also a major host for sports including basketball, volleyball, badminton and table tennis.

Since the pandemic hit in March 2020, the facility was closed and did not reopen when covid19 restrictions were lifted earlier this year because of its derelict condition.

Sport Minister Shamfa Cudjoe confirmed last Wednesday that it needs and will get a total overhaul.

Claire Mitchell, National Basketball Federation (NBFTT) president, welcomes the reconstruction.

“The Jean Pierre Complex, since its creation, has been the most coveted and easily accessible place for basketball and other sport to be played.

“I support the demolition and rebuilding of it as soon as possible, as inaccessibility to it is creating a gaping hole in the development of basketball in the north zone and the Caribbean,” Mitchell said.

She hopes the complex is replaced with amenities to host national, regional or international tournaments or even a basketball World Cup. This comes on the heels of TT’s inaugural participation at the FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cup in Hungary last week.

To host such high-calibre events, Mitchell said, “This would require at least a world-class tournament court, warm-up courts/areas, seating accommodation, parking, bathroom facilities and dormitories for local preparation camps. The new complex should also act as a national team training centre.”

The Jean Pierre Complex has an indoor court with seating and two outdoor courts with stadium seating. It stands in the same compound as the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

The stadium is also in visible disrepair and in need of refurbishment.

A decision on whether major restoration work or possible total reconstruction would be done on the stadium remains uncertain until further assessments are done.

Works on the two facilities however, will only start after TT hosts the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in August 2023.

In the interim, only facilities being used as official CYG venues, such as the Dwight Yorke Stadium (Tobago) and Couva’s Ato Boldon Stadium, the National Cycling Velodrome and National Aquatics Centre will get the lion’s share of restoration.

So work on the complex will begin in late 2023 or early 2024.

Mitchell added the lengthy wait for the venue may be a challenge, but believes the end result augurs well for basketball development.

“Basketball will surely suffer in the interim. However, in pursuit of excellence, these are some of the pitfalls that occur. The hope and increased opportunities for the development of the sport that rebuilding brings will be worth it in the end.”

Currently, netball and basketball, among other sports, have been using other indoor arenas to host events, practise and prepare for tournaments.

For indoor training, they use the Southern Regional facility in Pleasantville, Maloney Indoor Complex and Woodbrook Youth Facility, and for outdoor use, Nelson Mandela Park in St Clair and Maloney Outdoor courts.

“The reality is that we cannot use the complex as a venue resource in its present condition. Basketball and others are already exploring alternatives such as training and playing outdoors.

“We struggle around the weather, the effect of certain surfaces on our joints, inadequate changing rooms, competition with community residents and other disenfranchised sporting disciplines for space etcetera.

“We have to do something positive with the convenient space that the Jean Pierre Complex occupies and move forward with purpose,” Mitchell said.
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Post by: Deeks on September 02, 2022, 03:39:00 PM
as inaccessibility to it is creating a gaping hole in the development of basketball in the north zone and the Caribbean,” Mitchell said.

I don't know about the Caribbean. I do know it is a gaping hole in TT netball and basketball. I would really like to see how they will redesign this facility. I do hope the main court has removable playing surface for basketball and netball. But certainly welcoming news.
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Post by: royal on September 03, 2022, 07:20:28 PM
as inaccessibility to it is creating a gaping hole in the development of basketball in the north zone and the Caribbean,” Mitchell said.

I don't know about the Caribbean. I do know it is a gaping hole in TT netball and basketball. I would really like to see how they will redesign this facility. I do hope the main court has removable playing surface for basketball and netball. But certainly welcoming news.

The Jean Pierre complex as a sporting venue had problems from the very beginning with it’s design. If memory serves me right I believe it was designed by Emile Elias. Where the gym is was an after taught of what to
do with that space after the outer courts were designed. Sports like table tennis and badminton could not use the gym because of the air coming in from the top. The eventually took care to some extent of that but from day 1 it was as a badly designed sporting facility.
Title: Re: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on December 24, 2022, 07:47:29 AM
STRAKER NETS OUTSCORE SPARTANS TO GO 3-1 FOR THE SEASON
by ian wason


Straker Nets continued their surge towards the Christmas break with a 98-59 win over Spartans in the BBL at the St Paul Street multi-purpose facility on Monday.

The Nets flew off to an early 32-13 first-quarter lead, after Naython Lewis scored 11 points in that period with 3 threes. Sadiki Guerra also hit 2 threes in the first quarter for 10 first-quarter points.

Spartans enjoyed better second and third quarters as they came into their stride, winning the second quarter 17-16 and winning the third quarter 22-21. But they still trailed 67-52 at the start of the final quarter.

The fourth quarter was all Straker Nets as they restricted Spartans to just 7 points, as the North Zone runners-up racked up 31 points in the final period, to win 98-59 to go 3-1 in the BBL.

The prolific Sadiki Guerra scored 26 points to lead all scorers, while Naython Lewis added 16 and Richard Guissepi contributed 15.

For Spartans (1-2), leader Shornelle Pompey scored 17 and Jahiem Furlonge added 16.
Title: Re: Re: Zonal and Local Basketball News
Post by: royal on January 03, 2023, 07:39:31 AM
VALENCIA STILL UNBEATEN DESPITE MORVANT’S 4TH-QUARTER SURGE
by ian wason

Valencia Heat (2-0) go second in the Eastern Conference with a 69-58 win over Morvant Oilbirds (0-4) who remain winless in the Big Basketball League. 

In the only game at the Maloney Indoor Facility on Thursday, Valencia who are in a rebuilding phase jumped off to an early 19-7 lead to close the first quarter, restricting the Morvant team to their lowest first-quarter score in the tournament. 
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