Tortola's Another level one -one in SK - Mar 9, 2010 (by David Edole)
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts THE top young basketballers of St. Kitts played well over the weekend and split a pair of games against the reigning junior champions out of the British Virgin Islands, Tortolas Another Level.
Another Level made their first appearance at Basketball City on Friday night (Mar. 5) against the four-peat St. Kitts Amateur Basketball Association (SKABA) Junior Division champion O. D. Brisbane Sandy Point Fruta Falcons [read more]
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts THE top young basketballers of St. Kitts played well over the weekend and split a pair of games against the reigning junior champions out of the British Virgin Islands, Tortolas Another Level.
Another Level made their first appearance at Basketball City on Friday night (Mar. 5) against the four-peat St. Kitts Amateur Basketball Association (SKABA) Junior Division champion O. D. Brisbane Sandy Point Fruta Falcons.
Though Falcons have continually dominated the local league and fielded a strong team for the game, Another Level were able to gain the upper-hand in the second half and win 87-77.
Charles Pemberton proved to be crucial for Another Level on both ends of the court as he racked up 22 points and 15 rebounds. An additional nine blocks from Pemberton helped to limit the usually unstoppable scoring of Sandy Point.
Another Level was also assisted by good performances from Marvin Smith and Daryl Alexander, who had 17 and 12 points respectively, and helped to turn the game around after an early lead by Sandy Point.
Despite not winning the game, Falcons put in a good effort all around with leadership from centre Sheno Liddies 24 points and nine rebounds. Taslyn Belboda also added 19 points while Travis Rogers and Miguel Browne each had 13.
The Tortola-based team returned to the court the following night to face a St. Kitts Select Junior Team and this time the hosts proved successful with a 94-91 victory.
Rams Junior Hitters star Tyrone Hutchinson led an early effort against Another Level to help St. Kitts control the pace of the game throughout and added 30 points by the final buzzer.
Belboda was once again a top-scorer for St. Kitts with 21 points, while Liddie and Calvin Butters Wallace rallied the defensive effort with nine boards apiece.
Meanwhile, Pemberton was not given room to get his shots off as he had been against Falcons and was limited to only 11, though he was still strong on defense with 10 rebounds.
Tortolas top scorers for the game were Kenrick Thomas with 22 and Daryl Alexander with 15, while Nigel Todman headed up the defense with 13 rebounds.
BVIBF selects new executive body - Feb 24, 2010 (by David Edole)
February 24th 2010 Under the chairmanship of the BVI Olympic Committees own Cleve Farrington the BVIBF conducted its elections for the 2010 2014 executive body. The body was nominated by the coaches and managers of the competing teams from the 2009 BVIBF League.
As nominations commenced for the post of President, incumbent Guy Malone and Byron Hodge were selected as candidates by the managers [read more]
February 24th 2010 Under the chairmanship of the BVI Olympic Committees own Cleve Farrington the BVIBF conducted its elections for the 2010 2014 executive body. The body was nominated by the coaches and managers of the competing teams from the 2009 BVIBF League. As nominations commenced for the post of President, incumbent Guy Malone and Byron Hodge were selected as candidates by the managers. Each gentleman made a brief 2 minute presentation outlining a few of their future goals and voting commenced amongst the managers present. Fourteen ballots were cast and in the first instance which resulted in a 7 -7 tie. In accordance with the newly developed constitution a second vote would be taken and if it resulted in another tie the chairperson would cast the deciding vote. Before the second round of voting however the candidates responded to questions raised by persons present concerning topics ranging from future development of basketball to the 2010 BVIBF league. After the discussion segment concluded the managers again cast their votes. Again the balloting results were close but in the end Byron Hodge edged Guy Malone for the presidency by a count of 8 6 to become the new BVIBF president for the 2010 2014 term. The Presidency was however the only contested seat as the incumbent Vice President declined nominations for re-election thus Roy Garraway was the only person nominated for the post and took the post uncontested. Delia Jon Baptiste also took the vacant Secretary post uncontested. The post of Treasurer also saw only one candidate in the person of Faith Maduro-Powell as the incumbent Treasurer also declined nomination and as such Mrs. Maduro- Powell was named the new Treasurer. The Public Relations Officer post which was vacated by the newly elected President was filled uncontested by Rawlston Williams. Keith Malone was unanimously selected to continue as Player Representative. The posts of Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant P.R.O and the secondary Players Representative were not filled initially, however the executive body intends to recruit and present candidates for these posts to the Coaches and Managers for their approval. After the conclusion of elections Mr. Hodge made brief remarks in which he thanked the coaches and managers for having faith in him and stressed the importance of unity within the basketball community as the catalyst for developing basketball further. Mr. Farrington speaking on behalf of the BVI Olympic committee congratulated the new board and informed them that the Olympic Committee had begun preparations for assisting in the training of the Basketball National teams in the form of Sixty Thousand Dollars to be distributed over a period of 2010 2012. The funding is however dependant on the board presenting outlines of their intent of use for the funding. Mr. Garraway also made brief remarks thanking the managers and expressing his intent to further work with the youth programs already established to further development of youths in Basketball. He also commended the initiative made by Brian Brewley and the BD Basketball committee and stressed his support to making sure the program continues to thrive. In closing the new president again thanked the coaches and managers and assured them he would give his utmost to the increased development of basketball in the territory. He also informed the managers and coaches present that there would be a meeting scheduled in the near future to begin plotting the way forward not only for the annual league but for basketball on a whole.
Parillon vs George - Feb 22, 2010 (by David Edole)
Glasgow Rocks - Yanders 25, Steve Parillon (196-F-78, college: Henderson St.) 15, Hanke 14
Essex Pirates - Adu 25, Randy George (200-F-81, college: Henderson St.) 19, Mumuni 9
Glasgow Rocks leapfrogged over the Marshall MK Lions into third position in the BBL Championship table thanks to a comfortable 95-77 victory over the Essex Pirates at Kelvin Hall on Sunday afternoon [read more]
Glasgow Rocks leapfrogged over the Marshall MK Lions into third position in the BBL Championship table thanks to a comfortable 95-77 victory over the Essex Pirates at Kelvin Hall on Sunday afternoon.
In a game where the Rocks led from tip-to-buzzer, the home side started strongly and took control in the early going as a three-pointer from Jessie Sapp sparked a 14-4 burst for the home side to take the score out to 26-13. Despite four points from Alan Metcalfe to close the first period the Rocks held a comfortable 10-point lead at 29-19 at the end of the quarter.
In the second period the Rocks continued to keep themselves in front, despite valiant efforts from the Pirates to close the deficit, and 11 points from Rob Yanders in the quarter helped the home side take a 48-37 lead into the locker rooms at the half.
In the second half the home side found their range and began hitting shots from outside of the arc and a Yanders three-pointer sparked an 11-0 run to take the score out to 69-46. The Pirates showed a great deal of resilience towards the end of the period and netted nine of the last twelve points of the third quarter to trail by 17 points at 72-55 heading into the final stanza.
In the final period an 11-3 burst from the Pirates trimmed the deficit to just nine points at 75-66, but eight points from Randall Hanke helped the Rocks end the Pirates resistance thanks to a 16-5 tear to take the score out to 91-71 with 90 seconds remaining, and despite the Pirates netting six of the final ten points of the game the Rocks held on for the all-important victory.
Yanders led the Rocks scoring with 25 points while the Pirates were led by Taner Adu with 25 points personal.
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