Last night in in front of a massive crowd at Lindo Park not withstanding the early evening showers The Glam X-Men and Gloria Shillingford Raptors proved to strong for the Paix Bouche Eagles and Raffoul Snipers and going two up in the best of five series.
Game 1 - Gloria Shillingford Raptors made a miraculous comeback against the Raffoul Snipers to win the game after being down by 28 points in the second half, the Raptors facing certain defeat from a confident Snipers team slowly chewed into the lead point by point with tenacious defense and clutch plays by Troy Henry ably supported by Steve Hypolite tied the game at 68 a piece with 14 seconds remaining in the game, when Troy Henry took the ball right to the basket and got fouled by the Snipers team and getting to the foul line to take two shots to win the game, which he made superbly and giving the Raptors that miraculous victory. Final Scores Gloria Shillingford Raptors 70 points and Raffoul Snipers 68 points, top scoring for Raptors were Troy Henry 19 pts, Steve Hypolite 18 pts and Devon Barton 14 while Lenin Paul 22 pts and Dave Alexis 21 pts. Series now stand at 2-0 Raptors
Game 2 - Paix Bouche Eagles vowing to make a come back and tie the Premier Division finals 1 a piece ran into a buzz saw and could not establish their game, many of their top shooters like Lynvor John and Earl Mathew could not find the range and fell behind the Glam X-Men with stella play from the X-Men players Joseph Hypolite, Garth Joseph and Simon Joseph. While the Eagles try the best to get back into the game they just could not overcome the 20 point lead develop by the X-Men. The final score was Glam X-Men 72 points to Paix Bouche Eagles 47 points, top scoring for the X-Men were Garth Joseph 20 pts, Joseph Hypolite 18 pts and Simon Joseph 11 pts while Andel 'Brad' George 23 pts and Earl Mathew 11 pts. Series now stand at 2-0 X-Men
The games will continue in Paix Bouche from 6.00 pm with two games,
Game 1- 6.00 pm - Raffoul Snipers verses Gloria Shillingford Raptors Game 2 -8-00 pm - The Glam X-Men verses Paix Bouche Eagles.
Mickey Joseph
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DABA opened the 2013 basketball season on Saturday April 6 - Apr 11, 2013
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The Dominica Amateur Basketball Association (DABA) opened the 2013 basketball season on Saturday April 6, at the Lindo Park Hard Court. The program for the evening included speeches by the Sports Minister Hon. Justina Charles, sponsor representative Mrs. Giselle Francis, welcome address by the president Mr. Mickey Joseph and the vote of thanks by Secretary Gary Benjamin. Also two members of the basketball teams volunteered to deliver the national anthem ( Ms [read more]
The Dominica Amateur Basketball Association (DABA) opened the 2013 basketball season on Saturday April 6, at the Lindo Park Hard Court. The program for the evening included speeches by the Sports Minister Hon. Justina Charles, sponsor representative Mrs. Giselle Francis, welcome address by the president Mr. Mickey Joseph and the vote of thanks by Secretary Gary Benjamin. Also two members of the basketball teams volunteered to deliver the national anthem ( Ms. Sawana fabien) and the opening pray (Mr. Sergi Joseph) .
The association expected about 30 teams to participate in the opening parade and eventual ballarama, the expected make up to include 25 male teams and 5 female, in the end only about 22 teams attended with the others indicating problems with proper uniforms. However the proceedings went on to be a very successful opening for DABA and the start of the 2013 season. In her speech the Sports Minister Hon, Justina Charles reiterated the ministry's continued support to basketball in the number of hard courts being built around the country and encouraged the association to submit plans to the ministry early when requiring assistance. Meanwhile the President of DABA restated his call for an indoor basketball or multi purpose indoor facility to avoid the disruption to the season because of rain. The headline sponsor LIME through their representative Mrs. Giselle Francis indicated the company's continued support to the sport of basketball notwithstanding the difficult economy.
The association also used this opportunity to award a number of persons who contributed to the development of basketball in Dominica, Mr. Dave Baron (Former President), Mr. Andre Charles (Former Referee and Executive Member) Mr. Russel Moreau and Leroy Dover for 25 years of service as a referee and Mr. Davidson Toulon for being a member of the Dominica National team since 1992. The ocassion was also used to hand the trophies to winners of the Wilmoth Leblanc Basketball Classic, Gatorade Blazers , Goodwill Starz for winning their respective division and the following MVP's Sawana Fabien, Kelsey Guye, Lester Langlais and William Jimbo Graham.
The season will run with 3 separate divisions, Domlec Premier Division, Pizza Hut Delivery Division 1 and Vitamalt Division 2. The season will run for about 6 months depending on weather conditions. The association is also expected to select a national squad to possible attend the Caribbean Basketball Championship and the Sugar Creole Basketball Tournament in St Kitts.
At the end of the games Dr. Mac Prowlers lasted out the 19 other teams to win the 2013 Ballarama Championship. Courtesy of: http://www.caribbeanbasketball.com
Sugar Creole Basketball Festival update - Oct 17, 2012
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The Dominica Amateur Basketball Association wishes to inform all its fans , sponsors and Dominicans, that the Sugar Creole Basketball Festival (SCBF) which was postponed due to the bad weather last weekend has been reschedule. After discussions with St Kitts they advise us of the difficulty in getting flights into Dominica because of the Creole Festival, so we decided on the only available date which is November 8, 2012 for the St Kitts team to get into Dominica [read more]
The Dominica Amateur Basketball Association wishes to inform all its fans , sponsors and Dominicans, that the Sugar Creole Basketball Festival (SCBF) which was postponed due to the bad weather last weekend has been reschedule. After discussions with St Kitts they advise us of the difficulty in getting flights into Dominica because of the Creole Festival, so we decided on the only available date which is November 8, 2012 for the St Kitts team to get into Dominica. The Association also informed Martinique of this situation and Martinique has agreed to reschedule their arrival into Dominica to coincide with ST Kitts.
Therefore the Tournament format will allow teams to arrive on Thursday evening or Friday morning and the games will begin on Friday evening with four teams participating, Dominica, Dominica Under 23, ST Kitts and Martinique.
Sugar Creole Basketball Tournament Date is now schedule for November 9th to 11th , 2012. Courtesy of: http://www.caribbeanbasketball.com
DABA 2012 LIME National Basketball League update - Jun 13, 2012
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On Saturday 9th June 2012, it was yet another interested night of basketball in the DABA 2012 LIME National Basketball League.
The evening matchups brought together Police Sports Club and EH Charles Crossovers in the Kubuli Vita Malt Division 2. The law men were playing their first game of the season and were up against a young and determined Crossover team, who were out to prove their basketball abilities [read more]
On Saturday 9th June 2012, it was yet another interested night of basketball in the DABA 2012 LIME National Basketball League.
The evening matchups brought together Police Sports Club and EH Charles Crossovers in the Kubuli Vita Malt Division 2. The law men were playing their first game of the season and were up against a young and determined Crossover team, who were out to prove their basketball abilities. The crossover team seized the moment and started the game on a 9-0 run, however the law men were able to regroup and took their first lead of the game 11-9. At the end of the first quarter it was 20-11 in favour of Crossovers. Things turned from bad to hopeless for the law men as they found themselves in further difficulties. By the end of the first half the scores were 52-28. The second half of the game was much more competetive, but in no way was the game, it was a one sided matchup with Crossover dominating. The only thing that could come in the path of the beat down inflicted on the law men by the Crossover team was the end of regulation whistle by the referee. At the end of regulation, it was a 39 point margin of victory for the Crossover team, the final scores EH Charles Crossover 108- Police Sports Club 69.
The second game of the evening was a DOMLEC Premiere Division matchup between United Insurance Sharks and Paix Bouche Eagles. However basketball fans were left in disapointment as the Paix Bouche team failed to show up when the referee blew the whistle for the start of the contest. The Eagles team did not give any oficial reason for their absense to the match commissioners or the Secretary General of the DABA. At 9:45 pm the referee blew the match off and awarded the victory to the Sharks team, who were already in uniform and had a minimum of five players to start the game.
Leading the way for Crossovers and the Police were as follows;
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