EAST LONDON YEAR 9 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SUCCESS

LOCSP Press Release: Wednesday 10 June 2009

EAST LONDON YEAR 9 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SUCCESS
Newham team win, Waltham Forest side finish runners-up

Last week saw the ‘Five Olympic Borough’ Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme (LOCSP) Year 9 Boys Basketball Tournament take place at SCORE, Leyton.

Over 100 players from teams in the Olympic host boroughs played in the day-long festival of basketball with NEWHAM represented by St Bonaventures RC Secondary School and Rokeby School , HACKNEY represented by Hackney Free and Parochial CofE Secondary School Specialist Sports College and Mossbourne Community Academy.

WALTHAM FOREST were represented by The Lammas School and Sports College,
Rush Croft Sports College and Tom Hood Community Science College, TOWER HAMLETS represented by The Raines Foundation School and making the journey across the River Thames, GREENWICH were represented by Woolwich Polytechnic School and Eltham Green School .

The tournament saw action taking place on three courts with an initial two-group stage that saw the top four teams in each playing off in the quarter-finals, eventually progressing to the final, with a break in the middle for lunch which allowed for the chance to inject a bit of the NBA razzmatazz as individuals tried their hand at the ‘Three-Point Challenge’ and the ever-popular ‘Killer’ game.

The final saw the unbeaten St Bonaventures RC Secondary School from Newham confirm their status as the best team in the tournament as they comprehensively beat Tom Hood Community Science College from Waltham Forest 28-9, with their Number 10 player Daniel Ogunseye also walking away with the MVP (Most Valuable Player) Award.

Speaking after the event, Emma Omo-Bare, LOCSP Basketball Development Officer said:
“All the schools who we invited came down and competed at a very high level and sportsmanship was evident throughout the whole day - if a player hurt someone they would say sorry. All the players watched each others’ games, taking notes and learning. Even when some teams were losing heavily, the encouragement from the sidelines was non-stop, which was great to see.

“All of the coaches here spent time talking to the young players about exit routes from schools basketball into team basketball and the coaches themselves also used the tournament as an opportunity to network and watch how other coaches worked.

“We are looking at running a Year 9 Girls tournament soon and will also repeat this tournament, if not in September then next year and make it an annual event.”

Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme ran a wide-range of basketball courses, including a ‘Basketball Camp’ in partnership with the Spartans from August 10-14 at SCORE.

For more information please contact Emma Omo-Bare, LOCSP Basketball Development Officer on 020 8556 5973, email emma.omo-bare@locsp.org or visit http://www.locsp.org/.
Notes to Editors:

1. FULL RESULTS

Group A – Results
Winning Team Losing Team
Hackney 22-14 Rokeby
Hackney 14 - 7 Lammas
Rokeby 21 - 2 Eltham
Mossbourne 21 - 8 Lammas
Mossbourne 28 - 13 Eltham
Rokeby 27 - 10 Lammas
Mossbourne 21 - 19 Hackney
Mossbourne 28 - 20 Rokeby
Hackney 15-3 Eltham
Lammas 12-11 Eltham
Group B – Results
Winning Team Losing Team
Tom Hood 25 - 29 Rush Croft
St. Bons 25 - 4 Raines
Rush Croft 9 - 7 Woolwich
Tom Hood 22 - 8 Raines
St. Bons 24 - 2 Woolwich
Rush Croft 9 - 6 Raines
St. Bons 31-21 Tom Hood
St. Bons 20-12 Rush Croft
Tom Hood 14-10 Woolwich
Raines 14-11 Woolwich

Group A – Final Placings
1. Mossbourne
2. Hackney Free
3. Rokeby
4. Lammas
5. Eltham

Group B – Final Placings
1. St Bons
2. Tom Hood
3. Rush Croft
4. Raines Foundation
5. Woolwich Poly
Quarter Finals
Raines 15 – 26 Mossbourne
St. Bons 36 – 8 Lammas
Hackney 14 - 12 Rush Croft
Rokeby 19 - 27 Tom Hood

Semi Finals
St. Bons 20 – 9 Hackney
Mossbourne 13 - 16 Tom Hood

Final
St. Bons 28 – 9 Tom Hood

2. SCHOOLS REPRESENTING THEIR BOROUGHS

Newham
St Bonaventures RC Secondary School
Rokeby School

Hackney
Hackney Free and Parochial CofE Secondary School Specialist Sports College
Mossbourne Community Academy

Waltham Forest
The Lammas School and Sports College
Rush Croft Sports College
Tom Hood Community Science College

Tower Hamlets
The Raines Foundation School

Greenwich
Woolwich Polytechnic School
Eltham Green School

3. FULL SQUADS

Mossbourne Squad
Muhammed Yahya, Ladi Soyege, Ashan, Cundale, Jelani Okoruwa, Pascal Paulsen, Daniel Ilelaboye, Stein Khallum, Zulfi Azom, Sam Frith-Salem, Kennady Adamu, Ezra Walcott, Modou Gaye

Lammas School and Sports College Squad
Stefan Bennett, Alexander Braithwate, Romario Essel, Ashley Smith-Louis, Jack Cookson, Cozmin Anton, Johnathon Akinrinwa, Yojuanda Blaize, Andrei Stsepanenka, Max Gasparian, Joseph Molly-Smith, Edmond King, Jernik Manham

Rush Croft Squad
Simon Omope, Krisnik Krishniq, Kashif Jones, Nyan Dajmore, Luke Felthan, Dominique Esprit, Jule Banny, Mitchell Denehay, Haffizulua Kadamzadeh, Deva Fletcher, Billy Jago, Aaron Yeboah

Raines Foundation Squad
Kamal Thompson, Emmanual Hambe-Manu, Jago Streete, Julian Gordan, Joel Francis, Daniel Nwaonuma, Daniel Hambe-Manu, Denzel Kwarteng

Hackney Squad
Michael Adewole, Odaine Davis, Salim Sharman, Daniel Gushman, Ashann Siddik, Freddy Hussey, Farthad Daqik, Joel Toney, Shyhiem Newell-Samuels, Shendemi Ajiayi, Bailey Mackenzie, Endurance Eiche

St. Bonaventures Squad
Alex Semanda, Aljay Javier, Joselito Bumatay, Jeremy Atta-Owusu, John Hills, Obhi Ejele, Travis Edwards, Dwayne Baptiste, Jeric Tuaino

Rokeby Squad
Jonathan James, Sydney Ekiyo, Rolando Macanas, Isheanesu Gwegweni, Jany Rahman, Tristan Lafronte, Japy Terera, Kasparas Baksys

Tom Hood Squad
Dinnis Limmo, Junior Das Santo, Dugo Blardeny, Harry Hughs, Jason Strasser, Shakeel Vadiverlu, Derek Larbi, Kevin Nkrumah, Jack Matthews, Davidas Lankoustaa, Zureel Perkins, Theral Kittoe

Woolwich Squad
Mohamed Cyuzuzo, Metin Gozde, Nishan Rama, Rohan Halle, Charlie Fletcher, Richard Olarinoye, Sadiq Akanmu, Andrew Munonye, Lawrence Folashade, Oyewumni Makinde-Akanni

Eltham Squad
Michael Omoigie, Abdulrahman Youssef, Jordan Osbourn, Ibraheem Agbaje, Chukwudumebi Idegbema, Ryan Mulhere, Tyler Smith, Mustapha Abbas