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02/03 FIXTURES
11 Jan
- Jets 35 Leicester Cobras 25
26 Jan - RGK Panthers 45 Jets 17
16 Feb - Jets 41 Coventry Crusaders 33
29 March - away v Wolves Rhinos
5 April - away v Nottingham Jaguars
May 4th - away v Dublin Celts
March 16 - Dublin Celts at Darland Sports
Centre in Rossett, 11am tip
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REPORTS
Game
1:
The Jets' first game was against RGK Panthers from Birmingham and the
Jets unfortunately lost 20-33. The new look team consisted of Anna Jackson
(Captain), Billy Flanagan, Clive Emmanuelle, Geoff Dunbebin, Caroline
Ballard, Robert Jaycock, Ian Powell, Linda Hodge and Daniel Spencer.
Points scored – Anna J 12, Geoff D 4, Caroline B 2, Billy F 2
The end score did not reflect how well the Jets played, considering it
was the first game of the season and the fact that the team have only
recently started training together after the summer break. All players
had opportunities to score but the luck was not with the team as the ball
just would not drop through the net. Geoff Dunbebin as Point Guard worked
well to provide the Forwards, Anna Jackson and Caroline Ballard with a
number of scoring opportunities.
New tactics and plays have been introduced and the team has much more
structure now than last season, Anna said ‘All our players have the ability
to score points and we are now working on ways to give people those opportunities
in the games so we can take advantage of their skills.’
Game
2:
v Leicester Cobras - A well earned victory by the six travelling players
against an experienced team who put a squad of 12 players together and
still could not beat us!!
Team - Tim Janvier (Coach) , Anna Jackson (Captain), Billy Flanagan, Caroline
Ballard, Clive Emmanuelle, Robert Jaycock, Ian Powell. points scored -
Billy F - 12, Caroline B - 10, Anna J - 8, Robert J - 6, Clive E- 2
This was an excellent game and the players all played their hardest and
won three out of the four quarters - only losing the last quarter by one
point.
Game 3:
Chester Wheelchair Jets notched up their second win of the season against
Coventry Crusaders on Saturday Oct. 19th
. They have now played 3 won 2
Their six travelling players won a tough game against an experienced Coventry
side. It was a low scoring game with the final score being 30-22 with
the starting five of Anna Jackson, Billy Flannagan, Caroline Ballard,
Robert Jaycock and Clive Emmanuelle scoring six points each.
The team struggled at the start of the game to get into their rhythm but
they gradually started scoring and pulled away in the third and fourth
quarters. The team were struggling with illness and injury this week and
were very pleased to come away with a win. Team - Tim Janvier - Coach,
Anna Jackson - Captain, Billy Flannagan, Robert Jaycock, Clive Emmanuelle,
Caroline Ballard, Gordon Critchley.
Next home game is Sunday 17 Nov against Wolves Rhinos 2.30 tip at Darland
Sports Centre in Rossett. The Team’s next big home game and the first
of the Jets and Wheelchair Jets double headers is on December 8th at Northgate
Arena - 3.15 tip, all are welcome to come and watch
Game 4:
Chester Wheelchair Jets v Wolverhampton Rhinos
- Sun 17 Nov, Darland Sports Centre, Rossett Score 42-30 to the Jets
The Chester Wheelchair Jets have now played 4 and won 3 and are in second
place in the league table. The wheelchair Jets played their fourth game
of the season in front of their largest crowd yet at Darland Sports Centre
in Rossett, the team would like to say a huge thanks to their new table
officials Patric Devitt and Ian Lloyd, and to all the young players from
Coach Tim's teams on the Wirral who came down to help out.
Captain Anna Jackson said 'At last we appear to be being taken seriously
as basketball players - one of the youngsters said he had really enjoyed
it, and it was just like able-bodied basketbal ,' We hope more people
will start to come and watch our games because it is just as exciting
as able-bodied basketball, if not more. The scores are generally lower,
but the excitement level is just the same."
The game started well for the Jets, with Clive Emmanuelle opening the
scoring, Wolverhampton had a very young and inexperienced team and the
Jets took full advantage of this and played some excellent basketball.
All players were taking responsibility with the scoring and by the end
of the first quarter they were up 13-6. Anna Jackson and Billy Flannagan
had stepped up and hit some excellent baskets with Jackson scoring 8 points
in the first quarter.
The Jets won the second quarter easily 14-6 and then slowed the pace down
a bit and allowed some of the bench to come on and get some court time.
Emlyn Whittick from Llanidloes made his first appearance for the team
and played well both on offence and defence. Ian Powell came on in the
last quarter but didnt really have the opportunity to make his mark on
the game.
The senior players played some good, controlled basketball and things
look promising for the rest of the season. Geoff Dunbebin returned to
play his point guard role and Billy Flannagan had an excellent game -
hitting some awesome screen shots when they really mattered.
Caroline Ballard played a tough game on offence and defence and is becoming
a very valuable player to the team. The Wheelchair Jets are the only team
in the league who's top team forwards are both women. The Jets finished
easy winners and are looking forward to their next game.
Team - Tim Janvier(Coach), Anna Jackson(Captain), Billy Flannagan, Geoff
Dunbebin, Clive Emmanuelle, Caroline Ballard, Emlyn Whittick, Ian Powell.
Bench - Terry Feighan, Ian Downey, Robert Jaycock, Stuart McNeill, Richard
Wightman, Daniel Spencer, Gordon Critchley.
Scores - Billy Flanagan - 18, Anna Jackson - 13, Clive Emmanuelle - 7,
Caroline Ballard and Geoff Dunbebin 2.
Game 5:
Chester Wheelchair Jets v Nottingham Jaguars 2
Sunday December 12th Northgate Arena
The Wheelchair Jets played their first double header of the season with
the Jets on Sunday against Nottingham Jaguars and had a convincing win
37-18.
Coach Tim Janvier led the Wheelchair Jets to their best win of the season
so far, they have now played five and won four, and are heading for one
of the top spots in the division.
Captain Anna Jackson said "The training is starting to pay off now
and we are scoring from our set plays as well as some well worked open
play. There were some fantastic moves on Sunday and the team all deserve
credit for all their hard work. I was very proud to lead them as a team
against Nottingham and I hope the second half of the season goes so well."
The match started well with Jackson scoring a run of 8 points from some
excellent passing moves and set plays. Flanagan scored to finish the quarter
10-4 ahead. The Jets won the second quarter 15-4 with some excellent baskets
from open play from Point Guard Geoff Dunbebin including a free throw
scoring 7 points in the quarter. Jackson added another 6 to her total,
and Caroline Ballard got on the score sheet with an excellent outside
shot.
The third quarter saw a lull in play with the Jets losing it 4-6 with
Robert Jaycock and Clive Emmanuelle getting their first baskets of the
game. Jackson, Dunbebin, Flanagan and Emmanuelle all scored in the last
quarter to win it 7-4 and win the game 37-18.
The Wheelchair Jets would like to thank all the people who worked as court
crew to set up the stands before the game and also all the people who
came to watch.
Starting five - Anna Jackson ( Captain ), Caroline Ballard, Robert Jaycock,
Billy Flanagan, Clive Emmanuelle
Subs - Geoff Dunbebin, Ian Powell, Emlyn Whittick, Bench - Gordon Critchley,
Ian Downey
Scorers - Jackson 17, Dunbebin 9, Flanagan 4, Emmanuelle 3, Jaycock 2,
Ballard 2
Game 6:
Chester Wheelchair Jets v Leicester Cobras
Saturday January 11th Northgate Arena
A healthy sized crowd watched the Jets improve their record to 5-1 and
move into second place in the league with a solid performance against
a tough, experienced Leicester side. It was a close game throughout but
the Jets always managed to maintain a lead.
There were many positives from the game; the jets transition work was
of a high standard both on offence and defence. The defence stayed focused
most of the time achieving four 24second shutouts. The team did well to
hold onto a single digit lead for the whole game – mentally a hard task
to do and demonstrated the focus the side is developing. The majority
of the time the inbound plays yielded decent looks at the basket and valuable
points came from these situations.
The team let themselves down by going for long shots in the first quarter
when the option should be to look for inside baskets for the initial ten
minutes to build confidence and test the opposition defence. We still
need to create more options on offence and play with more game-smarts
to exploit the gaps in opponent’s zones.
Clive Emmanuelle fouled out early in the second half but his loss was
not felt as strongly as may have first been thought, with Ian Powell and
Emlyn Whittick doing valuable work and gaining much needed game experience
as substitutes.
Many thanks must go out to all the people who came along to watch and
support the team, it really makes a difference to the team playing in
front of fans and your attendance is very much appreciated.
At this point a quick note should be made of Ian Powell’s friends who
contributed the loudest cheer of the day when Ian took to the court. His
embarrassed red cheeks did much to warm the typically chilly Arena!!!
Once again the refs provided much amusement, and I sincerely hope the
clock is working correctly next time as I don’t think our maths was up
to working out how long was left on a clock counting down from twenty
four to fourteen minutes for a quarter.
Team v Leicester
Tim Janvier-Coach, Anna Jackson- Captain, Billy Flanagan, Clive Emmanuelle,
Caroline Ballard, Robert Jaycock, Ian Powell, Emlyn Whittick
Bench - Ian Downey, Gordon Critchley, Daniel Spencer, Stuart McNeill,
Terry Feighan
Points - Anna Jackson-13, Caroline Ballard-9, Billy Flanagan-6,
Clive Emmanuelle-5, Robert Jaycock-2
Overall the Squad and Club are heading in the right direction on and off
the court. I believe now we are really starting to bond as a unit and
play as a team which is vital.
Along with the conclusion to the season where are aim is to finish in
the top two and gain promotion we are also looking to set up development
games to give our junior and less experienced players much needed game
experience. This process will allow the players to eventually make a smooth
transition into the senior team.
Game 7:
Chester Wheelchair Jets v RGK Panthers (Away) 26 January
RGK 45 - Jets 17
The Wheelchair Jets suffered their first loss for 5 games against a tough,
fast RGK team. The Jets never seemed to get into their rhythm and despite
trying a number of different formations they could not create the shot
opportunities. RGK also beat the Jets in game one of the season and all
the Jets knew it would be a tough game, training had gone well and they
were hopeful for a good match. The Jets struggled in transition and found
it difficult to keep the ball safe and run any of their plays , there
were a lot of hurried shots and they never seemed to get into the right
gear. However it was a learning experience and it was good to meet such
a fast team.
Team - Tim Janvier -Coach, Anna Jackson - Captain, Ian Powell, Robert
Jeycock, Caroline Ballard, Billy Flanagan, Clive Emmanuelle, Emlyn Whittick,
Gordon Critchley.
Game 8:
Chester Wheelchair Jets 41 Coventry Crusaders 33
Northgate Arena, February 16th
Match report by Coach Tim Janvier and Captain Anna Jackson
The Jets got back to winning ways with a solid 41-33 home victory against
Coventry crusaders. The game was kept close for the first three quarters
in the main due to our poor finishing from well-created opportunities.
In the fourth quarter the team finally clicked and produced several, quick,
flowing moves to open a gap we maintained to the end.
The win sees the Jets go 8-2 in the league having only lost to RGK Panthers
home and away. For the majority of the game the Jets played good defence,
forcing Coventry’s players out of the danger areas thereby greatly reducing
the offensive threat posed. Although, Coventry did prosper from inbound
plays throughout the match. As the game progressed the opposition became
increasingly frustrated and tried to force the game resulting in easy
turnovers.
A reasonable sized crowd watched the game and the support is very much
welcomed by the players and coaching staff. Welcome additions to the game
were the cheerleaders. Although trying to deliver a team talk to the backing
of Backstreet Boys or S Club is a skill I still need to master!!
Ian Powell and Emlyn Whittick both had valuable contributions as substitutes
and continue to improve and develop as the season progresses. A mention
also to the rest of the bench who, although seeing little game time are
working hard in training and learning much from kitting up on game days.
We’ve all been there.
Clive Emmanuelle is starting to play well as point guard and the forward
/ guard combinations of Caroline Ballard and Billy Flannagan, and Anna
Jackson and Robert Jaycock are starting to work well, with more shot opportunities
being created near to the basket rather than relying on long shots from
behind screens.
Captain Anna Jackson said "we took a long time to get going in this game
but by the fourth quarter we were showing what we are capable of, with
some excellent drives into the key and some excellent, intelligent shot
selection"
Defensively the team have a decent foundation. The tasks for the rest
of the season are; to develop our offensive game to make greater use of
the skill the team possesses; and to provide as much opportunity possible
for our development players to gain vital game experience.
Team - Coach Tim Janvier, Anna Jackson-Captain, Billy Flanagan, Caroline
Ballard, Clive Emmanuelle, Robert Jaycock, Ian Powell, Emlyn Whittick,
Gordon Critchely, Ian Downey, Richard Wightman, Stuart McNeill
Scorers - Billy F-14, Anna J-12, Clive E-7, Caroline B-4, Robert J-2,
Ian P-2.
Game 12:
Dublin Celts 95 Chester Wheelchair Jets 33
Match report by Captain Anna Jackson Wheelchair
Jets lose in Dublin ... The Chester Wheelchair Jets played their last
game of the season against The O2 Dublin Celts who beat us 76 – 8 at Chester
in March. We were out to prove that we weren’t such an easy push over
as we were in that game and that the O2 Celts just caught us on a bad
day.
We had an eventful trip over to Dublin - B&B the night before ready for
a 8.30am ferry from Holyhead. Luckily the crossing was smooth and all
the players arrived in one piece. After a luxurious dinner at burger king
we arrived at the playing venue with about 2 hours to spare.
We played at the Irish equivalent of the Stoke Mandeville -the home of
British Wheelchair Sport. We had lots of time to warm up and get used
to the very forgiving baskets and the soft court. The game started off
fast and O2 Celts Mark Barry got the show on the road by racing down the
court and scoring twice on the break. From then on it was the Mark Barry
and Barry Cooke show with both players trying to out do each other on
the scoring front. At the end of the quarter it was Mark who came out
of top with 10 points to Barry’s 8. Denis O’Brien-May scored the remaining
4 points for the Celts in the quarter while Anna J scored the Jets only
baskets. The Quarter ended 22 – 4 to the O2 Celts.
The players were not so surprised this time as the speed of the Celts,
but still struggled to keep up with their fast breaks. The Jets worked
hard on denying easy inside baskets and blocking out the opposition which
worked well - but there was no stopping the infamous Celts fast breaks
!! We came out fighting in the 2nd Quarter and used what we'd learned
from the previous encounter between these two teams to get some points
on the board. We used our picks more effectively and were able to score
some nice baskets from inside the key as a result. Unfortunately it was
our defence that let us down and the O2 Celts scored their highest 2nd
Quarter tally of the campaign, 29 points in all. They scored most of their
baskets from well worked moves which enabled their two tall players to
dominate the key. Patrick Forbes had the quarter of his life scoring a
whopping 14 points with Barry Cooke scoring 6 and Denis O’Brien-May scoring
5. The remaining O2 Celts scores for the quarter came from both playmaker
Christine Doyle and Philip Gibson who scored 2 points each. Caroline B
and Anna J both scored 4 points each to give us our only scores of the
Quarter. The Quarter ended 51 – 12 in favour of the O2 Celts.
The 3rd Quarter continued from where the 2nd finished off, and as a result
of more well worked moves O2 Celts Patrick Forbes was once again top scorer
for the Quarter with a magnificent 10 points. Anna J was the top scorer
for the Jets with 5 of their 9 points scored, again our good picking paid
off and we were able to get more points on the board. The quarter ended
73 – 21 to the Celts. The 4th Quarter saw the O2 Celts Coaches Peter Barron
and Bernie Jackson introduce the remainder of their bench, thus ensuring
that his whole squad got some court time. We had used our bench well and
rotated all players giving Stuart McNeill his first experience of the
Celts (he has only just stopped shaking !!!) The Celts kept the pressure
on and their bench played well keeping and stretching their lead. The
top scorer for the Jets this Quarter was once again Anna J with 6 points.
The Game ended 95 – 33 to the O2 Celts.
This is another case of the score not reflecting how good a game it was.
The Dublin team have a number of international players in their squad
and are a very experienced team. We achieved our goals for the game and
all the squad played well. Ian Powell hustled well and put a lot of pressure
on the ball. Emlyn Whittick had another excellent game and was unlucky
not to score more. Billy Flanagan was excellent as point guard but we
are still struggling for another one or two ball handling guards and a
power forward which would make all the difference to the team.
Team v Dublin
Coach Tim, Anna Jackson Captain, , Caroline Ballard, Billy Flanagan, Clive
Emmanuelle, Ian Powell, Emlyn Whittick, Stuart McNeill Thanks to our travelling
supporters - Emma East, Sarah Wydenbach, Joy Whittick and Steve Powell.
Scores - Anna J - 15, Billy F-8
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DIVISION 3 (CENTRAL) 2002-03
FINAL STANDINGS
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G
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W
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L
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PF
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PA
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Pts
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1
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Dublin Celts |
12
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12
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0
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845
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341
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24
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2
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RGK Panthers |
12
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8
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4
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527
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422
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20
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3
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Wolverhampton
Rhinos |
12
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6
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6
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461
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453
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18
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4
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Chester
Jets |
12
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6
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6
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356
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487
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18
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5
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Leicester
Cobras |
12
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3
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9
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440
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523
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15
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6
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Coventry Crusaders |
12
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4
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8
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400
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494
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15
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7
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Jaguar Notts
2 |
12
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2
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10
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359
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558
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14
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Note: teams
get 1 point per game played plus 1 for a win.
*Coventry lose 1 point for conceding a game
See www.gbwba.org.uk
for all tables, results & more information
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