CT v Elemonators 20/10/12

An easy match for Cheadle against a new and inexperienced team made a good start to the season. Final Score 69:7 to Cheadle. Hopefully this will set a trend!

Pressure of work has left me with no time to do a full report this week, and for the next few weeks (at least) I'm not going to  able to post more than the results. Anyone who wants to have a go at a report is welcome, just email me the  peice and I'll post it. This includes you too lads!

See you

Bob

CT v Southside Hornets 29/09/12

First Half:

Although they looked lively right at the start of the game, CT had a poor first half. Hornets took full advantage of a lazy Cheadle defence, with #32, #24 and #7 scoring easily and freely with very simple play, often from a rebound. Joe and Sean made some good transitions, and “Usual Suspect” Josh made some good drives, but Cheadle looked too cautious and too uncoordinated in attack to cause Hornets many problems. (And too many long-shots simply gave the ball away).

Half time Score: CT 9:29 SH

Second Half:

Cheadle put up a stronger defence in the second half, with Matt looking especially obstructive, and the whole team making an effort on rebounds - not often we see this! The work paid off, halving Hornets score rate. Cheadle looked much sharper in attack too; good, fast passing up and cross-court out-manoeuvred the opposition, leaving the key open some simple lay-ups from Sean and Josh. When it worked, it looked good, and the team looked like a team.

Final Score: CT 19:45  SH

Stats:

Points: Josh 9; Sean 6; Joe, Tom 2 each.

Shots: Josh 11; Sean 14; Joe 7; Tom 5; Sol 1

#32 and #7 were the big scorers for Hornets.

Boomerang Award:

Joe takes the boomerang this week with 7 rebounds, one ahead of Matt. Is this the beginning of a grudge match?

On paper the whole team did better on the rebound this week. I counted a total of 32. But only 8 of them were in the first half (when SH scored 29) , 24 in the second (SH scored 16). I'll let you draw your own conclusions from this.

See you,

Bob