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LABA U-23 basketball c/ship bounces off today at MSC

Dec 16, 2011 Sports

 
-Flames take on Raiders, Kings face Jets

After more than a year of inactivity as it relates to competitive club basketball under the aegis of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) due to the unavailability of proper playing venues, the governing body LABA will bounce off its Under-23 League Championship today with a double header feature at the recently refurbished Mackenzie Sports Club hard court.
Contesting tonight are Block 22 Flames, who take on Retrieve Raiders at 6.30pm and at 8.30pm Kashif and Shanghai Kings are down to match skills with Amelia’s Ward Jets.
The championship has attracted seven affiliated clubs with the four down to play tonight and the others being Wismar Pistons, Victory Valley Royals and GTS Bulls.
With an improved facility catering for more fans, Block 22Flames will seek to light up the MSC hard court with their main players being Keilon Sullivan, Nevin Glen, Jermaine Bouyea and Dellon Azore among others. Their opponents Raiders on the other hand are expecting strong performances from players of the caliber of national Under-19 star Geoffrey La Rose, Devol Wilson, Yannick Primo, Jermaine Gibbons, Omar Sam, Stephan Tappin, Dwight McKinnon and Stephan Tappin.
The second game at 8.30pm has also high expectations with Kings being led by former Under-19 standout player and shooting guard Orin Rose and Curtis Gravesande respectively. The Jets side will be captained by junior national high jump record holder Robert Parrish with his assistant being junior national player Linden Fraser along with Marlon Persaud, Joel and Adrian Webster, Aminiki Archibald Shaquille Prato.
The championship, which has a round robin format before the top four teams advance to the semifinals and final set for next year, will continue next Wednesday with two more matches where the first game brings together Victory Valley Royals and GTS Bulls in game one at 6.30pm, while the second encounter will see Block 22 Flames in action again this time versus Wismar Pistons.

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