Following tough competition in round four of the nationwide Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Competition where Linden’s representative teams took on Georgetown, Jets #1 will bear
Slash’s guard, Jason Squires releases a baseline left-handed floater over Jets’ Ivor Blair Friday night.
the pride of the Mining Town in the penultimate round.
Of the three Linden teams that advance last week, only Jets #1 survived. Jets and Ghetto were the other two Linden teams in the group, but were eliminated. Defending champions, Pacesetters ‘A’ and Slash qualified with Jets #1 for the next round last Friday night.
Pacesetters ‘A’ beat Jets #1 15-8, but lost to Slash 11-14; both Jets #1 and Pacesetters ‘A’ beat Ghetto and Jets with the latter stealing an 11-6 win against Slash. The Slash composition of Jason Squires, Aubrey Younge and Horace Hodges ensured that they were among the teams in the next round with a brave performance.
The competition moves to Den Amstel tonight with five teams battling to see who will join those already qualified for the last week of competition this week.