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May 31, 2024 Sports

Royals and Jets start LABA Senior League with opening wins…

Kaieteur Sports – Victory Valley Royals and Amelia’s Ward Jets secured important wins when the first Senior League Club championship to be staged in the mining town by the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) after two years, got underway last Saturday night at the Amelia’s Ward Hard Court in Linden.

This senior club tournament will be played on a round robin format initially with the five clubs, namely, Amelia’s Ward Jets, Retrieve Raiders, Block 22 Flames, Kings and Victory Valley Royals, to determine the semifinalists and that will be followed with the final.

On the opening night last Saturday, Victory Valley Royals triumphed against Block 22 Flames 35-17, with Yannick Tappin being the best player on show with11 points.  His brother Kobe added eight in the victory.  For the Flames Johnston Clarke got nine points.

In the second game played, Amelia’s Ward Jets overcame the challenge of Retrieve Raiders 52-33 as Quincy Easton led all scorers with 19 points and Leon Benjamin 10 being the top scorers for the winners.

The Raiders top shoots were Shemar Anderson with six points and Jamar Bethune got five in a losing cause.

As expected, the fact that it was over two years since competitive basketball was played in Linden, the display by the teams reflected was not as efficient as expected.

The tournament continues tomorrow, Saturday, with another double header feature at the Amelia’s Ward Hard Court where at 6.30pm Block 22 Flames face Kings and the second is between Victory Valley Royals and Amelia’s Ward Jets from 8.30pm.

The winners of this tournament will get $100,000 and the losing finalist $75,000. Third place winners collect $50,000 and fourth place team gets $25,000.  Nigel Hinds Financial services recently donated $200,000 to the LABA towards the staging of this championship.

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