Season update

The season started very late for the Senior Ladies with games coming at the end of October. November has been very successful with some great team performances leading to 3 wins and 0 losses so far.

Bristol was our first league opponent this year and we traveled with a depleted team due to injuries. The team of 8 put in a competitive performance which included Cat Lutz 62 pts, Mel Espin and Natacha Paris with 11 and Asrina Miah scoring 8. 118-33 the final score and Veena Khanolkar made her senior debut whilst the U18s traveled to Northampton is there league match.

Sunday we faced the London Badgers in the National Trophy and were able to give 3 under 18's there Senior debut Deborah Somoyee, Wandisa Weekes and Chantelle Fernandes helped the group to a 78-52 win. Cat Lutz continued her scoring charge with 27, Mel Espin with 12 and 16 year old Chantelle Fernandes scoring 8. This is some really encouraging signs with starting point guard Silvia Garcia and Small Forward Rhiane Szmidt resting with injuries and Carla Gabernet on leave it shows the strength of this years group. 

Saturday 15th the Ladies faced a talented Cardiff City and continued to build on there focus points. Defensive energy, physical presence and team chemistry were emphasis points and this led to a 99-61 scoreline. Top scorers were Cat Lutz 32, Mel Espin 18 and Carla Gabernet making her season debut with 14. 

Wandisa and Orie Amadi played up in this fixture and were given some tough match ups with them both taking time to guard  Laura Shanahan the Wales high scoring guard. Coming into the game she was averaging 22 pts and keeping her to 13 was a great team performance as we knew she was going to be there go to player. 

Head Coach Josh Thorne was really pleased with the teams early season progress. 'At this time we are focusing on getting the basics right. Putting the team first, competing for 40 minutes, understanding our defensive systems and making sure we are asking questions. Understanding why, when and how are a must. The groups energy at training has been very positive and the quality of the U18s means we have a large pool of girls playing Seniors. The environment is healthy, we are moving forward each week and the group is hungry to see how good we could be'.