Barking Abbey Take Kestrel Guards Trophy

By Sam Neter on September 6, 2011

Barking Abbey (pictured) were crowned champions of the Kestrel Guards Trophy this weekend after beating host side Solent 82-50 in the final, behind an MVP performance from England U16 Dwayne Orija.

Orija led the under-18 pre-season All-Tournament team, joined by Chris Scarlett (Solent Kestrels), Raoul Mentor (Barking Abbey), Tom Devitt (Manchester Magic) and Lynch (Eanna, Ireland).

In the semi-finals, despite being down by 23 points at half-time, Manchester fought back but couldn’t quite get over the hump, being upset 69-68 by the Solent Kestrels. In the other semi, Barking Abbey got past Bristol 58-50.

Full Results

Day 1
Pool A
Solent beat Reading 59-45
Barking Abbey beat Reading 91-48
Barking Abbey beat Solent 64-59

Pool B
Manchester beat Bristol 93-45
Bristol beat Eanna 60-52
Manchester beat Eanna 87-53

Day 2
Solent beat Eanna (Ireland) 64-62 (quarter final)
Bristol beat Reading 76-50 (quarter final)
Barking Abbey beat Bristol 58-50 (semi final)
Solent beat Manchester 69-68 (semi final)
Barking Abbey beat Solent Kestrels 82-50 (final)

Notes

Reports from people present at the tournament are saying the Manchester side are going to be a very strong team when Jack Crook comes back from injury.
Raoul Mentor had a ridiculous put back dunk on the break (footage hopefully coming soon)
Some notable players were missing from the tournament; Tyrell Isaacs (Barking Abbey), Luke Nelson (Reading Rockets) and Jack Crook (Manchester Magic)
Shout out to Kestrel Guards for sponsoring the tournament and Bigfoot basketball for providing t-shirts.

Image Credit: Gary Bryan

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