Cobras-1 just miss out on victory

Cobras-1 lose to Stoke Spitfires

Cobras-1 match 9 of 12 – 22/2/09

Stoke Spitfires - 38 v Leicester Cobras-1 - 36

It was a rather different looking Cobras-1 line-up that faced the Stoke Spitfires. With a lot of the regular 1st team players not available for this match four of the Cobras-2 team (Dipen, Bryan, Helen and Andy) provided cover. The match proved to be a very close encounter with the Cobras having a slender 2 point advantage at the end of the first quarter.

The Spitfires put in a consistent fight back and just beat the Cobras by 2 points. That was so close!

Top scorer was once again Jig Vaidya (third match in a row). Special mention to Dipen (8 points) and 1st debutante Bryan who scored a fantastic 6 points.

Congratulations to all the Cobras players who made the trip to Stoke. The final result was a great score considering that the team was a change from the normal 1st team line up.

Thanks you to all that went, coached, played, cheered on, packed (and unpacked) and drove (Andy). It is good for the team for the 3rd division players to get experience of 2nd division matches. It will make us a stronger team for the future.

The next Cobras-1 match is at home (Leicester Leys Leisure Centre) to the Celtic Warriors on Sunday 8/3/09. Tip-off is at 1.30 pm.

Quarter Scores Spitfires Cobras-1

1 8 10

2 10 8

3 11 10

4 9 8

Totals 38 36

Cobras-1 scorers were:

Jignesh Vaidya 14

Dipen Sharma 8

Bryan Clarke 6

Robby Davy-Cripwell 6