Cobras-1 battle to vital win to keep play off dreams alive!

Cobras-1 victorious over Mavericks

Cobras-1 match 11 of 12 – 28/3/09

Report by Jayant Mistry

Manchester Mavericks - 47 v Leicester Cobras-1 - 51

Leicester Cobras-1 beat Manchester Mavericks 51 - 47 despite playing the last six minutes with only four players!

Firstly captain Jayant Mistry was fouled off midway through the 3rd quarter, and when Sam Taylor was also fouled off at the beginning of the 4th quarter, this meant that the Cobras had to battle out the remaining minutes despite a full court press put on by the Mavericks.

Cobras-1 Captain, Jayant Mistry said, “I'm really proud of the team today. To be able to hold it together, despite being down to only four players in the final few minutes, takes a lot of heart and effort. The Cobras showed that even when the chips are down, that they have a fighting team spirit that is second to none.”

This now means that the Leicester Cobras lie 2nd in the table in their first year at playing in the 2nd Division North (behind Oldham Owls); and have a chance of reaching the championship finals in Sheffield on the 16/17 May.

The real threat to Cobras-1 gaining promotion is Lothian Phoenix who have had a huge run of success (even though their scores are not showing on the current GBWBA table). They have won 8 out of their 12 matches this season and have a score difference of 1.495. So the Cobras must win their last match of the season; and win it my a massive margin in order to beat Lothian to the Championship Finals. Cobras-1 current score difference is 1.194, so it is going to be a very long shot.

The Cobras-1 play their last match of the season at home (Leicester Leys Leisure Centre) to the Vikings-2 on Sunday 5/4/09. Tip-off is at 3.15 pm.

Quarter Scores MavericksCobras-1

1 11 11

2 8 9

3 11 15

4 17 16

Totals 47 51

Cobras-1 scorers were:

Angus Baird 21

Jignesh Vaidya 12

Robby Davy-Cripwell 9

Jayant Mistry 8