• 3 out of our 4 teams have all qualified for the London JrNBA Finals.  The Y8 Girls, Y8 Boys and Y7 Boys all won their semi-finals that took place early this week at The Gateway Academy. 
• The Y8 girls had a convincing 48-25 win against a talented Bacons College.  Top scorer was Katie with 12pts followed by 8pts each from Heaven, Allanah and Emily.
• The Y8 boys followed with an equally convincing victory in their semi-final against Rokeby School, winning 34-10.  Top Scorer was Tobi with 13pts, followed by Michael with 11pts and the rest of the team chipping in with 2pts each.
• Keeping in fashion with the Y8’s  the Y7 boys also had a commanding victory against another good team, beating Brampton Manor 28-11.  Top scorer was Vakaris with 8pts, followed by 4pts each from Zach, Ryan and Kyngsley.
• I’m absolutely delighted to have 3 teams all qualify for the finals.  The Y7 girls have also been training very hard over these past few months and have made huge improvements.  They are also in with a good chance of making it 4 from 4 for Gateway in the finals.  That would be amazing!!
• The JNBA finals taking place at the UEL Sportsdock will be on 19^th June for Y7’s and 20^th June for Y8’s. 

Our basketball students have worked extremely hard all year to get to this stage. Lots of mornings arriving early to shoot 200 shots before school starts, and lots of late evenings staying behind after school for the team practices and fixtures. 

I could not be more proud of everyone’s efforts and how far we have come.   We are just getting started..!!

- Coach Lee