The walk on Sunday 16 March will not be to Stanage Edge  as shown in the original programme but to Kinder North. The walk to Stannage Edge has now been moved to 23 March to avoid Mother's Day.

Match Report to follow

Match 28/02/2014: ADA Bexhill Giants 53 - Eastbourne Hotshots 61 -

 ADA Bexhill Giants' run of poor results in the Sussex Basketball League continued last Friday when they were defeated by local rivals Eastbourne Hotshots at the Bexhill Leisure Centre, after winning ten consecutive matches this was their defeat on the spin.

 This was definitely a game of two halves as from the outset the home team came out of the blocks firing and went into a 6-0 lead , the teams traded possession but for all their effort and good easy looks at the basket the visitors could not score a point , as Tom McGregor , Craig Douglin, Matt Hopkinson and Dash Maloney added to the Giants tally as they went on to increase their lead to 14-0 within five minutes of the quarter remaining. The Hotshots who are currently sitting in second place in the league finally got onto the score sheet with two free throws , and although the Giants went into an 18-2 lead they were still missing two many easy points of their own to increase the lead and knew this score line was flattering and the Hotshots were to experienced to not get back onto the match. The first quarter ended with the Giants leading 21-5 , although they knew the margin should have been greater.

 The second quarter started with Giants Point Guard Alex Quisi opening the scoring to extend their lead to 23-5 , but then the Hotshots decided to go for broke and continually run the ball and drive at the Giants defence and play a high tempo game, knocking the Giants from their composure. This resulted in the visitors slowly reducing the Giants lead , and forcing them into turning the ball with the Hotshots scoring easy baskets on the fast break. The Giants were dominating the offensive and defensive boards with Oussama Ben Abbes and Bilal Sansui collecting easy rebounds , but it was the Giants turn to miss easy baskets while the Hotshots made every shot they hit. Incredibly the end of the first half saw the Giants leading by one point 33-34.

 With the Hotshots now in the ascendancy and the Giants looking shell-shocked , the second and third quarters saw a total capitulation of the home teams offence as despite plenty of possession they could only score 19 points combined in these periods , with Tom McGregor ,Joel Hunt and Geoff Lowe adding to the Giants low score. While to their credit the Hotshots took advantage and were able to gain a first competitive victory over their local rivals for the first time in 6 attempts winning 61-53. This results has seen the Giants blow their outside chance of the league title , but they are currently still in contention for the runners up to and to retain their Sussex Cup title when they face Brighton Cougars next month.

 The ADA Turkish Restaurant and Meze Barbeque Man of the Match was Craig Douglin.

 Giants Team: Matt Hopkinson ,Geoff Lowe , Alex Quisi, Craig Douglin, Joel Hunt, Bilal Sansui, Oussama Ben Abbess, Dash Maloney, Tom McGregor , Arthur Fedorovych

 Before the match the Giants were pictured in their new warm up tops designed and produced by Bexhill designer and Giants Sponsor Matt Hards of In The Dark Clothing Apparel. Matt said " I was really impressed with the work the Giants contribute to the local community , including the visit of USA Select last year so decided as a local business I would support the Club and was happy for them to wear the ITD brand"

 The Giants next home match is on Wednesday the 19 March against Haywards Heath Panthers
 

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