Leopards released Irish-American Paul Burke

RESULTS
Budweiser League
Sheffield 79-73 Newcastle
She: Wil Johnson 21
New: Corey Jackson 18

Sainsbury’s Classic Cola National Cup 1st Round
Derby 103-82 Worthing
Der: Yorick Williams 26
Wor: Andrew Tyler 28

Leicester 88-92 Chester
Lei: JaRon Boone 27
Che: Nick Browning 22

Manchester 90-70 Edinburgh
Man: John White 21
Edi: Ted Berry 21

Thames Valley 93-85 London
TVT: John McCord 25
Lon: Dwayne Morton 23


Sprite Irish Cup Round 1
   Denny Notre Dame 84-76 UCD Marian
   Dublin Bay V 60-99 BK Limerick
   Neptune  66-81 Blue Demons
   Dungannon 74-80 Waterford C
   Marlborough 94-82 Sligo Dairies
   Tralee Tigers 85-74 Clare Jets
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Coventry Crusaders signed Jimmy Smith as player and assistant coach.
Smith will have his second spell at the club after 2 seasons with
Plymouth.

Sligo Dairies parted company with American Gordon Winchester.

RESULTS
Sainsbury’s Classic Cola National Cup
Newcastle 77-69 Milton Keynes
Ralph Blalock (New) had 22 points
Tony Windless (MKL) had 25 points

Stevenage 63-106 Birmingham
Carlos White (Ste) had 23 points
Reggie Kirk (Bir) had 24 points
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Today, updated Scottish tables in Britball.

WEEKEND FIXTURES
FRIDAY 30 October
Budweiser League
   Sainsbury’s Classic Cola National Cup
   Newcastle v Milton Keynes 7.30pm
   Stevenage v Birmingham 8.00pm

Scottish Men
   Falkirk v Glasgow SD

SATURDAY 31 October
Budweiser League
   Sheffield v Newcastle (Sky) 7.00pm

Sainsbury’s Classic Cola National Cup
   Derby v Worthing 7.30pm
   Leicester v Chester 7.30pm
   Manchester  v Edinburgh 7.00pm
   Thames Valley v  London 8.00pm

Sprite Irish Cup Round 1
   Denny Notre Dame v UCD Marian  7.30
   Dublin Bay V v BK Limerick  8pm
   Neptune   v Blue Demons  8pm
   Dungannon    v Waterford C  8pm
   Marlborough   v Sligo Dairies   8pm
   Tralee Tigers  v Clare Jets  7.45

NBL Men D1
   Coventry v Teesside
   Guildford v Plymouth
   Mid Sussex v London T
   Oxford v Cardiff P
   Solent v Westminster
   Solihull v Brixton

NBL Women D1
   Doncaster v Thames Valley
   London Towers v Ipswich
   Nottingham v Birmingham
   N.W. London v Sheffield
   Rhondda v Northampton
   Spelthorne v Leicester

Scottish Women
   Edinburgh v Pentland

SUNDAY 1 November
Budweiser League
  Birmingham v Thames Valley 6.00pm
  Edinburgh v Milton Keynes 5.00pm

Sainsbury’s Classic Cola National Cup
  Teeside  v Sheffield

SPRITE Irish CUP ROUND 1
   Star of the Sea  v Killester   3.15pm
   Tolka Rovers  v KS Killarney 4pm

NBL MEN D1
   Cardiff P v Solihull

Scottish Women
   Boroughmuir v Three Quarters
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Today in Britball, we preview the weekend's Cup action in Britain and
Ireland, plus the forthcoming Budweiser League action and updated stats.

Irish Senior Women's Coach Gerry Fitzpatrick named a 12 woman squad for
their US Tour from November 2-9. Full details on www.britball.com


RESULT
Budweiser League
London 91-74 Leicester
Lon: Lewis 26, Morton 20, Henlan 17
Lei: Singleton 25, Boone 22, Brown 10

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tickets, courtesy of Peugeot Bullets Birmingham, to see the Bullets take
on Edinburgh Rocks and Newcastle Eagles.

To stand a chance of winning, all you have to do is answer this simple
question : Which coach led the Peugeot Bullets to a Wembley
Championship last season ?
Was it a) Mike Finger or b) Mike Shaft ?
Answers to magazine@... by Sunday November 1 and please
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telephone number. Usual competition rules apply.

Scottish Basketball Association was awarded lottery funding for its
Under 18 National team programmes.

Full updated tables for the NBL and ESB Superleagues today.
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England coach Laszlo Nemeth has named a 24 man squad for the forthcoming
European qualifiers. Full details on www.britball.com

NBL Men's National Trophy Q -Finals  (7/8 November)
Solihull            v   Plymouth
Teesside            v   Guildford
Coventry            v   Cardiff C
Stevenage           v   Mid Sussex/Cardiff P

EBBA Women's National Cup Q Finals      (7/8 November)
London T            v   Thames Valley
Sheffield           v   Spelthorne
N. W. London        v   Rhondda
Northampton         v   Birmingham

RESULTS
ESB Men's Superleague
Marlborough Saints 80-83 Killester
Sligo 77-91 Waterford

ESB Women's Superleague
Limerick 61-70 Tolka Rovers

Sprite Cup Preliminary Round
Cobra's 46-116 Tralee
Clare 81-76 Queen's

Wednesday FIXTURE
Budweiser League
London v. Leicester

Budweiser League Table
1       Westfield Sharks Sheffield      10      10      0       20
2       Manchester Giants               11      10      1       20
3       Derby Storm                     11      7       4       14
4       Thames Valley Tigers            9       6       3       12
5       Peugeot Bullets Birmingham      10      6       4       12
6       Newcastle Eagles                10      5       5       10
7       Exide London Towers             6       4       2       8
8       adidas Greater London Leopards  7       3       4       6
9       ITT L&E Worthing Bears          9       3       6       6
10      Milton Keynes Lions             9       2       7       4
11      Renault Leicester Riders        10      2       8       4
12      Chester Jets                    11      2       9       4
13      Edinburgh Rocks                 7       0       7       0
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England captain John Amaechi signed a short term contract with Spanish
side Tau Vitoria. Amaechi is expected to play for Toronto when the NBA
lockout ends.

RESULTS
Budweiser League
Manchester 129-92 Worthing
Man: Perry 24, White/Dorsey 22
Wor: Tyler 25, Gaines 24, Knetchel 19

Milton Keynes 74-94 Chester
Mkl: Scantlebury 22, Windless 19
Che: Browning 22, Meldrum 21, Warbritton 20

Sheffield 87-80 Birmingham
She: Myers 20, Conlan 19
Bir: Guittar 21, Lloyd 20, Kirk 19


Men's NBL National Trophy Round 3
   Birmingham 67-76 Teesside
   Brixton 61-69 Solihull
   Taunton 85-98 Coventry
   Wandsworth 74-92 Guildford

Sainsbury's Classic Cola Cup R2
   Birmingham 51-34 Doncaster
   Tyneside 42-93 Sheffield
   Wandsworth 50-69 Rhondda

ESB Men's Superleague
   Kerry Spring Killarney 82-77 Tolka Rovers
   Marlborough Saints 86-83 Blue Demons
   Star of the Sea 83-74 Team Sligo D
   Dublin Bay Vikings 88-100 Denny Notre Dame
   Burger King Limerick 74-76 Kerry Spring Killarney
   Neptune 94-78 Tolka Rovers

Scottish Men
   Dunfermline 76-97 Midlothian
   Paisley 41-65 St Mirren
   Falkirk 82-47 Dunfermline
   Glasgow SD 105-69 Troon

POLL RESULT
Q: Who is the best pure point guard in the British Isles ?
(of 1226 respondents)
38%   Travis Conlan, Sheffield
32%   Danny Lewis, Towers
15%   Casey Arena, TV Tigers
10%   Adrian Fulton, Star of the Sea
5%    Nigel Lloyd, Birmingham
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This weekend on Britball, we give you the answers you wanted from
Edinburgh Rocks' Iain Maclean plus a fab competition...

Newcastle Eagles signed 6'9 forward Chris Webber, (Before anyone faints
with shock, it's not the NBA All-Star). The UK-Canadian is expected to
make his debut next week.

Kerry Spring Killarney signed American forward/centre Joe Warnke from
Killester. Warnke has yet to play this season due to injury.


RESULTS
Budweiser League
Sheffield 106-81 Milton Keynes
Terrell Myers (She) had 27 points
Richard Scantlebury (MKL) had 21 points

FIXTURES
   Scotland Men
   Saturday
   Dunfermline v St Mirren
   Troon v Falkirk
   Edinburgh v Midlothian
   Sunday
   Boroughmuir v Paisley
   Gators v Edinburgh

   Scotland Women
   Sunday
   Pentland v Boroughmuir
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Budweiser League
Derby Storm          92 (Reinking 20, Burns 16)
Thames Valley Tigers 88 (McCord 31, Siemon 26)

London Towers   94 (Leak 27, Lewis 17)
Edinburgh Rocks 78 (Page 31, Berry 22)

Leicester Riders 84  (Boone 19, Waldron 18, Singleton 16)
Newcastle Eagles 91  (Fite 27, Blalock 23, Jackson 18)

Worthing Bears 115 (Gaines 34, Coates 24/Tyler 24)
Leopards       130 (Kruse 37, T Moore 36, Burks 20)

ESB MEN'S SUPERLEAGUE
   Kerry Spring Killarney L-L Tolka Rovers
   Denny Notre Dame 77-81 Blue Demons
   Waterford Crystal 80-79 Neptune
   Killester  91-73 Dungannon
   UCD Marian 71-89  DBV

SPRITE CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND
   Ballina 76-81 Clare Jets

NBL
Men's National Trophy Round Three
Cardiff C       80      75      London T
Oxford          86      94      Plymouth
Slough          46      72      Stevenage

NBL Division Two Men
Portsmouth      76      91      Chessington

NBL Division Three Men
Barking & Dag   65      61      Doncaster
N.W. London     90      71      Ware
Plymouth        59      76      Cambridge

Women's Classic Cola Cup Round 2
Ipswich         55      86      Thames Valley
Leicester       45      59      London T
Manchester      51      65      Northampton
Plymouth        57      62      N.W. London
Spelthorne      63      61      Nottingham

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Full Weekend Preview of all the Bud League and ESB Superleague action in
Friday's Britball.

Leicester Riders signed ex-England guard Karl Brown. The 33 year old
will have his second spell at the club after time with Guildford, London
Towers and in Italy.

Worthing Bears named Canadian Sean Morgan Loucks as their new coach.
Loucks was forced to retire at the beginning of this season after
briefly joining Denny Notre Dame.

Dungannon signed American forward Gary Nottingham.


WEEKEND FIXTURES
Budweiser League
  Saturday
  Derby v Thames Valley
  London Towers v Edinburgh (Sky)
  Leicester v Newcastle
  Worthing v Leopards
  Sunday
  Manchester v Worthing
  Milton Keynes v Chester
  Sheffield v Birmingham

ESB Men's Superleague
   Saturday
   Kerry Spring Killarney v Tolka Rovers
   Denny Notre Dame v Blue Demons
   Waterford Crystal v Neptune
   Killester   v Dungannon
   UCD Marian  v  DBV
   Sunday
   Marlborough Saints  v Blue Demons
   Star of the Sea  v Team Sligo D
   Dublin Bay Vikings  v Denny Notre Dame
   Burger King Limerick v Kerry Spring Killarney
   Neptune v Tolka Rovers
   Monday
   Marlborough Saints v Killester
   Sligo v Waterford

Sprite Cup Preliminary Round
   Saturday
   Ballina  v Clare Jets
   Sunday
   Cobra's v Tralee
   Ballina/Clare v Queen's

ESB Women's Superleague
   Saturday
   Snowcream Wildcats v Meteors
   Monday
   Limerick v Tolka Rovers

NBL Men's National Trophy Round 3
   Saturday
   Cardiff C v London T
   Mid Sussex v Cardiff P
   Oxford v Plymouth
   Slough v Stevenage
   Sunday
   Birmingham v Teesside
   Brixton v Solihull
   Taunton v Coventry
   Wandsworth v Guildford

Sainsbury's Women's EBBA Classic Cola Cup R2
   Saturday
   Ipswich v Thames Valley
   Leicester v London T
   Manchester v Northampton
   Plymouth v N.W. London
   Spelthorne v Nottingham

   Sunday
   Birmingham v Doncaster
   Tyneside v Sheffield
   Wandsworth v Rhondda

Scotland: No fixtures supplied
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BRITBALL EXCLUSIVE
We chat to the deposed Worthing Bears coach Chris Pullem on the reasons
for his dramatic departure from the club.


Chester Jets signed 6'3 American guard Prentice McGruder out of the
University of California.

Milton Keynes Lions signed 6'5 American Tony Windless. Windless is a
four time All-Star who has previously played at Derby and London Towers.

Portsmouth Pirates have signed Trevor Donaldson  who was the top scorer
for Div 3 last season when he played for Southampton Trailblazers.

RESULTS
Budweiser League
Thames Valley 83-85 Manchester OT

ESB Men's Superleague
Star of the Sea  84-74 Dungannon


FRIDAY FIXTURES
Budweiser League
Sheffield v Milton Keynes

Scottish Men
Falkirk v Dunfermline
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Worthing Bears coach Chris Pullem resigned.

Kerry Spring Killarney released Ricardo Leonard.


FIXTURES
Tuesday
Scottish Men
Dunfermline v Midlothian

Wednesday
Budweiser League
Thames Valley v Manchester

ESB Superleague
Star of the Sea v Dungannon

Scottish Men
Paisley v St Mirren

RESULTS
Scottish Men
Boroughmuir 58-97 Falkirk
Glasgow SD 80-48 Edinburgh
Gators 68-101 St. Mirren

BUDWEISER LEAGUE TABLE
POS                     PL      W       L       FOR     AGST    PTS
1       Sheffield       8       8       0       793     638     16
2       Manchester      9       8       1       838     729     16
3       Thames Valley   7       6       1       628     508     12
4       Birmingham      9       6       3       719     694     12
5       Derby           10      6       4       921     922     12
6       Newcastle       9       4       5       757     765     8
7       London T        5       3       2       414     409     6
8       Worthing        7       3       4       636     692     6
9       Gtr London      6       2       4       458     508     4
10      Milton Keynes   7       2       5       488     530     4
11      Leicester       9       2       7       745     822     4
12      Chester         10      1       9       816     929     2
13      Edinburgh       6       0       6       470     537     0

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HARD LUCK STORY
We chat to Chester Jets coach Robbie Peers about his nightmare month.

BRITBALL Q & A
Put your question to Edinburgh Rocks and Scotland star Iain Maclean.
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Chester Jets signed 6'5 forward Shawn Wilson. Wilson is UK born and
attended University in Oregon.

The English BA announced a 3 year kit deal with Nike to sponsor the
entire national teams programme.
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All the weekend's scores, results and Bud League reports on
www.britball.com

Budweiser League
Chester  93 (Browning 41, Meldrum 26, Warbritton 16)
Derby   103 (Reinking 26, Williams 25, Alderson 21)

Edinburgh   75 (Berry 32, Wedel/ Graves 12)
Sheffield  100 (Conlan 23, Myers 19, Gaudio 18)

Leopards   70  (Moore 23, Youngblood 16, Burks 10)
Newcastle  83  (Blalock 29, White 21, Fite 13)

NBL
Men Div 1
Brixton 68-79 Cardiff P

National Trophy Round 2
Mansfield 73-76 Solihull

ESB Irish Men's Superleague
Star Of the Sea 77-62 Marlborough Saints
Blue Demons 63-77 UCD Marian
Burger King Limerick 100-82 Tolka Rovers

Scottish Men
Wednesday
Paisley 93-69 Gators
Friday
St. Mirren 68-54 Boroughmuir
Saturday
Dunfermline 77-93 Troon
Midlothian 67-53 Paisley

Scottish Women
Saturday
Dalkeith 65-60 Glasgow SD
Sunday
Polonia 77-36 Edinburgh
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Chester Jets parted company with Canadian guard Titus Channer by mutual
consent.

Randall Mounts joined UCD Marian from Denny Notre Dame.


Budweiser League
Derby       92   (Alderson/Williams 19)
Manchester  105  (Dorsey 31, White 19, Perry 18)

Leicester   90   (Singleton 30, Boone 26)
Worthing    72   (Gaines 23, Tyler 16)

Thames Valley  83  (Siemon 33, McCord 18)
Birmingham     72  (Kirk 20, Guittar 19)


ESB Men's Superleague
Team Sligo Dairies 72-84 Neptune
Kerry Spring Killarney 73-76 Dublin Bay Vikings
Dungannon 82-83 Waterford Crystal

ESB Women's Superleague
Meteors 48-43 Tolka Rovers
Snowcream Wildcats 67-49 Supermacs Limerick


NBL
NBL Division One Men
Cardiff C       104     107     Guildford
Oxford          74      73      Stevenage
Plymouth        98      74      Coventry
Solent          91      75      Mid Sussex
Westminster     61      95      Teesside

NBL Division Two Men
Chessington     54      51      Wandsworth
Northampton     109     91      Bournemouth
Portsmouth      64      78      Taunton
Slough          61      71      Liverpool
Thames Valley   63      77      Reading

NBL Division Three Men
N.W. London     58      90      North London
Plymouth        37      113     Hull
Sutton          60      62      Stoke
Ware            61      66      Barking & Dagenham

NBL Division One Women
Leicester       33      104     Nottingham
Northampton     65      59      Spelthorne
N.W. London     73      52      Doncaster
Rhondda         45      51      Thames Valley
Sheffield       90      60      Ipswich

NBL Division Two Women
Chelmsford      54      51      Wandsworth
Solent          46      71      Manchester
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Greater London Leopards have signed American Tim Moore. The 6'8 power
forward spent this past two summers in the USBL playing for Jacksonville
Barracudas.

Worthing Bears have signed forward Peter Knechtel on a short term
contract. The Canadian spent part of last season with the club.


RESULT
ESB WOMEN'S SUPERLEAGUE
Killester 46-50 Meteors
Kil: Angie McNally 17
Met: Ann Hanly 18

ESB Men's SuperLeague Table
Team                            Win     Lose            Points
Dublin Bay Vikings              2       0               6
Killester                       2       0               6
Neptune                         2       0               6
Waterford Crystal               2       0               6
Blue Demons                     1       2               5
Dungannon                       1       2               5
Denny Notre Dame                1       1               4
Marlborough Saints              1       1               4
Star of the Sea                 1       1               4
Team Sligo Dairies              1       1               4
UCD Marian                      1       1               4
Burger King Limerick            0       2               2
Kerry Spring Killarney          0       2               2
Tolka Rovers                    0       2               2

ESB Women's SuperLeague Table
Team                    Win     Lose            Points
Meteors                 2       1               7
Snowcream Wildcats      2       0               6
Tolka Rovers            1       1               4
Killester               0       2               2
Supermacs Limerick      0       1               1

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BRITBALL Q&A
The Q&A is back, and we're giving you the chance to pop the question to
Edinburgh and Scotland star Iain Maclean. A veteran of the then
Carlsberg League in the 80s, stalwart of the all conquering Livingston
in the 90s, and now a member of the Budweiser League new boys, Maclean
has seen it all.

Submit your question to hoopchat@... by Tuesday 20 at 10pm.


In Friday's Britball, your full weekend previews for the Budweiser
League and the ESB Superleagues.

Milton Keynes Lions released Eric Butler and signed Richard Scantlebury
for the rest of the season.

WEEKEND FIXTURES
   Budweiser League
   Saturday 17
   Derby v Manchester
   Leicester v  Worthing (Sky)
   Thames Valley  v Birmingham

   Sunday 18 October
   Chester  v  Derby
   Edinburgh v  Sheffield
   Leopards v Newcastle
   Milton Keynes v London Towers

ESB Men's SuperLeague
Friday
Tolka Rovers v UCD Marian
Denny Notre Dame v Killester

Saturday
Team Sligo Dairies v Neptune
Kerry Spring Killarney v Dublin Bay Vikings
Dungannon v Waterford Crystal

Sunday
Star Of the Sea v Marlborough Saints
Blue Demons v UCD Marian
Burger King Limerick v Tolka Rovers

ESB Women's SuperLeague
Thurs 15
Killester v Meteors
Sat 17
Meteors v Tolka Rovers
Snowcream Wildcats v Supermacs Limerick

NBL
National Trophy Round 2
   Saturday 17
   Mansfield v Solihull

MEN D1
   Cardiff C v Guildford
   Oxford v Stevenage
   Plymouth v Coventry
   Solent v Mid Sussex
   Westminster v Teesside
   Sunday
   Brixton v Cardiff P

WOMEN D1
Saturday
   Leicester v Nottingham
   Northampton v Spelthorne
   N.W. London v Doncaster
   Rhondda v Thames Valley
   Sheffield v Ipswich
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BRITBALL POLL RESULT
Should British Isles teams play in European (FIBA) competition ?
51%   Yes  32%   No

RESULTS
Budweiser League
Manchester 113-87 Leicester
Tony Dorsey (Man) scored 34 points
Billy Singleton (Lei) scored 29 points

Sainsbury's Classic Cola National Cup  R1
Plymouth  68-100 Leopards
Ben Baum (Leo) had 24 points


FIXTURES
Friday
Scottish Men
St. Mirren v Boroughmuir
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In Tuesday's Britball, our weekly Irish round up.

Solent Stars re-signed veteran Colin Irish for a second season. Irish
has previously played at Manchester and Worthing.

NBL COACH OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER

Division One Men                Graham Hill (London Towers)
Division Two Men                Richard Devereux (Reading)
Division Three Men              Dave Schiller (North London)
Division One Women              Colin Gibbons (Spelthorne)

NBL PLAYERS OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER


Division One Men        1st: Daniel Okonkwo (Plymouth)
Division Two Men        1st: Matt George (Northampton)
Division Three Men      1st: Malcolm Brazier (Cambridge)
Division One Women      1st: Claire Wiseman (Spelthorne)
Division Two Women      1st: Ruth Murray (Cardiff)

RESULTS
Scottish Men
Paisley 60-103 Glasgow SD
Gators 85-87 Dunfermline

FIXTURES
Wednesday 14
Budweiser League
Manchester v Leicester

Sainsbury's Classic Cola National Cup
Plymouth  v  Leopards

Scottish Men
Paisley v Gators

BUDWEISER LEAGUE TABLE

         POS                    PL       W       L       FOR     AGST PTS
         1       Sheffield       7       7       0       693     563 14
         2       Manchester      7       6       1       643     556 12
         3       Birmingham      8       6       2       647     611 12
         4       Thames Valley   6       5       1       545     436 10
         5       Derby           8       5       3       726     724 10
         6       Worthing        6       3       3       564     602 6
         7       Newcastle       8       3       5       674     695 6
         8       London T        4       2       2       348     350 4
         9       Gtr London      5       2       3       388     425 4
         10      Milton Keynes   6       2       4       429     464 4
         11      Leicester       7       1       6       574     660 2
         12      Chester         9       1       8       723     826 2
         13      Edinburgh       5       0       5       395     437 0
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BUDWEISER LEAGUE
Chester Jets   84   (36) (Browning 28, Channer 18, Meldrum 18)
Birmingham     98   (42) (Kirk 26, Lloyd 20, Guittar 18)

Edinburgh Rocks      77  (34) (Page 32, Maclean 13)
G. London Leopards   87 (47) (Youngblood 28, Kruse 20)



ESB MEN'S SUPERLEAGUE
   Saturday
   UCD Marian 88-78 Star of the Sea
   Waterford 87-69 Denny ND
   Blue Demons 75-79 Dungannon
   Killester 68-65 Killarney
   Sunday
   Marlborough Saints 93-84 Sligo
   Dublin Bay 83-75 Limerick
   Tolka Rovers 86-92 Blue Demons
   Neptune 94-82 Dungannon

ESB WOMEN'S SUPERLEAGUE
   Saturday
   Killester 62-69 Waterford
   Sunday
   Tolka Rovers 74-71 Meteors

NBL National Trophy Round 2
   Saturday 10
   Cardiff P 90-86 N.London
   Flintshire 55-91 Teesside
   Solent 78-85 Taunton
   Bournemouth 66-72 Wandsworth
   Northampton 83-91 Plymouth
   Ware 84-100 Guildford
   Coventry 70-62 Wolverhampton
   Doncaster 50-90 London T
   Mid Sussex 107-80 Chessington
   Slough 70-44 Manchester
   Portsmouth 80-106 Cardiff C

   Sunday
   Brixton 79-48 Westminster
   Swindon L-L Stevenage
   Liverpool 70-93 Birmingham
   Reading 89-101 Oxford

SCOTTISH MEN
   Thursday
   Edinburgh 60-57 Troon
   Friday
   Falkirk 78-45 Gators
   St. Mirren 86-68 Midlothian
   Saturday
   Boroughmuir 59-81 Troon
   Edinburgh 59-46 Paisley

SCOTTISH WOMEN
Saturday 10
Edinburgh 70-76 Dalkeith
3/4ers 52-48 Pentland
Sunday
Boroughmuir 59-104 Polonia

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Birmingham Bullets signed former England international Mark Considine
from Grenada of Spain. Considine replaces England centre Neville Austin
who has left Bullets to join Belgian club Brie.

Edinburgh Rocks signed Scottish international forward Derek Frame from
Edinburgh Kings.


RESULTS
Budweiser League
Peugeot Bullets Birmingham 84 (37) (Robinson 19, Lloyd 16, Kirk 15)
Newcastle Eagles 83 (41) (Jackson 30, Fite 26)

Renault Leicester Riders 87 (44) (Singleton 27, Boone 21)
Manchester Giants 113 (49) (White 32, Dorsey 19, Holley 18)

Exide London Towers 78 (40) (Morton 21, Bale 18)
Chester Jets 73 (36) (Warbritton 19, Meldrum 18, Browning 17)

Westfield Sharks Sheffield 101 (51) (Myers 28, Gaudio 21, Johnson 17)
Derby Storm 79 (43) (Williams 23, Alderson 17)

ITT L&E Worthing Bears 75 (31) (Gaines 27, Tyler 18)
Milton Keynes Lions 94 (49) (R Scantlebury 28, Dias 23)

NBL
Men's National Trophy Round Two
Bournemouth 66-72       Wandsworth
Cardiff P   90-86       North London
Coventry    70-62       N.W. London
Doncaster   50-90       London T
Flintshire  55-91       Teesside
Mid Sussex  107-80      Chessington
Portsmouth  80-106      Cardiff C
Slough      70-44       Manchester
Solent      78-85       Taunton
Ware       84-100       Guildford

Women's Classic Cola National Cup Round One
Cardiff C       47-53   Manchester
Solent          49-56   Wandsworth

NBL Division One Women
Birmingham      48-71 Sheffield
London T        80-49   Leicester
Northampton     78-62   Ipswich
Nottingham      61-68   Thames Valley
Rhondda         66-21   Doncaster
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Bournemouth Dolphins signed former Chester and Sunderland star Russ
Saunders.

Doncaster Eagles signed ex-Watford guard Jimmy Ratliff.

Solent Stars signed Paul Mundy-Castle from London Towers.

RESULTS
Budweiser League
Milton Keynes Lions 57  (Brown 15)
Thames Valley Tigers 86 (McCord 32, Politi 14)

Newcastle Eagles 69  (Blalock 18, Fite 15)
Edinburgh Rocks 63  (Wedel 19, Page 14)
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Newcastle Eagles signed 7'1 England centre Ian Whyte to replace Scott
Wilke, who suffered a broken arm last weekend. Whyte spent part of last
season with Derby and was playing in Greece early this season. Wilke is
expected to be out 6-8 weeks.

Worthing Bears released Greek-Canadian forward Nick Chatzinikolis. The
6'8 player joined Irish Superleague club Neptune.


WEEKEND FIXTURES
   Saturday
   Birmingham v Newcastle
   Leicester v Manchester
   London Towers  v Chester
   Sheffield v Derby
   Worthing v Milton Keynes
   Sunday
   Chester  v  Birmingham
   Edinburgh v Greater London

IRELAND
MEN
   Saturday
   UCD Marian v Star of the Sea
   Waterford v Denny ND
   Blue Demons v Dungannon
   Killester v Killarney
   Sunday 11
   Marlborough Saints v Sligo
   Dublin Bay v Limerick
   Tolka Rovers v Blue Demons
   Neptune v Dungannon
WOMEN
   Saturday 10
   Killester v Waterford
   Sunday
   Tolka Rovers v Meteors

NBL
MEN National Trophy Round 2
   Saturday 10
   Cardiff P v N.London
   Flintshire v Teesside
   Solent v Taunton
   Bournemouth v Wandsworth
   Northampton v Plymouth
   Ware v Guildford
   Coventry v Wolverhampton
   Doncaster v London T
   Mid Sussex v Chessington
   Slough v Manchester
   Portsmouth v Cardiff C

   Sunday
   Brixton v Westminster
   Swindon v Stevenage
   Liverpool v Birmingham
   Reading v Oxford

WOMEN D1
   Saturday
   Birmingham v Sheffield
   London T v Leicester
   Northampton v Ipswich
   Nottingham v Thames Valley
   Rhondda v Doncaster

SCOTLAND
   MEN
   Saturday
   Boroughmuir v Troon
   Edinburgh v Paisley

   Sunday
   Paisley v Troon
   Gators v Dunfermline

WOMEN
Saturday 10
Edinburgh v Dalkeith
Sunday
3/4ers v Pentland
Boroughmuir v Polonia
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BBC Radio 5 Live launches its new Hoops show this Thursday. The
programme will go out weekly at 9.05 to 9.30pm on 909/693 MW and
satellite.

                                 SPRITE IRISH CUPS DRAW
                             Men's Preliminary Round (24/25 Oct)
                             Ballina v Clare
                             Cobras v Tralee
                             Ballina/Clare v Queens Graduates

                             First Round (31 Oct/1 Nov)
                             Denny Nore Dame v UCD Marian
                             Ballina/Clare/Queens v Tralee/Cobras
                             Dublin Bay v Limerick
                             Marlborough Saints v Sligo
                             Star of the Sea v Killester
                             Dungannon v Waterford
                             Tolka Rvrs v Killarney
                             Neptune v Blue Demons

                             Women's Quarter Finals (12/13 Dec)
                             Sligo v Waterford
                             Killester v Limerick
                             Tolka Rvrs v Castlebar
                             Meteors bye

FRIDAY FIXTURES
   Budweiser League
   Milton Keynes v Thames Valley
   Newcastle v Edinburgh

Scottish Men
   Falkirk v Gators
   St. Mirren v Midlothian
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Life's a Beach...we chat today to Worthing Bears' maestro Chris Pullem.

Thursday Fixture
Scottish Men
Edinburgh v Troon
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RESULTS
SCOTTISH MEN
   Thursday
   Troon 87-75 Gators
   Friday
   St. Mirren 64-51 Edinburgh
   Saturday
   Dunfermline 59-58 Boroughmuir
   Midlothian 67-64 Falkirk

WOMEN
Dalkeith 66-30 Boroughmuir
Glasgow SD 55-57 Edinburgh
Polonia 98-12 Edinburgh 3/4ers

Budweiser League Table at 4/10/98

Team            W       L       PTS     Home    Road    PF      PA

Sheffield       6       0       12      2-0     4-0     98.7    80.76
Manchester      5       1       10      3-1     2-0     88.3    77.84
Derby           5       2       10      2-1     3-1     92.4    89.01
TV Tigers       4       1       8       2-1     2-0     91.8    75.8
Birmingham      4       2       8       1-1     3-1     77.5    74.0
Worthing        3       2       6       3-1     0-1     97.8    101.6
Newcastle       2       4       4       1-2     1-2     87.0    91.3
L. Towers       1       2       2       1-1     0-1     90.3    90.0
Milton Keynes   1       3       2       0-2     1-1     69.5    75.8
Leopards        1       3       2       0-1     1-2     75.3    87.0
Leicester       1       5       2       0-3     1-2     81.2    91.2
Chester         1       6       2       1-3     0-3     80.6    92.9
Edinburgh       0       3       0       0-1     0-2     85.0    93.7
PTS = League Points; PF = Avg. points scored; PA = Avg. points allowed

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Milton Keynes Lions signed ex-England international Richard Scantlebury.
Scantlebury spent last season with Richmond Jaguars.

Birmingham Bullets signed 6'9 US forward Chuck Guittar, subject to
permit. Guittar was formerly at Irish champions Star of the Sea.

RESULTS
BUDWEISER LEAGUE
Leicester 84-97 Birmingham
Lei: Singleton 19
Bir: Lloyd 33

Manchester 102-87 Derby
Man: White 28, Tony Dorsey 24
Der: Alderson 25

Thames Valley 117-94 Newcastle
TVT: Jason Siemon, John McCord 25
New: Corey Jackson  27

Worthing 105-101 Chester
Wor: Jon Gaines 31, Steve Nelson  21
Che: Jeff Warbritton 47 points, Greg Meldrum  32


DIV 1
   Coventry 75-72 Cardiff C
   Guildford 114-82 Oxford
   Mid Sussex 80-72 Westminster
   Solihull 62-56 Solent
   Stevenage 88-97 Plymouth

DIV 2
Manchester 79-50 Portsmouth
Taunton 76-43 Slough
Thames Valley 90-94 Bournemouth

DIV 3
   Barking & Dag’ 81-70 Sutton
   Doncaster 68-99 Mansfield

WOMEN DIV 1
Doncaster 53-85 Sheffield
Ipswich 49-77 Birmingham
Nottingham 75-68 Northampton
Rhondda 79-40 N.W. London
Spelthorne 65-61 Thames Valley

DIV 2
Manchester 64-52 St Albans
Plymouth 68-38 Chelmsford
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In Friday's Britball, the second part of our ESB Irish Superleague
preview plus your weekend Bud League round up. PLUS from next week, the
return of the Bud League stats charts.

Sheffield Sharks' Terrell Myers has named as Budweiser Player of the
Month. Myers averaged 25 points in September. Derby Storm coach Bob
Donewald is the Coach of the Month as Derby went 4-1.

Edinburgh Rocks named Mark Woods as their courtside commentator (who
he?)

WEEKEND FIXTURES

BUDWEISER LEAGUE
   Saturday
   Greater London v. London
   Leicester v. Birmingham
   Manchester v. Derby (Sky)
   Thames Valley v. Newcastle
   Worthing v. Chester

   Sunday
   Birmingham v. Sheffield
   Chester v. Leicester
   Edinburgh v. Derby
   London v. Thames Valley
   Milton Keynes v. Manchester

NBL
MEN D1
   Saturday 3 October
   Cardiff P v London T
   Coventry v Cardiif C
   Guidlford v Oxford
   Mid Sussex v Westminster
   Solihull v Solent
   Stevenage v Plymouth

   Sunday 4
   Brixton v Stevenage
   Guildford v Teeside

WOMEN D1
   Saturday 3
   Doncaster v Sheffield
   Ipswich v Birmingham
   Nottingham v Northampton
   Rhondda v N.W. London
   Spelthorne v Thames Valley

IRELAND - ESB MEN'S SUPERLEAGUE
   Saturday 3 October
   Sligo v UCD Marian
   Denny Notre Dame v Dungannon
   St. Pauls  v  Waterford Crystal
   Blue Demons v DBV

   Sunday  4
   Burger King Limerick v Killester
   Star Of the Sea v Tolka Rovers
   St. Vincents v Neptune

SCOTLAND
No fixtures supplied

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Killester Ladies named former Naomh Mhuire coach Pat McKenna as tehir
new coach. Killester also signed ex-Mhuire duo June Blount and Denise
Walsh.


FIXTURES

Thursday
Scottish Men
Troon v Gators

Friday
BUDWEISER LEAGUE
Newcastle v Worthing
Scottish Men
St. Mirren v Edinburgh

RESULT
BUDWEISER LEAGUE
Thames Valley 100-66 Leicester
Jason Siemon (TVT) had 27 points and 10 rebounds
John McCord (TVT) had 24 points
Billy Singleton (Lei) had 22 points
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In Britball today, the first of our two part preview of the ESB Irish
Men's Superleague

Rhondda Rebels have signed England international centre Jane Thackray
from Thames Valley Lady Tigers.

Chester Jets have released guard Shawn Swords who has joined a Swiss
club.

RESULTS
September 26-27 (Dublin)
Reebok St. Vincent's Tournament
Winners: Denny Notre Dame

September 26-27 (Dungannon)
Dungannon Tournament
Winners: Dungannon
(No scores provided)
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