Past Reviews: April 06; September 06; 29/10/06 Headlines: Crusaders put up a good fight, but go down to Sharks in BBL Trophy; Table Report Liverpool edge a single-point home victory over Plymouth II in EBL2; Huddersfield stay unbeaten, and climb back to second in EBL3 North; Manchester push Nottingham to the foot of the table, but remain outside the top four; Brixton end Cardiff's unbeaten start in EBL3 South, and climb to second place; Swindon edge past UWIC to climb into EBL4 South-West top four; Oxford Brookes go clear in 4 South-Midlands; EBL Tables Barrow beat Wirral in U-16 Cup, to win the "prize" of a visit to holders Manchester! Doncaster Danum stay unbeaten in U-18 Prem Midlands (EB don't seem to have this one yet) 28/10/06 Headlines: Reading thrash Tees Valley by 50 points in EBL1; West Herts unbeaten start is ended ... by the other promoted team, Northampton; Northumbria make a great start to life in EBL2, with big win over last year's runners-up, Mansfield; success, too, for Kent (at fellow newcomers Bristol) and Taunton, who win at Leicester; Derby win big at Tamar, to top the early table. BCU Wolverhampton post the biggest men's winning margin of the day, while holding Arrows II to just 29 points, as they stay unbeaten at top of EBL3 North; Birmingham University condemn Bradford Dragons to fourth successive defeat; 14 unanswered points down the stretch clinches victory for Durham at home to Loughborough; Brixton thump Eastside in EBL3 South; Bristol II end Hackney's unbeaten start; Westside still pointless, after defeat at Worcester; Leeds Met join the two other 2&0 teams in EBL4 North; Southampton Sharks fall one basket short, at home to Cornwall, of their first EBL South victory; Rhondda open with a win; Hatters post big win at old rivals Nottingham, to go top of EBL1 Women; Hatters II go 4&0 in EBL2 Women North while West Herts stay in touch at 3&0; With UWIC not playing this week, Southend take the chance to go top of EBL2 Women South, while Colchester and Cardiff both go 3&1; Senior Tables York College Vikings pull further clear in Under-18 North-East; Stockport Falcons top Under-16 North-West; East Grinstead record their first ever league victory, in overtime, in the game that wasn't postponed after all, in U-16 South-East; Southend go second in U-16 Women South, as they maintain their unbeaten start; U-18/U-16 Tables 22/10/06 Headlines: Durham Wildcats stun Tees Valley Mohawks in National Cup, as Mark Elderkin hits 6 "3"s in the 9-point victory [Full Pawprint Report]; Worthing thunder past Kent Crusaders with 24-0 start; West Herts survive a scare from Wolverhampton; Leopards win by 73; Flowchart Hackney go top of EBL3 South; Southend win at Solent to go 2&0 in U-16 Women South; 21/10/06 Headlines: No results from London Heathrow (Women's Cup); Loughborough and Colchester (EBL3); Sheffield Saints (EBL4); Aston, Birmingham, East Durham, Huddersfield and Reading (U-18 Cup); Birmingham, Islington, Reading and Wear Valley (U-16 Cup); Stockport (U-16 Women's Cup) Cardiff Celts, from EBL3, knock EBL1's Solent out of the Cup in high-scoring thriller; West Herts , Manchester and Arrows go 2&0 in EBL1; Worthing thrash Leopards; Rhondda romp to victory at Solent in EBL1 Women; NEWI keep their hopes alive in Patron's Cup; Leicester close in on qualification from North Pool; Tamar beat Plymouth and Bristol open their campaign with victory over Taunton, to leave four teams level in South Pool; Defending EBL3 North Champions Manchester II crash at home to University of Birmingham; BCU Wolverhampton go top; Towers squeeze past Westside by 1 in EBL3 South; Brookes Oxford head EBL4 Midlands; Leeds Met start with a crushing win in EBL4 North; Southampton Trailblazers beat Swindon to go clear in South-West; Black Country Bears edge past Reading - and qualify for 1/4 Finals of Women's National Cup (thanks to Brixton's withdrawal); Northumbria stroll past Stockport; UWIC earn the "prize" of a visit to Rhondda in the next round; Sevenoaks and London Phoenix unable to play ... no refs! No "giant killings" so far in Sureshot National Cups: Danum complete League and Cup "double" over Hallam Sharks in U-18 Men's Cup; TASIS have very cleverly already reported their result from tomorrow's match; Southend get their U-18 Women's League campaign off to a great start with a 77 point thrashing of Brixton; 15/10/06 Headlines: Leopards join the early leaders in EBL1; Nottingham continue their good start in Women's EBL1, with victory at Manchester; Southend make it a good double-header weekend in the South-West, in EBL2 women; Black (Country) day for Maroons in EBL3; Huddersfield cruise past last year's Midlands Champions, Loughborough; 48 points from Andrew Olechnowicz helps Swindon to a great start in EBL4; Omega prove to be mis-named, as they start with a win; No results today from Islington (U-18 and U-16), Leopards win at Brighton to go clear at top of U-18 Prem. South-east; Northants and Tyne & Wear start with wins in U-18 Women; Leicester edge a shock 1-point victory over Northants in U-16 Women; 14/10/06 Headlines: Manchester Magic U-16s' 101 game unbeaten run ended by Sheffield Junior Sharks; All three BBL Trophy games go the way of the BBL teams; Results & Tables Reports Arrows off to a flier in EBL1; Magic top after romp against Kings Lynn; West Herts open with a win; Leicester Warriors beat NEWI, to stay top of their Pool in Patron's Cup; Bristol post their intentions with 41 point thrashing of Plymouth; Tamar get off the mark at expense of Kent; Sabres put our Dragons' fire in EBL3 North; Magic II go top, with win at Durham; Cardiff lead in the South; Eastside off to a great start; Derby and West Herts start well in EBL4; Giants win the Mansfield derby; Trailblazers thrash crosstown rivals Southampton Sharks; Cornwall open their League career with a win; No result from London Met.; Hatters go clear in Women's division 1; good wins for Solent and Towers; Bristol still looking for first win in EBL2 Women South; UWIC edge past Sevenoaks to stay unbeaten; No result from London Westside; Doncaster post another big win in U-18 Prem. Midlands; Northants clear in Prem. North; TASIS and Reading head South-West; York Vikings stay unbeaten in North-East Conf.; No U-18 results from Towers, Westminster, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Reading II; Brentwood beat East London to stay unbeaten in U-16 Prem. South; Towers win to go top; No U-16 results from Hackney, Coventry, Liverpool, Sevenoaks and Haringey already dominate U-18 Women South; Second postponement in as many weeks for Sefton U-18 Women! No result from Stockport. Haringey 3&0 in U-16 Women; Strong start to season for Nottingham; Stockport I beat Stockport II 24-13 (later corrected to 54-13)! 08/10/06 Headlines: Reading clinch narrow win over PAWS in first EBL1 game of the season; Holders Liverpool crash at home to Leicester in Patron's Cup; Westside get off the mark, and end Plymouth's unbeaten start in EBL2 Women South which looks to be developing into a close contest, with only one unbeaten team, and four on 2&1; Swindon reach Round 2 of the Shield; All Senior Results from weekend are now in. Tables Manchester U-18s did lose at Northants, but not by 49, as EB site says, and they scored more than minus 2 in the fourth quarter! EB also has Mystics U-16 girls losing heavily at Gateshead ... Manchester site has the score reversed ... I'll go with that. I'm not so surprised that Camden's U-16 result at home to Haringey was late - they lost by 103 points! 07/10/06 Headlines: Arrows come from behind to edge victory in National Trophy; Manchester take narrow home win over Worthing, but West Herts go top of group 1; Coventry and Kings Lynn are the first teams to fail to qualify for semi-finals; Big home wins for all the big three in EBL1 Women; Both late-promoted teams triumph, as Taunton and Northumbria win their first Patron's Cup games; Kent lose at home to Plymouth; Patron's Cup Tables Good day for the debutants in EBL Shield, too, as Southampton Trailblazers, Brookes Oxford, Mansfield Giants, Cornwall Cougars and West Herts II all go through; Lincolnshire and Wear Valley are the only two "old stagers" to win today. Manchester, BCU Wolverhampton and Loughborough all win at home in EBL3, but Huddersfield win at Bradford (not as recorded on EB) ... and why is Hackney v Worcester shown as merely Postponed when the reason is given as "Wolves arrived without licence cards"? No results from EBL3 South;
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