E.B.L. REVIEWS

Weekly (well, all right ... occasional) reviews of the E.B.L. action 

Past Reviews: April 07; September 07; October 07; November 07;

15&16/12: Official EB Reviews:  

Men's Shield; Women's Trophy; Div 1 Men; Div 1 Women; Div 2 Men; Div 2 Women (N); Div 2 Women (S); Div 3 Men (N); Div 3 Men (S); Div 4 Men (N); Div 4 Men (Mid/S); Div 4 Men (S-W);

16/12:   Sunday's Senior Match headlines:  One Senior and nine Youth Results "Awaited" (including some, still, from yesterday)

Women's Trophy: It'll be a "second" Final this year, as Mystics II, Sevenoaks II, Hatters II and Solent II go through to the semis;

EBL Men's Shield: Dragons record second victory in two days over Durham; Derby II put out holders Leeds Carnegie; Towers and Worcester II complete the semi-final qualifiers;

EBL1: Reading soar back into top four;

EBL2: Birmingham Athletics strengthen their top four position, and push neighbours Wolverhampton to the foot of the table [yesterday];   Table

EBL3: Luna Mansfield thrash Sabres to go back to the top in North;

Wins for Oxford [yesterday] and Colchester leaves the top seven in South separated by just two points;   Tables

EBL4: Wirral win at Tyne Met to replace them in fourth place in North;

Wellingborough lose by two at Richmond London United in the top-of-the-table clash in South; Westminster stay on just a single defeat, as did Derby II [yesterday];

EBL2 Women: Doncaster win at Ellesmere Port in North, to move further away from foot of table;

Youth Match headlines:

Sureshot U-18 Women's Cup: Nottingham and Southend ease through to semi-finals;

Sureshot U-16 Women's Cup: The day after ending Manchester's unbeaten league run, Ellesmere Port put the holders out of the Cup; Last year's beaten finalists Haringey also go out, at Sevenoaks; Hatters go through at Northants; Southend thrash Solent;

Under-18 Men Premier: Manchester move to 8&0 in North;

West London go top in South-East;, but Hackney, with games in hand, are still unbeaten;

Under-18 Men Conference: Brentwood and Eastside stay ahead, after narrow wins in South I;

Northwest JAZ climb to second in South II - and celebrate by submitting the result on the right day;

Gloster and Abingdon stay well clear in South West;

Under-16 Men Premier: Solent keep up pressure on leaders in South;

Under-16 Men Conference: Scarborough climb into top four in North-East;

102 point victory keeps Abingdon clear in South West;

Under-16 Women: Sefton win the basement-battle in North, picking up their first win, to leave Bury stranded at the foot of the table;

15/12:   Saturday's Senior Match headlines: Five Senior and eleven Youth Results "Awaited"!

EBL1: Worthing win the top-of-the-table clash to go into New Year in pole position to retain the title; Derby climb into top four;

EBL2: Top two both scrape 2-point away victories to remain unbeaten; University of Birmingham move up to third; Kent and Northampton climb away from the foot of the table, with wins against basement rivals;

EBL3: Dragons beat Durham by 25, in North, [not the other way round as originally shown on EB] the day before the two meet, at the same venue, in the Shield; with leaders Luna Mansfield not playing till tomorrow, Leeds Carnegie, Sheffield Saints and Mansfield Giants all win to keep up the pressure; Nottingham win at Liverpool to leave the Merseysiders still pointless;

Leaders Southampton lose at Towers in South, but London Met fail to take advantage, losing at home to Hackney who move up threateningly;

EBL4: Portsmouth stay undefeated and clear of the field in South-West; Reading II climb over Guildford II into third;

EBL1 Women: Hatters see of challenge from Nottingham and go into New Year at top of table; UWIC climb to fifth while Northumbria strengthen their top four credentials;

EBL2 Women: Holbrook keep up the pressure in top four of South;

Cardiff beat third-placed Black Country to reach the halfway stage well on top of Midlands/South-West; Solent move into play-off contention;

Mansfield dent Bury's title ambitions in North; Stockport go top, as leaders Leeds lose at Nottingham;

Youth Match headlines:

Sureshot U-18 Women's Cup: Holders Manchester stroll through to semi-finals;

Under-18 Men Premier: TASIS win at closest rivals Solent to stay unbeaten in South-West;

Coventry pull level with joint leaders in Midlands;

Under-18 Men Conference: Liverpool strengthen hold on second place in North-West;

Notts end Milton Keynes' unbeaten start in Midlands, to move level with them at top; Worcester thrash Shropshire to move above them into third place; First victory for Lynx Lincoln, at Leicester Cannons, lifts them off foot of table;

Huge victory for Richmond London U. keeps them on top in South II;

Under-16 Men Premier: Rampant Manchester remain unbeaten in 11 in North; Sharks climb over Trafford into second place;

East London win again in South, to move to a positive record; Hackney lose unbeaten record, at Marjon Cannons;

Under-16 Men Conference: Newcastle win the top-of-the-table battle in North-East, to go clear;

Under-18 Women: Narrow victory for Southend over third-placed Sevenoaks strengthens their hold on second place in South;

Leaders Birmingham go down at home to sixth placed Hatfield; Northants leap to second place;

Under-16 Women: Doncaster go top in Midlands pending unbeaten Nottingham's game tomorrow; Northants come from behind to win by one in Birmingham to stay third; Hatters win big at Shropshire to climb above them to fourth;

08&09/12: EB Reviews:  

Men's National Cup; Women's National Cup; Div 1 Men; Div 1 Women; Div 2 Men;

09/12:   Sunday's Senior Match headlines: 

EBL Men's Shield: No result yet from Sefton (but that seems common to all their teams in all competitions!);

EBL1: Bristol climbed to fourth [yesterday];  

EBL2 Women: London Met pulled four points clear in North with victory at second placed Enfield [yesterday];

Solent II stun leaders Cardiff in South;     

EBL3: Heat go cold as Nottingham pick up first win in North; Sabres' title challenge fades with home defeat by Leeds Carnegie;

Towers hand first defeat to Hackney in South; Colchester lose for the second time in two days;      

EBL4: Derby II win at Richmond London United to end the leaders' unbeaten start, and go top themselves in Midlands-South; Wellingborough climb to second;

I'm treating it with caution, but Ilkeston appear to have picked up their first win in North, at the expense of previously unbeaten WNC Mansfield;

Youth Match headlines:

Under-18 Men Premier: South-East leaders Brixton go down at WFS;

Solent win well at Southampton to pull away from their neighbours, in third place, in South-East;     

Under-18 Men Conference: Victory at third placed Stockport II put undefeated Bury clear in North-West [yesterday];

For the fourth time in six away fixtures this season, PAWS default in South II;

Under-18 Women: Unless its another of those wrong-way-round results, Leicester inflict the first defeat on Birmingham in North;

Under-16 Men Premier: Manchester follow up yesterday's Under-18 victory over Sharks with a repeat in Under-16 North;

08/12:   Saturday's Senior Match headlines: A bad day for Results - Three Senior and TEN Youth Results still "Awaited";

National Cup: Manchester and Worthing set up a re-run of last year's Cup Final;       

Women's National Cup: Hatters and Rhondda set up a re-run of the last three Cup Finals, as they meet in the Final for the eighth time;       

EBL1: Coventry off the mark at last; Leopards go level with the top two;  

EBL2: Cardiff and Tees Valley remain unbeaten; NEWI record first win; Northumbria lose again; Illness to eight players leads Northampton to forfeit game at Plymouth Marjon;    

EBL3: Saints move up to third in North; Seventh straight defeat for Liverpool;

Colchester drop off the pace in South; Southampton pull clear at top;     

EBL4: First win of season for Loughborough in Midlands-South;

 Portsmouth remain unbeaten in South-West, and pull away at the top as Bognor crash at Cannons;   

EBL1 Women: Hatters go top on 5&0; Manchester stay in touch;   

EBL2 Women: Next-to-bottom Doncaster didn't shock leaders Leeds Carnegie in North - the original score was the wrong way round!    

Youth Match headlines:

Under-18 Men Premier: Manchester end Sharks' unbeaten start in table-top battle in North; Birmingham strengthen grip on third place, with victory over York;

West London go level with the top in South-East;

TASIS thrash second placed Marjon Cannons to move clear in South-West; Taunton climb above Cardiff in the lower half of the table;

Under-18 Men Conference: Double-booked court costs Leicester the points at home to Shropshire in Midlands;

Brentwood and Eastside pull away in South 1;

Under-16 Men Premier: Leicester Cannons pick up first win in North;

Under-16 Men Conference: Taunton win the top of the table clash in South-West to become the only unbeaten side in the division;

Ninth win in a row for Manchester in North;

Under-18 Women: Haringey remain unbeaten in South; Southend keep up the pressure;

Northants inflict first defeat on Gateshead in North;

Under-16 Women: Reading and Haringey keep up the pressure at top of South 2;

 

02/12:   Sunday's Senior Match headlines: All Senior "Awaited" results from yesterday are now in, but one of today's is missing.

EBL Men's Shield: Eastside (10th in EBL3 South) dump Hackney out of the competition;

EBL1: Reading thrash Arrows to climb back into top four;  

EBL3: Second win in two days puts Luna Mansfield clear in North; Giants leave Maroons red faced; Durham turn up the heat on Huddersfield;   

EBL4: Portsmouth stayed undefeated [yesterday] at top of South-West, but had to come from behind to beat Bristol II

Richmond London United extend unbeaten record in Midlands/South to 5&0; Derby II lose their unbeaten record, at Westminster, who go top;    

WNC Mansfield still unbeaten in North;    

EBL2 Women: Sevenoaks leapfrog Southend with big win in South; Brixton climb away from the foot of the table;

Taunton go third in Midlands/South-West, leaving Bristol still without a win;

Bury join a three-way tie at top in North;        

Youth Match headlines: Four of yesterday's seven missing results are still not available, and two of today's are "Awaited".

Sureshot U-18 Men's Cup: Hackney see off their Conference hosts; South-West leaders TASIS win at South-East high flyers Sevenoaks; Reading put out Moulton; Tees Valley win at Bury in the all-Conference tie;

Sureshot U-16 Men's Cup: Sharks and Solent progress to quarter finals; Manchester thrash Wear Valley by 92;

Under-18 Men Conference: Folkestone miss the chance to go top of South II as Southampton II pick up their first win;

Gloster pull away to 8&0 in South-West;

Under-16 Men Conference: Brentwood end Milton Keynes' perfect start in South I;

Sevenoaks take the points in South II, as Islington fail to turn up; [Question: How can you "fail to turn up" for a tip-off that's still listed as "TBC"?]   

Abingdon stretch to 7&0 in South-West;  

Under-16 Women: Fourth quarter spurt brings Haringey from behind to end Southend 's unbeaten start in South II;

01/12:   Saturday's Senior Match headlines: Three surprising "Awaited" results among the Seniors, along with seven Youth results.

Patron's Cup: Plymouth Marjon Cannons v Plymouth Raiders II will not be played, as it has no bearing on qualification;

EBL Men's Shield:

BBL Trophy: PAWs win at Worthing;    Report

EBL1: Bristol leave West Anglia rooted to the foot of table; Derby extend Coventry's win-less start; Manchester end Leopards' unbeaten start, to go top;    

EBL2: Plymouth and Kent both pick up first win; Northampton also take first victory, and leave NEWI at foot of table; Second defeat for Northumbria, as Cardiff stay unbeaten at top; Tees Valley also stay undefeated;    

EBL3: Saints beat Sabres in the all-Sheffield clash in North; Meeting of the two unbeaten teams sees Luna Mansfield take over from Leeds Carnegie at the top;

Southampton Trailblazers go top in  South;    

EBL4: Tees Valley II fail to raise a team in North; Sefton stay clear and unbeaten;

Derby II stay unbeaten in Midlands/South, while Loughborough remain pointless; Westminster keep up the pressure, ahead of tomorrow's visit by Derby;

Stockport pull away from Tyne Met in  North;

Marjon Cannons II beat Cornwall to open a gap at the foot of table in South-West; Victory at Reading gives Bognor control of second place;    

EBL1 Women: Rhondda take out their European frustrations on Sevenoaks, holding them to 4 points in first quarter, and 15 in the half, on the way to a 75-point victory; Hatters hold out to win at Northumbria; First win of season for Solent; UWIC consolidate mid-table standing; Manchester leapfrog Nottingham into top four;   

EBL2 Women: Holbrook beat table-topping Enfield in the highly competitive South; London Met take over at the top;

Leeds Carnegie go top in North;

Cardiff stay clear at top of Midlands/South-West with victory over Plymouth; Black Country strengthen grip on second place;    

Youth Match headlines:

Sureshot U-18 Men's Cup: West London squeeze past Brixton by a single point;

Under-18 Men Premier: Derby post big win in Doncaster to end Danum Eagles' unbeaten run since February '06 in North;

Taunton climb off foot of South-West table, leaving Gwent as the only team without a win;

First win of season for Ipswich in South-East;

Under-18 Men Conference: Richmond College go down at PAWs in South II;

East Durham go top in North-East;

Bury stay unbeaten and go top in North-West;

Notts Nova stay top of Midlands, but Milton Keynes remain unbeaten;

West Herts record their first win ... by 41 points, in South I; Eastside draw level with the top;

Under-16 Men Premier: Hackney remain unbeaten to go top in South; East London revival continues, with victory over Worthing;

Under-16 Men Conference: Newcastle win the Tyneside derby by 87 points in North-East;

Under-18 Women: Birmingham stayed unbeaten on Wednesday night, to go top in North;

Chiltern win by 1 at Devon in the basement battle in South; Southend open a gap over Brixton with big win;

Under-16 Women: Southend hold Ipswich scoreless in first and fourth quarters, to win 86-5 in South II;

 

 

 

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