Past Reviews: April 07; September 07; October 07; November 07; December 07; January 08;
24/02: As they begin to take shape, we have the "draw" for the U-18 and U-16 play-offs in flowchart form. Senior Match headlines: EBL1: Manchester and Worthing win again; West Anglia consigned to finish in relegation zone; EBL3: London Met maintain their hold at the top of South; Hackney edge past Westide to stay in the mix; Towers stumble at Brixton; EBL4: Derby win the top-three clash against Richmond London Utd. in Midlands/South, giving further hope to fourth-placed Wellingborough, who won again; Westminster stay out in front; Wirral win to go third in North, ahead of WNC Mansfield, who lost for second time this weekend; Guildford II climb into top three in South; EBL1 Women: Hatters revive their title hopes, with 14-point home victory over Rhondda; EBL2 Women: Sevenoaks creep even closer to play-off places in South; London Met go back to top; Youth Match headlines: Under-18 Men Premier: Leopards beat South-East leaders West London, but wins for Hackney and Sevenoaks leave them still outside top four; Under-18 Men Conference: Tees Valley take the North-East title; Under-16 Men Premier: Manchester confirm play-off place in North; Derby keep alive their outside hopes of the fourth qualification spot; Under-16 Men Conference: Doncaster beat Leeds in North-East, to claim the remaining play-off place, but still need to beat Newcastle, next week, to snatch the title; PAWs fail to turn up at Sevenoaks, for their fourth default of the season in South 2; Wessex Warriors, in the South-West, are the latest team to disappear suddenly, with neither warning nor publicity! Revised Table. Abingdon beat Taunton, to edge closer to title; Under-18 Women: Birmingham edge past Northants, to overtake them into second place in North; second win of the weekend takes Stockport a step closer to the title; Under-16 Women: Plymouth held to six first half points at Solent, in South 1, and fail to score after the break; 23/02: Senior Match headlines:. EBL1: With Manchester not playing till tomorrow, Worthing go top, and Reading stay in the title race and qualify for play-offs; Leopards strengthen top-four standing; Taunton pull out of the relegation zone, and into the play-off places; EBL2: Cardiff and Tees Valley both win to stay in control at top; Birmingham Uni qualify for play-offs; NEWI win at Plymouth II to climb level with them, and with Kent, in the basement battle; EBL3: Sabres dented Saints' title hopes in the North, in the Sheffield derby [last night], which must have scared Liverpool ... who failed to turn up for today's rearranged game in Sheffield! Table Worcester beat leaders Colchester in South; London Met take over at top; Westside dent Hackney's play-off aspirations, in a re-arranged fixture which didn't appear on the schedule until the result arrived! EBL4: Sefton win by one at Mansfield in the North, to guarantee a play-off place; Stockport strengthen grip on second place; Westminster fail to pull away in Midlands/South, as a broken ring postpones their game; Portsmouth move to within one win of South-West title; EBL1 Women: Solent end Hatters' unbeaten start! Northumbria beat Nottingham to climb above them to third; Sevenoaks win at Heathrow ; EBL2 Women: Bury beat leaders Stockport in the North, to take over at the top; Hatters II move up to third; Black Country Bears clinch the Midlands/South-West title; Holbrook end Brixton's interest in play-offs in South, and enhance their own hopes; Enfield and London Met edge closer to qualification; Youth Match headlines: Under-18 Men Premier: Birmingham secure play-off qualification in the North; Derby beat Doncaster Danum to close in on Midlands title; Hackney move up to third in South-East; Leopards maintain their play-off aspirations; Solent beat Reading, to clinch qualification in South-West; Plymouth Marjon beat Southampton, to give them the edge in the chase for remaining post-season places; Under-18 Men Conference: Liverpool and Tameside both win, in North-West, to keep the pressure on Preston for the one remaining play-off spot; Notts Nova complete their fixtures, at top of table in Midlands, but Milton Keynes will take the title if they win at Worcester (already guaranteed third place) next week; Torbay boost play-off hopes with victory over third-placed Dorset, in South-West; Under-16 Men Premier: Derby's play-off hopes recede, in North, as they lose to Sheffield (who clinch qualification), while Birmingham win to strengthen fourth place claim; Hackney and Solent clinch qualification in South; Under-16 Men Conference: Durham beat Scarborough to complete their schedule, and qualify for play-offs in North-East; Doncaster must now beat Leeds (tomorrow) and Newcastle (next week) to snatch the title on head-to-head [which makes the difference between visiting the North Premier winners or hosting the North Premier 4th placed team!]; Milton Keynes lift the South 1 title; Under-18 Women: Stockport pull clear in North with victory over second-placed Birmingham; Under-16 Women: Southend and Haringey still neck-and-neck at top of South 2; 22/02: Abingdon complete their fixtures, and clinch the U-18 South-West Conf. title ... off the court - as Wessex default for the fourth time this season! Barry Huskies have disappeared from U-18 South-West Conf. sometime during the week! Results chart amended
w/e 17 Feb: EBL Review of the weekend: Men's Shield Final, Sureshot Men's Cup Finals; EBL1: Reading, Worthing and Manchester, Bristol/Derby & Sheffield/Taunton, EBL2: Saturday, EBL1 Women, 17/02: Senior Match headlines:. EBL Men's Shield: Derby come from behind in 4th quarter to take the win. EBL1: Manchester and Worthing both win again, to formally qualify for play-offs; EBL2: Tees Valley move back to the top of the table (and guarantee play-off qualification) in the absence of a result from Cardiff; following defeat yesterday (reported today), Northampton win, to open an eight point gap over the teams outside the play-off places; EBL3: Durham miss the chance to go level with Mansfield, with defeat at Nottingham in North; result still "Awaited" from Huddersfield's crunch game at home to Dragons; Result still "Awaited" from London Met's top-four clash with Towers in South; EBL4: Sefton strengthen their position at top in North as Mansfield crash at Wirral; Wellingborough keep their outside play-off chances alive in Midland/South with 56 point thrashing of Bedford; The size of Portsmouth's lead at top of South-West can't be determined till Bristol get round to sending in the result; EBL2 Women: Solent II beat Taunton in Midlands/South-West to edge closer to play-offs. Enfield went top of South [yesterday] with victory at Westside; Youth Match headlines: Sureshot U-18 Men's Cup: Manchester snatch last-gasp victory in thrilling finish Sureshot U-16 Men's Cup: Back-to-back successes for Sharks Under-18 Men Premier: Moulton move into top four in Midlands, with win over Leicester; Under-18 Men Conference: Richmond London Utd clinch the South I title; Bristol climb over Torbay into top four in South-West; Under-16 Men Conference: Durham win at Doncaster to stay top in North-East; Liverpool win at Reddish to knock them out of play-off contention, and climb back into the top two in North-West; Under-16 Women: Nottingham secure play-off qualification in Midlands; Hatters lose to Doncaster, but results elsewhere secures them a play-off spot; 16/02: Senior Match headlines: EBL1: Reading opened a gap between the top three and Leopards [last night - Report], and widened it with another win today; Worthing also win, to got joint top with Manchester (who play tomorrow) and Reading; Bristol beat Derby to climb back to fifth; Table EBL2: Victory for Plymouth Marjon, along with defeat for their neighbours Plymouth II, opens a six point gap between play-off and non-play-off places; Cardiff go joint top, as Tees Valley lose at Northumbria; EBL3: Colchester move clear at top of South; Towers beat Brookes Oxford to replace them in second; lack of transport damages Hackney's play-off chances, as they default to Southampton; Bradford Dragons open a gap over fourth-placed Sabres in North; Leeds Carnegie win at Mansfield, to secure play-off qualification for themselves ... and for Sheffield Saints, who don't play this weekend; EBL4: Westminster go top of Midlands/South, as CoWA II default; Richmond London Utd. stumble in their promotion quest, at home to Omega; Bognor edge victory over Reading II in South-West, to overtake them into second place; EBL1 Women: Hatters hold off Northumbria and both they and Rhondda remain unbeaten; Nottingham climb to third; both Manchester and UWIC join the play-off qualifiers; EBL2 Women: Black Country beat Cardiff to move to within one win of qualification in Midlands/South; Wins for London Met and Holbrook, and the absence of a result from Enfield's game at Westside leaves three teams level on points at top of South; Youth Match headlines: Under-18 Men Premier: 14th straight win edges TASIS closer to South-West title; Moulton move to the edge of the play-off zone, with games in hand, with win at Coventry in Midlands; Under-18 Men Conference: Bury beat second placed Liverpool in North-West, to go 16&0, and secure not only play-off qualification, but the title!; Preston climb to second; Under-16 Men Premier: Hackney go top in South, after being gifted the points by Haringey's fourth default of season; Leopards' play-off hopes take another knock with defeat at Reading ; Worthing move up to fourth; Sheffield go top in North as Trafford beat stable-mates Manchester by a single point! Under-16 Men Conference: Guildford beat Westminster in South2, to strengthen play-off hopes; Spelthorne qualify for post-season; Victory over second placed Liverpool takes Bury to 16&0, and play-off qualification, in North-West; Under-18 Women: Stockport take over at top in North; Under-16 Women: Southend (without touching a ball) and Haringey both qualify for play-offs from South2;
w/e 10 Feb: EBL Review of the weekend: Women's Trophy Final, U-18 Women's Final, U-16 Women's Final, EBL1 (part1, part2, part3 and part4), EBL2, EBL1 Women, 10/02: Senior Match headlines: Women's Trophy: Sevenoaks Suns II emulate last year's success by their first team, to lift the Trophy, as Hatters II suffer their third Final defeat in four seasons; BBL: Eagles stay clear at top; Guildford bounce back from Friday's defeat, but stay outside top four as Plymouth and Rocks also win; Table EBL1: Manchester bring Derby crashing back to earth; Table EBL2: Leicester hand NEWI a potential relegation lifeline, as they default on their visit to North Wales, but Plymouth Raiders stay two points ahead of the drop-zone, as they surprise Northumbria; Table EBL3: London Met, slip off the title pace in South, with defeat at bottom team Westside; Tables EBL4: Bognor, in South-West, are the second senior team this weekend to forget their licence cards, and their title hopes recede as a result; WNC Mansfield move up to second in North; Sefton stay clear at top, with yesterday's win at Tees Valley; Richmond London Utd go top in South-East; Tables Youth Match headlines: Infuriatingly, at the end of a busy and tiring day, there were fifteen Youth results still awaited, at 10.00pm! Now (11.00pm) there are still seven "Awaited" Sureshot U-18 Women's Cup: Haringey deny Manchester a fourth consecutive U-18 Cup victory; Sureshot U-16 Women's Cup: 38 points and 20 rebounds from Christina Gaskin helps Southend to their first success in U-16 Cup; Under-18 Men Conference: Northwest JAZ, in South 2, now qualify as "top" of our "Hall of Shame", with no less than six late results this season! Under-16 Men Premier: Two wins in as many days, including one over local rivals Solent, consolidates Southampton's top-two status in South; Under-16 Men Conference: According to the EB website, the South II game between Fortishead and East Kent is "Awaited". It could be a long wait, as the former pulled out pre-season. Brentwood beat West Herts in South I, to climb above them into a play-off place; 09/02: Senior Match headlines: Most results in - except West Anglia II (for the fourth time) and Tees Valley II. BBL: Plymouth climb back into top four; Birmingham stay rooted to the foot of the table; PAWs edge closer to Leicester; Reports EBL1: Leopards just edge past Bristol to strengthen their top-four place; big win for Derby keeps them in touch; Worthing keep up the pressure on the top; EBL2: Birmingham Uni crash at home to Northampton, enabling Birmingham Athletics to move back into fourth; Cardiff edge closer to the top; EBL3: Durham further dampen Mansfield's play-off hopes in North; Manchester leave Huddersfield adrift near relegation zone; leaders Leeds suffer first defeat, as visitors Sheffield Saints open up the title race; Colchester hold on to top spot in South, as the top four all win to pull away from Southampton and West Herts who both lost; EBL4: Cornwall dent Bristol's play-off hopes in South-West; Portsmouth lose their unbeaten record, as Guildford make a push for the play-offs; Stockport edge clear of the play-off chasing pack in North; Westminster win to set up a three-team tie at the top in Midlands/South; forgotten licence cards at home leave Loughborough red-faced and pointless; EBL1 Women: Hatters and Rhondda stay unbeaten; Northumbria move up to third; Nottingham leap to fourth; EBL2 Women: Black Country strengthen their position at top in Midlands/South-West, with a victory as the meeting between 2nd and 3rd placed Cardiff and Solent II is postponed; Enfield win at leaders London Met to keep title race alive in South; Stockport pull away in North as Bury overturn Nottingham; Youth Match headlines: Under-18 Men Premier: Sharks go top, and dent Sefton's play-off hopes in North; West London and Brixton strengthen their play-off claims in South-East; Top three all win in Midlands; TASIS retain their unbeaten record, and qualify for play-offs in South-West; Under-18 Men Conference: Tees Valley edge closer to the top in North-East, with games still in hand; Under-16 Men Conference: Shropshire maintain their grip at top in Midlands; Under-18 Women: Stockport go top in North; Under-16 Women: Nottingham beat Doncaster to open a gap at the top in Midlands; Hatters move into second; 03/02: Senior Match headlines: National Trophy: Holders Reading cruise through against Arrows; Worthing set up a re-run of last year's game, as they return for a record seventh Trophy Final; Patron's Cup: Men's Shield winners two years ago, now Northumbria reach their first Patron's Cup final, with thrilling single-point victory over Northampton; The Final will be a North-East "derby", in the North-West, as Tees Valley take a big victory in Cardiff; EBL3: Leeds Carnegie did stay unbeaten at the top in North [yesterday], and stretched their run to 14 today; Away victories keep both Sheffield teams well placed in top four; In the increasingly volatile South, the top two both lose (after winning yesterday), while the third and fourth placed teams (who both lost yesterday) both win; Two wins in the weekend lift Southampton to fifth; EBL4: The title race in Midlands/South is still a three-way battle, as Westminster |