Affiliated to Basketball Wales and England Basketball
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON AT A GLANCE……….
PREMIER LEAGUE BASKETBALL COME TO CWMBRAN.
Between 2004 and 2006 ABC Gwent played its basketball in the Western Conference in England Basketball’s junior national league. The U18 programme had finished second in both 2004 / 2005 and 2005 / 2006 and was invited by England Basketball to apply to play in the Premier League, a pretty good indication that the programme was going in the right direction.
Final Table 2005 / 2006
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Void |
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Taunton Tigers |
13 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
1207 |
699 |
508 |
39 |
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ABC Gwent |
12 |
2 |
0 |
.857 |
1154 |
829 |
325 |
38 |
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Swindon Sonics |
7 |
7 |
0 |
.500 |
988 |
940 |
48 |
28 |
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UWIC Stealers |
7 |
6 |
0 |
.538 |
898 |
878 |
20 |
26 |
An application was made and Gwent took its place amongst some of the better clubs in the Southwest of England. The competition was of a much higher standard than in the Conference because teams were more organised with better coaches running them.
OCTOBER 7th (home)
ABC Gwent 71
Reading Rockets 104
Welcome to the Premier League !
Gwent scorers: Gayle 19, St. John 16, Roberts 12, Lawrence 10.
OCTOBER 14th (away)
ABC Gwent 51
Tamar Valley Cannons 64
A close game but a lack of composure in the second half cost ABC the game.
Gwent scorers: St. John 12, Gayle / Flook 10, Lawrence 9.
NOVEMBER 12th (away)
ABC Gwent 81
SOUTHAMPTON 87
Just like the Tamar game, ABC loose a first half lead and pay the price with 3rd loss.
Gwent scorers: St. John 30, Roberts 23, Flook 18.
DECEMBER 2nd (away)
ABC Gwent 66
Bristol Academy 60
An under strength Gwent side get first win at Filton.
Gwent scorers: St. John 24, Roberts 12, Flook 11.
DECEMBER 9th (home)
ABC Gwent 55
Taunton Tigers 65
A great first half followed by a very poor second half cost Gwent its first home win.
Gwent scorers: St. John 18, Jamma 11, Roberts 10.
DECEMBER 16th (home)
ABC Gwent 60
Solent Stars 72
A two point half team lead was squandered with 3 missed 3rd quarter. One the Stars got their noses in front there was no way back for Gwent.
Gwent scorers: St. John 21, Flook 15, Roberts 13.
JANUARY 13th (away)
ABC Gwent 72
Gloster Jets 63
ABC eased to it’s second away win with a visit the Cheltenham and the under strength Jets.
Gwent scorers: St. John 28, Jamma 13, Flook 11, Roberts 10.
JANUARY 27th (away)
ABC Gwent 50
Reading Rockets 93
Reading continue to steamroller its way through the southwest premier. Still undefeated after Gwent visit to Lodin Valley.
Gwent scorers: Roberts 20, St. John 14, Flook 12.
FEBRUARY 3rd (home)
ABC Gwent 91
Tamar Valley Cannons 69
A great team performance and some outstanding finishes dumps Tamar at Cwmbran
Gwent scorers: St. John 34, Flook 30, Roberts 12.
FEBRUARY 17th (away)
ABC Gwent 62
Solent Stars 85
An under strength squad travelled to the south coast and were down 54 – 57 with 8 minutes to play. With Jamme, Williams and Flook fouling out Gwent were left to play 3 minutes with only four players on court. Solent out scored Gwent 18 – 4 in the last 4 minutes. Lloyd Roberts was unavailable.
Gwent scorers: St. John 32, Jamma 13.
FEBRUARY 24th (home)
ABC Gwent 105
Southampton 85
For the first time in the season Gwent scores 20+ points in every quarter.
Gwent scorers: St. John 39, Roberts 24, Flook 21.
MARCH 4th (away)
ABC GWENT 51
TASIS 82
With a 3 point shot on the stroke of half time from Ben Flook, Gwent lead by 33 – 29 at the interval. With only 18 second half points Gwent were unable to remain competitive and TASIS ran out comfortable winner. Again Lloyd Roberts was absent from the ABC line up.
Gwent scorers: St. John 21, Pimm 11, Flook 10.
MARCH 10th (home)
ABC Gwent 20
Bristol Academy 00
Apparently Bristol could not get a coach or transport for this game so it was awarded to Gwent 20 – 00.
MARCH 17th (away)
ABC Gwent 80
Taunton Tigers 109
With a number of injuries and sickness within the Gwent squad a youthful competitive team travelled to Somerset. Whilst the score suggests different the squad worked hard and gave a reasonable account of itself.
Gwent scorers: St. John 33, Roberts 19, Jamma 10
MARCH 24th (home)
ABC Gwent 105
Gloster Jets 65
With Gloster only travelling with 6 players the game was over as a contest quickly. The margin was 17 at the half and again Gwent scored 20+ points in every quarter.
Gwent scorers: St. John 37, Jamma 22, Roberts 18, Williams 12, Trueman 10.
MARCH 31st (home)
ABC Gwent 86
TASIS 89
A much better performance than the first game with the American School in Surrey.
Gwent scorers: St. John 27, Roberts 21, Jamma 15.
FINAL TABLE 2006 / 2007.
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Void |
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Reading Rockets I |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
1407 |
884 |
523 |
48 |
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TASIS |
14 |
2 |
0 |
.875 |
1353 |
975 |
378 |
44 |
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Taunton Tigers |
10 |
6 |
0 |
.625 |
1352 |
1229 |
123 |
36 |
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Tamar Valley Cannons |
9 |
7 |
0 |
.563 |
1109 |
1179 |
-70 |
34 |
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Solent |
7 |
9 |
0 |
.438 |
1047 |
1047 |
0 |
30 |
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Southampton Trailblazers |
7 |
9 |
0 |
.438 |
1219 |
1211 |
8 |
30 |
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ABC Gwent |
6 |
10 |
0 |
.375 |
1103 |
1192 |
-89 |
28 |
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Bristol Academy I |
3 |
13 |
0 |
.188 |
823 |
1081 |
-258 |
19 |
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Team Gloster Jets |
0 |
16 |
0 |
.000 |
831 |
1446 |
-615 |
16 |
So a 7th place finish in Gwent first season at the “top table” was a credit to the players and coaching staff. The loss of Appollo Gayle, Nathanial Lawrence and Dominic Allen at Christmas would have crippled most squads. With the addition of Sam Trueman, Annureet Bajwa and Martin Pimm the squad continued to develop and be competitive. Teams placed from 3rd to 7th inclusive could beat each other on any given day. Reading were head and shoulders above the rest cruising to the league title.
Outside of the 16 games played in the National League, ABC Gwent played another 37 games to complete a full season schedule of 53 games. The final record for the squad this season:
30 – 23
More results:
ABC Gwent 74 away
Izegem (Belgium) 49
ABC Gwent 66 away
Caneries (Belgium) 60
ABC Gwent 65 away
Oudenburg (Belgium) 48
ABC Gwent 71 home
Tamar valley Cannons 72
ABC Gwent 59 home
Taunton Tigers 65
ABC Gwent 69 away
Gwent All Stars U20 74
ABC Gwent 80 away
Troon (Scotland) 64
ABC Gwent 66 away
St. Mirren (Scotland) 59
ABC Gwent 88 away
Bristol Storm 41
ABC Gwent 74 away
Plymouth Raiders 53
ABC Gwent 74 away
Tamar Valley Cannons 61
ABC Gwent 75 away
YMCA Torbay 51
ABC Gwent 65 away
UWIC Men 82
ABC Gwent 62 away
Northampton 65
ABC Gwent 64 away
Nottingham Nova 61
ABC Gwent 84 away
Melle (Belgium) 59
ABC Gwent 63 away
Sylese – Damme 72
ABC Gwent 60 away
Leslese (Belgium) 72
ABC Gwent 71 away
Tammes (Belgium) 49
ABC Gwent 76 away
Oudenburg (Belgium) 49
ABC Gwent 66 home
Merthyr 68
ABC Gwent 107 home
Kenfig Hill 25
ABC Gwent 77 away
Treorchi Retro 65
ABC Gwent 92 away
St. Athen 41
ABC Gwent 95 home
Barry 65
ABC Gwent 71 away
CNBC Tribe 69
ABC Gwent 83 home
Welshpool 66
ABC Gwent 79 home
City Academy Bristol 51
ABC Gwent 109 away
Barry 86
ABC Gwent 80 away
Leicester 68
ABC Gwent 63 home
Swansea 41
ABC Gwent 65 away
Barry Men 60
ABC Gwent 44 away
BC Overgas (Bulgaria) 58
ABC Gwent 49 away
HSVB (Holland) 61
ABC Gwent 70 away
H’ vast Cap (Holland) 79
ABC Gwent 43 away
Dutch National Team 79
ABC Gwent 65 away
UKS Katowice (Poland) 57