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Oct 15, 2012 Sports
BOSAI Open Challenge Basketball C/ship
Retrieve Raiders crushed Victory Valley Royals, 76-28, to get their campaign off on a positive note when the BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc Open challenge basketball championship bounced off on Saturday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court in Linden.
National centre Dwayne Roberts led an impressive showing by the Raiders with 13 points as he was supported by young forward Dwight McKinnon who netted 11 as Alexander Rose and another national player Neil Marks each got 8 points, in the overwhelming win.
Raiders had led throughout the contest after being ahead 21-10 when the first quarter ended and at half time had taken a 36-14 advantage.
The Royals were never in the contest, missing key player Chris Williams, and could only muster another 14 points in the contest as they were outscored 40-14 in the second period, having trailed 23-54 after the third quarter expired.
They bowed out eventually to a rampaging Raiders who won 76-28.
The best scorers for the losing Royals side were national youth guard Marlon Pollydore with 11 points, as fellow back court players Alwyn Rodney and Marvin Russel added nine and six points respectively.
Before the start of the championship BOSAI’s Mines Maintenance Superintendent Mr. Eric Yu and his wife Lilian, along with president of the LABA Capt. Eon Murray took the salute at the march past of the participating clubs
Unfortunately, six of the seven affiliated clubs were represented namely, Kashif and Shanghai Kings, Retrieve Raiders, Block 22 Flames, Amelia’s Ward Jets, Half Mile Bulls and Victory Valley Royals, as the defaulting Wismar Pistons club was withdrawn from participating by the LABA pending the outcome an investigation due their absence.
Meanwhile, due to that decision to oust Wismar Pistons from participating in the championship, the LABA in an emergency meeting that night decided that the tournament will be played on a round robin format among the six clubs, and the top four will advance after the group stage was completed to the semifinals.
The tournament, which has at stake trophies and cash incentives with the winners getting $60,000 and losing finalist $30,000, will be played at weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, to conclude in early November.
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