Category: FireStorm LL

Armitage Scoops WEBBA MVP

FireStorm had completed the WEBBA double winning the League and the Women’s Invitational Cup, and it was great for everyone involved, to make it a unique triple Pip Armitage pick up the MVP for the season.

With FireStorm doing so well obviously numerous players featured in the top of the stats tables but Pip led the pack finishing as the leagues top scorer, top three point shooter and in the top ten for Free Throw %.  Coupled with consistent dominant rebounding you begin to see the whole picture, of a player who had a strong resurgent season.

 

WEBBA Women’s Invitational Cup

It was the first WEBBA Women’s Invitational Final, but it was the fourth time that Braves and FireStorm would be facing off against each other.

The game started slowly for both teams, I guess big match nerves, and half-time could not have come soon enough.  The second half though was a different game and the energy that FireStorm hit the floor with was a game changer, and FireStorm never really looked like losing the game or momentum whatever Braves tried to throw at them.

WEBBA Invitational Cup – Pool Games

In the first tournament of its kind, and a real celebration of women’s basketball in the area, ten teams headed into the pool games at UWE on the late April weekend, the prize for the winners a place in the final at WISE on 13th May.

The pools

Pool A – Bath, Braves, Cardiff, Flyers, Mavericks

Pool B – Bristol Uni, Butedown Dragons, FireStorm, Flames, UWE

(Shortened games)

FireStorm started with a game against Bristol Uni, and it was a tight affair, but as you would expect for the first game of a long day neither team was really ‘on-fire’ and their were lots of misses, in the end though FireStorm made more shots and hung on for the win.

Second game of the day for FireStorm was against UWE and unlike the previous university, this game was very one sided and FireStorm cruised to a 25 – 6 win.

Game three was against local league rivals Flames but after initial resistance and a barrage of threes FireStorm opened up a lead and never looked back finishing 30 – 14.

Final game of the day and a win would secure a place in the final, and the game was against unknown team Butetown Dragons, it would prove to be the toughest game of the day, with Dragons initially managing to keep up with FireStorm’s scoring. To break clear FireStorm did something they hadn’t really done all day, they clamped down on defence and straight away the benefits were obvious and the game was won 27 – 19.

On to the final against winners of the other pool Braves (fourth time this season)  

 It was also key to note that today finally saw the return of Kimberley Kheing, after over a year out following ankle surgery, Kim was back on the floor – something everyone associated with Storm and basketball will have been please to see.

Storming to the title

They did it.

After a long season the FireStorm team claimed the WEBBA League title with the only blip on the season an out of character defeat away to Swindon on a wet and windy Monday night.

The team finished the season with a 17 – 1 record, but very importantly for Coach also the best defensive record in the league.

‘We knew if we ran at teams for forty minutes we would have a good chance of winning, but we didnt want to just outscore people, we wanted to stop people from scoring and that mentality will definitely help the players grow when they move onto the next level, it is an old saying offence wins games but defence wins championships and our defence went a long way to securing the title for us.’ – Coach Brock

Having won the league title, FireStorm move onto the WEBBA Women’s Invitational Cup next month with the pool games at UWE, and then the Final at WISE in May.