Unofficial Flyers

This year  there will be a new team in the Flyers Camp. Flyers Womens team will play in Division 2 of the  England Basketball League. Trials for the team were held in August with training starting soon after.

Division 2 means that our ladies will be up against teams from Taunton, Plymouth, Birmingham and even as far off as Guernsey.

More details of the team will be published shortly, but I hope that Flyers fans will show their support at as many of the games as possible.

Fixtures are published below the roster.

For details of Filton Flyers Womens Teams please contact
Womens Head Coach
Bob Mason
07968026383.

Saturday 14 November

League Game

Bristol Academy Flyers v Taunton Tigers

 Result

50 - 40

 Quarter scores

Top Scorers 

The contribution of hard team-work has resulted in another victory for the Bristol Academy Flyers, Women’s team.

As represented by the points in each quarter, the teams went head to head from the very first moment on the court. The high tempo game driven by M Marshall (No 8) and U Strzemiecka (No 10)  put the opposition’s defence under a lot of pressure. However this would not have taken place without strong assists, accurate passing and excellent reading of the game by players such as M Kowalczyk (No 11) and S Wibley (No 7). The defence communicated well (S.Keen No.4 and A.Belkner No12), under a lot of pressure form H Watkins (No 12) – one of the strongest Taunton players.

However there is still a lot of work to be done, and the season is far from over. In fact this is only the start of the blossoming team work and communication between the players of this fresh team.

Sunday 15 November

Trophy Game

Bristol Academy Flyers v UWIC Archers II

Result

43 -51

7 November 2009

Bristol Academy Flyers v Bristol Storm Bristol Derby - Part II

Bristol Academy Flyers Women’s team have once again shown their growing potential as a new squad in the National League.
Filton Ladies, led by Captain Marta Kowalczyk, (no.11) , showed how determined they are to hard work , playing their hearts out from the very first to the very last minute. This positive attitude reflected in making the opposition work even harder from the first quarter , leaving the score at 13 – 10 by the end of the period.
Some of the examples of this wonderful performance include a highly successful defence by Sophie Whibley (no 7) on Storms Tracy Colborn (no10), making the Storm player struggle in ball-handling on numerous occasions. Additionally the performances of the youngest team member, 16 year old Shanelle Barrett have made the bench jump up and down, as she beat two Storm players on a fast-break, finishing it with a strong lay-up. And few minutes later she has once again gained a turnover, went to the basket and resulted in a free-throw.
The top scorer of this match from the Flyer’s team was Mel Marshall, who has shined with her speciality fast-breaks, receiving the ball up in the air and then……. well, we could only see her back and the scoring baskets. Well done Melski!
Additional scorers for the Flyer’s team were the consistent Polish duo M Kowalczyk (11points) and U Strzemiecka (7points).
Once again it was wonderful to see in action Storm’s player Emilie Ravn, who by consistent rebounding and hard work, on attack, scored the most for Storm, 17points in total.

Scores for each quarter were as follows:-

1st 13 – 10 2nd 32 – 19 3rd 53 – 37

Final Score

STORM                     FLYERS
68              –              45

As it was summed up by a member of the audience “there were some amazing moments”

Only more to come from this rising team! 

Although Flyers lost their first game on Saturday 10th Oct, they can be proud of the good performance they displayed. Storm have been together as a squad for some time, where as the New Flyers team has been formed over the last couple of months. 

 Flyers ladies would like to invite you all to watch their home games this season, and to cheer them to success. Entry to matches is free this season so why not enjoy an hour or so of entertainment at what will be an improved arena a the WISE. 

Bristol Academy's Women's Team have recorded a fantastic first game win in the league against PLYMOUTH MARJON. 

Flyers led all three periods, with scores of 12 - 17, 19 - 20, 31 - 38 an finally finishing the game with the 40 - 62 score line.

This is a brilliant start to the Flyers season and will give them a lot of confidence as they prepare for their next league game against Guernsey, which is on 31st October at 2pm.