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London Metro Team
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Erks finish fifth |
The Erks finished their LMBL campaign with a fifth place finish behind champions Camden followed by ULU, Wandle and MAC.
The LMBL season climaxes on Saturday 8th June with the finals and presentations day at the Space Gym, Falkirk Street, Shoreditch. Starting at noon, there will be 3 finals followed by presenations of league and cup trophies. The day concludes with a testimonial game for Joe White featuring stars from British basketball past, present and future.
More details here.
(Posted 07/06/02) |
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Erks 88 White Heat 98 |
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Erks squad of only 6 almost caused an upset against last year's league and
cup winners. The visitors hosted 3 of Interbasket's Conference team in their
side but still found themselves in a game until the final minutes.
Although White Heat raced out to a 10 - 0 lead, Erks clawed away going into
half time 45 - 46. A third quarter rally saw Erks lead by 70 - 63 at one
stage before White Heat finally stepped up to run out leaders by 10.
Erks scorers:
Chris Olufeso 23; Rela Agbolegbe 12; Irfan Hussein 23; Craig Morris 20;
Declan McCusker 4; Ed Bailey 6
(Posted 17/04/02) |
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Erks 67 ULU 71 (double header) |
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Any chance Erks had of winning the LMBL this season are now all over as they
lost at home to ULU. Erks had the chance to go second with this "double
header" counting as either 2 wins or 2 losses but the latter means that Erks
now drift back to mid table.
Despite hitting 5 three pointers to take a 15 - 6 lead, complacency set in,
and a scrappy affair followed.
Despite Erks leading 58 - 54 with 5 minutes to go, a 14 - 0 run from the
visitors signalled the end of the game for the Erks and the end of the LMBL
campaign for this season.
Erks scorers:
Chris Olufeso 22; Craig Morris 14; Irfan Hussein 12; Roy Roof
16; Ed Bailey 1; Paul Haydan 2
(Posted 06/03/02) |
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Erks 93 Cardinals 63 |
Erkenwald gained sweet revenge on the Essex League defeat by Cardinals 3
weeks ago by thrashing Cardinals and taking the double over them in this
season's London League. With 5 players hitting double figures, and Erks
hitting 12 three pointers, Cardinals had no answer.
Full report here.
(Posted 27/02/02) |
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Erks 65 Omega 55 |
Erks unbeaten home league form in LMBL continued on Tuesday with a 10 point
victory over Omega. With the Peckham based team arriving 45 minutes late, the game had to be
played in 4 quarters of 7 minutes. Once again, Craig Morris was in top form leading all scorers with 25 points.
Ed Bailey also played tough racking up 12 points including a first quarter
dunk despite taking 5 steps!! Omega played man to man for the first quarter and most of the second, by
which time Craig had racked up 19 points as he took on every player who
tried to mark him.
Erks led 38 - 22 at the break and never gave up the lead.
Erks scorers:
Irfan 16, Declan 2, Craig 25, Paul 10, Ed 12
(Posted 20/02/02) |
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Erks 60 Westside 61 |
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Erks crashed out the LMBL cup at home to 1st Division Westside at Sydney
Russell last night, losing their 1st home game in LMBL this season.
Although Westside are unbeaten in the 1st Division this season, the home
side Premier league were favourites to land a home draw against Camden in
the quarter final, a team the Erks had beaten at Sydney Russell 2 weeks ago.
The Erks never deserved to win following a dismal performance of all who
played, only scoring 60 points. They fell behind 9 - 0 after 2 minutes and
trailed 33 - 21 at the half. A low scoring 3rd quarter saw the visitors lead
44 - 30. Erks then doubled their score in the 4th quarter, briefly taking
the lead in the 8th minute but relaxed again as the visitors deservedly held
on for a place in the quarter final.
Erks scorers:
Chris 17, Irfan 16, Roy 0, Lee 17, Declan 4, Ed 4, Rela 2.
Erks now have 4 home league fixtures in a row on the next 4 Tuesdays in the
LMBL against Omega, Cardinals, ULU & Wandle.
(Posted 13/02/02) |
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Erks win by 4 |
Erks defeated Emminence 82 - 78 last Friday night. Chris Olufeso top scored followed by Irfan Hussain and Terry "Shakey" Rose.
(Posted 11/02/02) |
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Erks defeat leaders 83 - 60 |
On Tuesday night an impressive looking Erks gave Camden their first league defeat this season. Erks were in front in every quarter and never looked in trouble. Interestingly both teams could meet again in the quarter finals of the LMBL cup providing both overcome Div 2 opponents in the next round.
Game report here.
(Posted 30/01/02) |
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Erks lose to MAC |
Despite 47 points from Craig Morris, Erks' away form didn't improve as they lost 90 - 112 to MAC on Sunday afternoon. The Erks LMBL record is now 4-3 and their 3-0 home record will be tested on Tuesday 29th at home to unbeaten leaders Camden.
Full game report here.
(Posted 28/01/02) |
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Erks beat Broadwater Heat |
Down by 8 points going into the final quarter, the Erks ended their first round London Metro Cup game 15 points ahead of the Broadwater Heat. In a remarkable final quarter the Erks piled on a huge 41 points for the victory. Craig Morris had another massive performance leading all scorers with 41 points, 8 rebounds, 7steals, 4 assists, 4 turnovers and a block, whilst shooting a very cool 68% from the field.
Full game report here.
(Posted 21/11/01) |
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Erks beat Cardinals |
Erks travelled to Cardinals on Friday night with only Coach McCusker and five players due to the late withdrawal of "Garbageman" Churches and the unavailability of Ed Bailey. However, in what is always a keenly contested game, the Erks prevailed magnificently winning by 3. Young guns Craig Morris and Chris Olufeso top scored for the Erks with 30 points each, Irfan Hussain got 20, Wes "Stone Cold" Fortt hit 10 and Paul Hayden 8.
The next game is on Tuesday night in the LMBL Cup against Broadwater Heat at Sydney Russell. Tip off is 20:45. With the absence of any more NBL2 action this month this may be a good one to come down and watch.
(Posted 17/11/01) |
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Erks win by 9 |
Back on their home court, Erks got back to winning ways last night by defeating London Metro newcomers Emminence 68 - 59.
Recap here.
(Posted 31/10/01) |
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Erks lose game 2 |
Erks lost on Wednesday night in an emotionally charged game that saw Camden's leading scorer, Marcinko, ejected in the third quarter. Unfortunately for the Erks this fired up Camden who then went on a 14 - 0 run that effectively finished the game.
Full report is here.
(Posted 27/10/01) |
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Erks beat MAC 80 - 78 |
History was made on Tuesday night as the Erks beat MAC for the first time in the LMBL. Craig Morris played the whole 40 minutes and hit 36 points while Irfan Hussain hit 22. NBL2 coach and near-veteran Declan McCusker, playing his first game of the season, contributed 5 points. The remaining points came from Ed Bailey, 8 (+5 fouls), Paul Hayden, 5, Wes Fortt, 4 and Richard "Chims" Williams with 0.
Full report is here.
(Posted 17/10/01) |
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Game 1 on Tuesday night |
Erks London Metro League campaign tips off at 20:45 against MAC on Tuesday (16th) at Sydney Russell.
(Posted 13/10/01) |
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Home Courts
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All London Metro home games are played at Sydney Russell unless otherwise stated.
Click on the following links for directions to where we train and play:
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London Metro Schedule 2001 / 2002
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Game
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Date
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Opponent
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Tip Off
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Score
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October
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1
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Tue 16th
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MAC
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20:45
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80 - 78 Win
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2
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Wed 24th
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at Camden
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20:30
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72 - 86 Loss
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3
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Tue 30th
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Emminence
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20:45
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68 - 59 Win
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November
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4
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Fri 9th |
at Omega
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20:00
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Postponed
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5 |
Fri 16th |
at Cardinals
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19:30
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98 - 95 Win
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LMC R1 |
Tue 20th |
B. Heat
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20:45
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98 - 83 Win
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December
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6
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DH (05/03/02)
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at ULU
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16:15
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67 - 71 Loss
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7
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Mon 3rd
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at Wandle
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20:45
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Postponed
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8
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Tue 11th
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Lakers
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20:45
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82 - 57 Win
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January
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Wed 16th
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at White Heat |
20:15 |
89 - 105 Loss |
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10
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Sun 27th
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at MAC
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14:15
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90 - 112 Loss
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11
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Tue 29th
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Camden
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20:45
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83 - 60 Win
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February
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12
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Fri 8th
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at Emminence
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20:15
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82 - 78 Win
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LMC R2
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Tue 12th
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Westside
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20:45
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60 - 61 Loss
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13
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Tues 19th |
Omega
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20:45
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65 - 55 Win
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14
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Tue 26th
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Cardinals
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20:45
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93 - 63 Win
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March
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15
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Tues 5th |
ULU
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20:45
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67 - 71 Loss
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16
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Tues 12th |
Wandle
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20:45
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April
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17
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Mon 8th |
at Lakers
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20:15
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18
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Tue 16th |
White Heat
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20:45
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88 - 98 Loss
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