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Latest Founder's Cup Team News
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Erks bow out of Cup |
Liverpool knocked the Erks out of the Founder's Cup competition on Saturday afternoon with a 75 - 61 victory. Full report here.
(Posted 17/03/03) |
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Erks to face Liverpool |
Erks finished in a disappointing fourth place in the first round of the Founder's Cup. However this doesn't matter because they're through to a second round game away against Liverpool. The game takes place on Saturday 15th March and tip off is 16:00. More details soon.
(Posted 04/03/03) |
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Erks lose to Columbans |
Having lost to Columbans on Saturday night means that the Erks finished their pool games with a 2 - 3 record.
With only West Herts v Kings Lynn and Cambridge v Brunel left to be played, the only one combination of results that will eliminate the Erks from the competition is if both Cambridge and Kings Lynn win their final games. Any other combination means that Erks are almost certainly 3rd.
The scenarios (worked out by Richard "Chims" Williams) are detailed below:
- If Kings Lynn and Cougars win, Erks are eliminated since Erks would tie with Brunel and Kings Lynn on 2-3 and go out on head to head.
- If Brunel and Kings Lynn win, Erks would tie with Cougars and Kings Lynn and finish 3rd on points diff as Erks' pts diff in the 3 way head to head is +11, Cougars is +1 and Kings Lynn is -12.
- If West Herts and Brunel win, Erks definitely finish 3rd, as Erks tie with Cougars and West Herts on 2-3 and we've beaten both of them.
- If West Herts & Cougars win (probably the most likely result), Erks would qualify as Erks tie with West Herts and Brunel and have a positive points difference (of +7) in the 3 way head to head. Unless West Herts beat Brunel by 18+ in the one result missing, we would finish 3rd, otherwise 4th.
(Posted 05/02/03) |
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Big game on Saturday |
The Erks face their biggest challenge this season on Saturday night when they play the highly rated Columbans team at Goresbrook. With a 2 - 2 record going into the last pool game, the Erks need a win to put their Founder's Cup campaign back on course. Tip off is at 19:00.
There will also be an open basketball session for Under 16s before the main game. This session will start at 17:30.
(Posted 28/01/03) |
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Brunel prove too strong |
The Erks' Founder's Cup record went to 2 - 2 after suffering a 67 - 63 defeat to Brunel on Sunday afternoon. Full report here.
(Posted 19/01/03) |
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Erks back on course |
The Erks got their Founder's Cup campaign back to winning ways last Saturday night at Goresbrook after overcoming Watford based West Herts. Full report here.
(Posted 20/12/02) |
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Erks back at Goresbrook |
The Erks will be looking to get their Founder's Cup campaign back to winning ways on Saturday 14th at Goresbrook. The visitors are West Herts and the tip off is 19:30.
This will be the Erks first game at Goresbrook this year following their withdrawal from the NBL2 in September. We hope to see you there! The next home game will be in February 2003 against Columbans.
(Posted 07/12/02) |
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Erks lose by seven |
The Erks lost Game 2 of their Founder's Cup campaign to East Coast Fury 70 - 77 on Saturday night in Kings Lynn. With Chris Olufeso and John Powell unavailable, Coach McCusker brought in Erks 1 players Wes Fortt, Irfan Hussain and Mark Denchfield however this was not enough as the Erks lost by seven.
Report here.
(Posted 16/11/02) |
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Fixture Changes |
Our home games have been confirmed to take place on Saturday 14th December against West Herts and February 1st against Columbans. Both games take place at Goresbrook and tip off at 19:30. We look forward to seeing you there.
(Posted 14/11/02) |
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We're in the news |
Click here to check out the Ilford Recorder's coverage of our last game.
(Posted 06/11/02) |
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Erks win opener |
The Erks got off to a flying start on Sunday afternoon in their Founder's Cup campaign with a 70 - 52 point win over the Cambridge Cougars.
Full report here.
(Posted 20/10/02) |
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Erks open against Cougars |
Erks start their Founders Cup adventure on Sunday 20th against Cambridge Cougars. The game tip off time is 14:15 at Cambridge Regional College (Science Park Campus).
If you can't make the journey, don't worry because we'll be there to bring you the report and pics from the game.
(Posted 19/10/02) |
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New Competition |
Our Founder's Cup adventure begins with 4 pool games followed by knock out stages later in the season. Initially this means one weekend game per month.
The first game is away at Cambridge on 20 October, followed by another away game at Kings Lynn on 16 November. Then we're at home to West Herts on 14/15 December and home to Columbians on 15/16 February. Note that there will be no game in January. Knock out stages follow this.
It is hoped to keep this team as an "old" Erks team as far as possible.
(Posted 07/10/02) |
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Update |
In case you missed anything over the summer here is a recap of the changes that have happened since the end of last season:
- Veteran guard Shab Niaz retired from National League competition after the playoff semi-final loss to Dudley in May.
- Ed "Elvisly Yours" Bailey got married but is back with the Erks again this year.
- Lee McCarthy moved to Milton Keynes and subsequently signed for the Lions in the BBL. More details here.
- Unable to secure sufficient funding from the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, Erks withdrew from National League Div 2 South on August 30th. Read the full announcement here.
- Former Erks centre Dave Churches has signed for the Ware Rebels in the NBL Conference.
If you want to read about last season's campaign, click here.
(Posted 07/10/02) |
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