Sheffield Steelers

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Tel Aviv 72 - 58 Steelers

Belgium 57 - 49 Steelers

Sitting Bulls - Steelers    tip off 6pm

League Fixtures and results:

Rhinos 60 - 51 Steelers

Essex Outlaws 52 - 55 Steelers (win)

Owls 68 - 53 Steelers

Steelers 48 - 60 Rhinos

Eagles 49 - 64 Steelers (win)

Steelers 54 - 44 Outlaws(win)

Steelers 61 - 55 Knights (win)

Knights 40 - 76 Knights (win)

Fixtures:

28/03/10   3.30pm   Steelers - Cobras

05/04/10   12pm      Steelers - Jags (English Institute of Sport, Sheffield)

Steelers Division 1 v Greenbank

In their first game of the season, Steelers Division 1 squad were eager to stamp their authority on the game from the start, with a very effective full court press. This strong defence coupled with disciplined offence saw the team race ahead 27 v 4 in the first quarter. With the press taken off and Greenbank finding their shooting form, Steelers finished the half 34 v 9.

At the start of the second half Greenbank fought back well reducing the score margin, however the combination of Jess Pilkington, Calum Gordon, Mark Cheaney, Harry Brown & Hatim Ghanmi proved to too much for the visitors, and with a solid performance from all of the team members, Steelers won the game 60 v 25.

Scorers: Jess Pilkington 22; Calum Gordon 10; Hatim Ghanmi and Joe Caudwell 6; Mark Cheaney 5; Jo Harper, Maddie Thompson and Manja Wolfram 2; Harry Brown 1.

Rhinos 47 – 54 Steelers 2

Steelers 2 60 – 30 Cobras

Oldham Owls 2 35 – 71 Steelers 2

Steelers 2 48 – 50 Rhinos

Fixtures:

28/03/10   Spitfires - Steelers

18/04/10   Steelers - Manchester Mavericks

24/04/10   Warriors - Steelers (2 games)

Steelers 3 v Furness Falcons

Steelers 3 got off to a great start to their National League Division 2 season with a convincing win against the Furness Falcons.

The Falcons were expected to provide stiff opposition to the Steelers following their relegation from Division 1 last season. Steelers 3 were promoted last season and this was the first time most of the team had played at this level.

Both teams started the game tentatively, with the young Steelers 1st Five being intimidated by the bigger, older and much more experienced Falcons team. After a nervous first quarter which ended 8:8, Steelers started to find their form in the second quarter and were never seriously threatened once they had taken the lead. The introduction of Matt Myers, making his debut for the team, allowed coach Maurice Hammerton to employ a full court press which gave the Steelers the opportunity to use their superior speed and mobility and led to a number of easy fast break points.

Harry Brown led all scorers with a superb 36 points. He was ably assisted by Manja Wolfram with 9 points, Joe Caudwell with 6 and Matt Myers with 2. Jack Waring, also making his debut with the team, added a further 2 points.

Steelers scored the last 14 points of the game to run out winners by 55-29.

Steelers 3 v Derby Wheelblazers

Steelers 3 continued their winning start to the season with a comfortable 71:35 victory over the Derby Wheelblazers.

After scoring the first 2 points of the game, the Steelers never looked in trouble and led throughout the whole game. Superb team play allowed the Steelers to open up a 23 point lead by half time and the lead was extended further in the 2nd half.

Once again, Harry Brown led all scorers with 18 points but the whole team contributed in a great team effort. Forwards Manja Wolfram and Joe Caudwell chipped in with 14 points each and Mark Schofield added a further 9 points.

Steelers 3 57 – 29 Stoke Spitfires

Bolton Bulls 54 – 60 Steelers 3

Steelers experienced a thriller in our first away game, missing 2 of our key players Maddie Thompson and Joe Cauldwell. The weather conditions made it really challenging to arrive in Bolton with blizzards and snow chaos.

Steelers had a good start in the first quarter, however struggled to keep the lead and battled their way through with only 6 players. The turn around happened in the last quarter when guard Mark Scholefield came into action, using open spaces for lay ups and scoring the winning baskets for Steelers.

Steelers 3 v Bolton Bulls 17th Jan 2010

Steelers 3 maintained their challenge at the top of the 2nd Division North with another hard fought win against the Bolton Bulls. Steelers have now completed the double over the Bulls this season following their victory in Bolton before Christmas.

The game was tight throughout an 11-6 1st Quarter burst and a 16-6 3rd Quarter run saw the Steelers secure the win.

Once again, it was a great team effort with Manja Wolfram top scoring with 18 and Joe Caudwell adding 14 points. Although the Bulls never gave up, Steelers maintained their discipline in the 4th Quarter to win the game 41:35.

Furness Falcons v Steelers 3

Steelers 3 made the long trek to Barrow in Furness to face the Falcons for the second time this season. The Falcons provided the opposition for the Steelers first match this season and the Steelers won that game convincingly.

The Falcons were in no mood to be beaten so easily on their home court and made this fixture very hard for the Steelers. After a tight 1st Quarter which ended level, Steelers started to find their rhythm either side of the half time break. At the end of the 3rd Quarter, Steelers held a 10 point lead and, although the Falcons fought back in the 4th Quarter, Steelers held on for a 40:46 win which was more comfortable than the final score line suggests.

This was not one of the Steelers’ better performances but the team showed great resilience and proved once again that they can win away from home against one of the strongest teams in the Division.

Again, it was team performance that saw the Steelers secure the win with Joe Caudwell, Manja Wolfram and Harry Brown each contributing 14 points. Maddie Thompson chipped in with 4 points.

The Steelers are the only team in the Division to remain unbeaten after winning all their first 6 games. The team is currently lying in 2nd place in the Division behind Derby Wheelblazers as the Wheelblazers have played a game more than Steelers.

Derby Wheelblazers v Steelers 3 7th March 2010

Steelers 3 took a huge step towards securing the 2nd Division North league title with a hard fought victory over the Wheelblazers.

Derby led by 3 at half time but Steelers adjusted their defence in the 2nd half to stifle the offence of a technically proficient Wheelblazers team. An aggressive high line defence forced a number of turnovers which led to fast break points by the Steelers.

In the absence of Joe Caudwell, Matt Myers stepped up to the First 5 and contributed to a great team effort. Maddie Thompson led the Steelers in scoring with 14 points and was ably assisted by Manja Wolfram (13) and Harry Brown (12). Mark Schofield and Matt Myers added 6 each and Jack Waring rounded off the scorers with 3 points.

With 4 games to go, Steelers remain unbeaten after beating the Wheelblazers 54:38.

Steelers 4 v Leeds Spiders 13/9/09

Our first game together was actually the first time we had all been together as a team as for one reason or another, so I didn’t expect too much.

We started well and at half time we were level at 10 – 10. Going into the 3rd quarter Leeds experience started to show and we fell behind so going into the last quarter it was winner takes all. I had tried to play as much of the bench as possible but with our main man, Dane, we were never really on top in offence and we fell 5points behind going into the last 5 minutes. First games for many of our players and if we intend to improve we must ALL train together. Final score was Leeds 29 v Steelers 23.

Rhys 6 pts

Jack 5 pts

Kieran 4 pts

Robbo 2pts

Yvonne 2 pts

Paul G 2 pts

Paul McB 2 pts

Steelers 4 v West of Scotland – away

Having lost to the same team by 40 points last week it was important to put in an improved one this week.

We all travelled up, well 7 of us, the night before and stayed in a Premier Inn, little did I know that I was spending the night with Steve Ryan in a double bed. After I found out that there had been a mix up with the rooms I found myself alone in my own room. Phew!

To the game….we knew that this team were full of very experienced players so we set out to really concentrate on our defence and keep it nice and tight, which we did ending the first quarter down by 13-8. We carried our good performance on to half time by only being 24-16 down. We saw movement on their bench and they had to call on their experienced coach to play which made a big difference as they won the next quarter 14-4. They now had a 20 point lead which we just couldn’t pull back. The game ended 47-24.

This was a massive improvement on the week before and we can be very proud of ourselves.

Steelers 4 v Bury Blue Devils Sat 14/11/09

After our great performance away in Scotland we wanted to carry on our good form.

We got off to a great start in the first quarter going up 12.2 with Dane scoring all 12 points! He carried on his great form in the 2nd quarter scoring 6 more points and it was 19.18 at half time.

In the 3rd quarter we needed to take care of the ball more and we ended up leading by 10 points going into the last quarter. We need to hold on for this win to get our first victory of the season and it was a nail biting finish as we kept turning the ball over time after time when all we had to do was hold onto it. The last 3 minutes dragged but we just held on to win 40.37 to claim our first victory of the season.

Dane – 21 pts

Jack – 6 pts

Kieran – 6 pts

Robbo – 5 pts

Yvonne – 2 pts

Steelers 4 v Kirklees Cardinals 15th Nov Away

After our great performance in our last game everything that could go wrong, went wrong. We couldn’t pass, we couldn’t shoot. We were getting the shots but nothing dropped in and we lost the first quarter 11-2. The poor passing and shooting went on into the 2nd quarter which we also lost 11- 4. So half time came and we sat and tried to see where we were going wrong. Into the 3rd quarter and it looked like a different side out on court and we came in winning the quarter 12 – 10! We decided to play our bench in the 4th quarter and only narrowly lost it 14- 10.

Final score 46 – 26.

Dane 12 pts

Paul Gregory – 4 pts – against his old team!!

Yvonne – 4 pts

Jack – 4 pts

Kieran – 2 pts

Steelers 3 v Vikings 13/12/09

Another away game and as per usual, we didn’t have a full squad turning up. 6 players came. I was suffering with my elbow but decided to start and see how it went.

We started well and came in at the end of the quarter 6points down. I was out of the game so we had our 5 remaining players on. The second quarter was a disaster as we lost it 24-6!

At half time we tried to sort out what was going wrong, it worked as we won the 3rd quarter 13-8.

As we only had 5 fit players we began to tire and ended up losing the last quarter 16-8. Final score 62-35.

A good performance considering we only had 6 turn up.

Jack 16pts

Paul 4pts

Kieran 8pts

Yvonne 7pts

Steelers v Newcastle Eagles 2 – Away

We all travelled up, well 6 of us, to be met by snowy conditions which was a surprise!

I couldn’t play due to an elbow injury so we could see that we were in for a tough game as they had a full bench but we played well in the first quarter and came in 3 down, 12–9.

In the second quarter our defence fell apart and we came in at half time losing 28-20.

We talked over our defensive structure at half time and played fantastic in the third quarter and only lost it by 1 point so going into the last quarter we were only behind by 7 points.

As the game went on our 6 players began to tire and in a low scoring forth quarter we only lost by 2 points ending the game losing by 46-35.

A good performance even though we lost.

Dane – 14pts

Yvonne – 8pts

Paul G – 8pts

Jack – 5pts

Steelers Juniors play in the finals tomorrow, unfortunately without Harry Brown and Maddie Thompson, as they are currently in Vienna with the Superleague Team to compete in the Euro Cup.

Steelers fought their way to the match for 3rd/4th with only 4 court players due to point rule. Although they lost their last match and came 4th in the tournament, ths young team can be proud of themselves and we'll surely will see more of them next season.