Bury Bulldogs III v's Clacton Cannons
by Daniel Tight
Senior Coach
Date: Sunday 19th March 2017
Venue: Bury Leisure Centre
Attendance: 60
Score: Cannons win 58 to 52.
Last Sunday night Cannons overcame a difficult opponent, in the shape of The Bury Bulldogs, in order to book their place in The Suffolk Plate Semi-Finals. This is the third time (out of three) that the Cannons have defeated The Bulldogs this season but this was by far the best team performance.
In the fourth period in particular the entire team demonstrated the determination, ball pressure and ruthless scoring efficiency which has been vital in all eight of The Cannons wins so far this season.
Bulldogs lead by as many as 13 in the game, and were up by 9 with nine minutes to go. It was then when Cannons went on a 15-5 run and put themselves back in the driving seat. After that the Cannons refused to give The Bulldogs another sniff; the intensity raised, the pace quickened, which suited the younger Cannons team (Nathan Moss and Nick Moodey did not stop sprinting end-to-end), and the
Cannons went on to outscore their opponents 28-11 in the final period. This emphatic final period display saw Peter Ellis registered another block, both starting point guards (Rhys Tight and Riley Taylor) got themselves to the foul line and Daniel Tight registered three steals, one assist and 7 points in two minute spell before being substituted dead on his feet. Ben Wilkins also came off the bench to steal, assist and score.
Cannons will now face Div 1 opponents in the semi-final, as they come up against Meru; the Suffolk based team with support noisier than their own.
Cannons Team v Bury Bulldogs 19/03/17 - R.Tight, M.Newman, W.Price, B.Wilkins, N.Moss, D.Tight, P.Taylor, N.Moodey, P.Ellis, R.Taylor, S.McFarlane, C.McFarlane
Scoring Breakdown: Period 1 - 14-15 (Cannons). Period 2 - 11-11 (Draw). Period 3 - 16-6 (Bulldogs). Period 4 - 11-28 (Cannons)
