MATCH REPORT:
Brightlingsea Nomads v's Clacton Cannons

by Daniel Tight
Senior Coach

Date: Friday 3rd March 2017
Venue: Brightlingsea Leisure Centre
Attendance: 20
Score: Nomads win 59 to 44.

Cannons ended their most winningest ever league season with a disappointing defeat away in Brightlingsea. Even with this result though Cannons can be justly proud of what they've achieved this season with such a young team. Cannons look set to finish fifth and only 9 points off the league champions.

This game was really competitive, and both teams were prepared to battle it out, toe-to-toe, for the win. The first half was very close and the lead changed hands a number of times, however it was Nomads who held an 8 point advantage by the break. Despite the best efforts of Cannons shooting guard Riley Taylor and his father Paul Taylor, who combined for more than 20 of Cannons overall points, the team just couldn't recover the lead that they had afforded their counterparts from Brightlingsea and never got within 5 points for the remainder of the game.

The season isn't over yet for the Cannons though, as they now have two weeks to prepare for their Suffolk Plate quarter final on Sunday 19th March away to Bury Bulldogs (a team they have beaten home and away during the regular season).

Good luck and #GoCannons