Basketball: AfroBasket qualifiers - National team off to Zimbabwe today
The country’s men’s national basketball selection leave the country this afternoon for Zimbabwe to compete in the Afro-basket qualifiers.
The players received their air tickets yesterday during a small ceremony at Victoria Gymnasium where the team have been following intensive training.
Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (Socga) president Antonio Gopal, National Sports Council’s director for sports development and management Robert Auguste and members of the Seychelles Basketball Federation (SBF) attended the ceremony.
It was team captain Cyril Agrippine who received the tickets from Mr Gopal on behalf of his teammates and he stated that the team are prepared for the challenge that lie ahead and will do their very best to make Seychelles proud.
Mr Gopal on his part wished the team well and urged them to keep improving so as to be able to defend the gold medal in the forthcoming Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) in Reunion.
The team played two friendly matches. In their first game they beat men’s division one league champions Baya 85-23 with Ron Estico scoring 19 points. Baya were without their four players who are part of the national side.
The team’s second friendly match was against MBU Rockers and this time it was Dave Roseline who led them in scoring with 17 points in a 63-44 victory.
Coached by Tony Juliette and Nigel Ah-Kong, the team will meet hosts Zimbabwe, along with Angola, South Africa and Zambia in the qualifiers from February 21-28 and the team will be vying for a place at the Fiba Africa's flagship tournament in Tunisia in 2015.
The 12 players selected for the qualifiers are Abdel Sylla (Pro A side L'Elan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez), Andrew Rath (Italian Serie C side Sports club Cestistica Audace Pescia), Bernard Bristol (PLS Hawks), Cyril Agrippine, Ron Estico, Steven André (Mont Fleuri Dawgz), Timmy Adam, Amadou Sylla, Dave Roseline, Faizel Naiken (Baya), Arnaud Arrisol (Drifters) and Nigel Sinon (MBU Rockers).
Maggie Lespoire (physiotherapist), Tetyana Kozyr (doctor), Jean-Guy Alphonse (manager) and Ambrosse Kisoi (referee) will accompany the team in Zimbabwe.
The country’s men’s national basketball selection leave the country this afternoon for Zimbabwe to compete in the Afro-basket qualifiers.
The players received their air tickets yesterday during a small ceremony at Victoria Gymnasium where the team have been following intensive training.
Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (Socga) president Antonio Gopal, National Sports Council’s director for sports development and management Robert Auguste and members of the Seychelles Basketball Federation (SBF) attended the ceremony.
It was team captain Cyril Agrippine who received the tickets from Mr Gopal on behalf of his teammates and he stated that the team are prepared for the challenge that lie ahead and will do their very best to make Seychelles proud.
Mr Gopal on his part wished the team well and urged them to keep improving so as to be able to defend the gold medal in the forthcoming Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) in Reunion.
The team played two friendly matches. In their first game they beat men’s division one league champions Baya 85-23 with Ron Estico scoring 19 points. Baya were without their four players who are part of the national side.
The team’s second friendly match was against MBU Rockers and this time it was Dave Roseline who led them in scoring with 17 points in a 63-44 victory.
Coached by Tony Juliette and Nigel Ah-Kong, the team will meet hosts Zimbabwe, along with Angola, South Africa and Zambia in the qualifiers from February 21-28 and the team will be vying for a place at the Fiba Africa's flagship tournament in Tunisia in 2015.
The 12 players selected for the qualifiers are Abdel Sylla (Pro A side L'Elan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez), Andrew Rath (Italian Serie C side Sports club Cestistica Audace Pescia), Bernard Bristol (PLS Hawks), Cyril Agrippine, Ron Estico, Steven André (Mont Fleuri Dawgz), Timmy Adam, Amadou Sylla, Dave Roseline, Faizel Naiken (Baya), Arnaud Arrisol (Drifters) and Nigel Sinon (MBU Rockers).
Maggie Lespoire (physiotherapist), Tetyana Kozyr (doctor), Jean-Guy Alphonse (manager) and Ambrosse Kisoi (referee) will accompany the team in Zimbabwe.
Zambia has withdrawn from the competition, the rest of the teams participating are Zimbabwe and South Africa. Angola is only competing for a spot in the All Africa Games.
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