FIRSTS PAINT THE TOWN RED!

January 18, 2022

WITH COVID ISOLATION, INJURIES AND WORK COMMITMENTS TROJANS 1 HAD JUST FIVE PLAYERS LEFT TO CALL UPON AND CAME NEAR TO REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT OF THEIR HOME FIXTURE AGAINST WARWICK CHINA RED, BUT AN 85-42 VICTORY MADE TREVOR ROBINSON GLAD HE HAD NOT CALLED IT OFF!

THE VISITORS WERE AT HEREWARD WELL BEFORE THE 7.20 TIP-OFF AND THEIR TWELVE-MAN BENCH PLUS SEVERAL TEAM FOLLOWERS MADE THE HOME END LOOK EXTREMELY EMPTY AS THE GAME STARTED. BUT AFTER 6 MINUTES CHINA RED WERE STARING DOWN THE BARREL AS THE SCORE STOOD AT 11-0 AND MARK LARNER HAD BAGGED THE LOT.

THE OTHERS EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO GET A LOOK IN BUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WARWICK’S WAYWARD SHOOTING GAVE THE IMPRESSIVE HOME SQUAD THE CHANCE TO SET THEIR TALISMAN UP ON THE FAST-BREAK AND HE CASHED IN REPEATEDLY.

WHEN WAYNE JONES SLOTTED IN A FEW TRIPLES AND ROBINSON WENT TO WORK UNDER THE OPPONENTS’ HOOP THE STUDENTS HAD NO ANSWER. FROM 43-20 AT HALF-TIME THE RAMPANT TILE HILL SIDE COASTED HOME WITH LARNER MAKING 36 AND ROBINSON 22 AS ONLY YULAI CHEN MANAGED TO GET INTO DOUBLE FIGURES  for WARWICK WITH TEN.