On Thursday 26^th John Cabot hosted the South Gloucestershire Basketball Tournament, the winners of the tournament then go forward to represent South Gloucestershire at the County Championships. This year 6 schools took part and played in two pools, the teams were John Cabot, the Grange, Hanham High in one pool & Filton Abbywood, Downend and Winterbourne International Academy I the other pool. It was a very competitive competition with a very standard of Basketball played.

The squad started well by winning their opening pool match against Hanham, it was a strong performance in defense with some excellent passing and shooting in attack. This was followed by and tough physical game against Winterbourne which ended in a draw. Cabot finished top of their pool so faced Downend in the semi final, again the squad showed some strong defense and outstanding passing and shooting which saw them through to the final. The final was a rematch against Winterbourne the team held their nerve and produced an excellent performance to win and qualify for the county championships.

Also there needs to be a special mention for Kara Pring and Josie Ford for their brilliant work time keeping, scoring and recording the results for the whole tournament. Well done to all the girls and a massive thank you to all the pupils and staff who watched and supported the squad: Whitney Thompson, Akilah Wellington, Lottie Thompson, Ruby Lopez, Victoria Brimming, Maddie Ford, Candice Hayden, Jodie Parry, Jasmine Rogers, Katie Brooks

Results - Pool matches:
JCA 16 – 0 Hanham
JCA 4 – 4 Winterbourne
Semi final: JCA 10 – 0 Downend
Final: JCA 6 – 2 Winterbourne

Mark White