It was a weekend of mixed results for Thames Valley Kings in the opening weekend of the British Wheelchair Basketball National League season.
In the first game of the day, the Thames Valley Kings III went head to head with the Hampshire Harriers in Division 3 for their first game of the season.
It was overall a tough game as Harriers put a sturdy two man hustle on the Kings for the entire game which Kings struggled to break at times giving them the upper hand. Resulting in Kings III losing their season opener, 43-31 with Peter Rapley top scorer for Kings III in the game with eight points.
In the final game of the day, Thames Valley Kings II team faced off with a well-drilled Swansea Storm team.
Both teams got off to a slow start with momentum picking up in the second quarter from both sides.
It was Kings who pulled away by a short margin in the third, but Swansea went down swinging bringing the game back level at 40-40 with only a few minutes to spare. After a nail biting two and a half minutes Kings manage to squeeze out the win by two points, 46-44 with top scorers Chris Nash and JJ Francis being the top scorers for Kings II with 10 points each.
Kings are next in action at home again on Saturday with the first team starting their new season against Plymouth Fusion, the second team in action against Plymouth Fusion 2nds, and the Kings’ third team in action against Hereford Heat.
