Sheffield Sharks narrowly miss out to Surrey in the first game of the 2017-18 season

A sometome bruising 8-a-side encounter at the EIS on Friday night left Sheffield Sharks 78-81 down to Surrey Scorchers in the opening game of the season.  Tieing at 42 a piece at halftime, Surrey pulled away by 10 in the third quarter and the Sharks pulled it back but too little too late...

MVP Chris Alexander shooting a free throw from a Technical.  He hit some outrageous three point scores from serious distance on his way to 22 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Ironically, in fighting for points at the end of the game, he himself suffered two technicals to sit out the end of the contest.

 Captain Mike Tuck from the free-throw line.

 Dirk Williams running in

 Ryan Wilson brings up the ball

 Tony Wroblicky jumps for two

 Former Shark Nick Lewis was in the house

 Zach Gachette often found a way through the Surrey defence

 As did Rob Marsden

Live wire Mackey McKnight ran some good moves in the game

Sheffield Sharks pre-season against Manchester Giants

Friday night at the EIS, Sheffield and the new-look Sheffield Sharks took on Manchester Giants in a pre-season friendly.  Sharks ran out 111-81 winners in a contest which only looked to have one winner from the get-go.

Everyone got good game time and the team tried out some play variations.

Nice to see Karen Child keeping her sponsorship position

 Coach Atiba Lyons in an early time-out

 Chris Alexander under the basket

 Dirk Williams taking the points on a solo run

 Rob Marsden takes on the Giants defence

 Mackey McKnight lays up

 Ryan Wilson shoots

 Captain Mike Tuck from the free throw line

 Chris Alexander runs the line

Mackey McKnight goes for the half-time buzzer-beater

 Mackey McKnightlooks for a way past Callum Jones

 Tony Wroblicky runs through for two

 Eddy Brownell on the move

 Dirk Williams looking for a way through

 Marko Backovic

Zach Gachette for a single

Eddy Brownell brings up 111 for the Sharks

Zach Gachette leads the team huddle at the end of the game

Full Time Stats: @TWthekid 16, @RyanWilsonrbw 15, @Zachariah_GoGo 15, @MIKETUCK15 14, Chris Alexander 14, @R3turn0fTheMac 12, @RMarsy88 12.

Sheffield Sharks 2017/18 Season launch at B.Braun

Thursday night saw the 2017/18 Sheffield Sharks squad gathered at B.Braun to launch their 2017/18 season in their 10th year of sponsorship with the company.

 

Head Coach Atiba Lyons 

 

Assistant Coach Ariel Parrucci

Captain Mike Tuck  6' 7" Power Forward

Zach Gachette  6' 3" Guard

Tony Wroblicky  6'10" Centre

 

Eddy Brownell 

Marko Backovic

Rob Marsden 6'7" Power Forward

Mackey McKnight 6'0" Point Guard

Ryan Wilson 6'5" Small Forward

 Chris Alexander 6'3" Guard

 Dirk Williams 6'5" Shooting Guard/Small Forward