Sunday, 24 September 2017

Sheffield Sharks make their mark at the inagural All Stars Basketball tournament

The O2 in London was the setting today for the first All Stars Basketball tournament - a quickfire series of games between the top 8 BBL teams with the winner earning £25,000.

Shot of the day was a 5-point (yes, you read that right) buzzer beater by Mackey McKnight which sent the crowd on to its feet.

Some pix from today...more ltr.

 Dirk Williams with an early attempt agsinst Worcester Wolves
 Tony Wroblicky going big against Worcester Wolves
  Dirk Williams goes for the basket agsinst Worcester Wolves
 Mackey McKnight celebrates his game-winner...
 ...before being mobbed by his team mates
Atiba Lyons and the Sharks bench - vs Leicester Riders

Saturday, 16 September 2017

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: 16, 15, 15, 14, Chris Alexander 14, 12, 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


















Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Dan Walker Charity Golf Day 2017

Dan Walker hosted his fourth annual 'Walker Cup' (not that one) again at the Hallamshire Golf Course in Sheffield with a multitude of stars joining the shotgun format competition.

Most of the stars at the start (unfortnately some had already set off for distant parts of the golf course for ths shotgun start).
 Jermain Jenas, A P McCoy, Mat Fitzpatrick, Dan Walker
 Matt Fitzpatrick enjoys a joke with Dan Walker before teeing off

20 times champion jockey A P McCoy tees off on the first

Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Mo Farah bows out from track racing in Britain at the Birmingham Diamond League

There were large crowds at a fairly full Alexander Stadium as British fans said au-revoir to Sir Mo Farah who is retiring from his track career to concentrate on marathons from next season. And he didn’t disappoint…only eight days after winning gold over 10,000m and silver over 5,000m at the IAAF World Championships in London, Sir Mo hit the front with just over a lap to go and completed 3,000m with a roar in 7:38.64 just ahead of Spain’s Adel Mechaal.

Other stellar performances lit up a grey afternoon in the West Midlands. Mutaz Barshim wowed the galleries with a World Lead (WL) 2.40m in the Men’s High Jump. Sifan Hassan set a Meeting Record (MR) and National Record (NR) in the Women’s 3,000m with a time of 8:28.90. And on the day that father Geoff stepped down from the commentary box, Jake Wightman was the first British winner of the Emsley Carr Mile since 2005.

Ramil Guliyev continued his great form from London with victory in the Men’s 200m - 0.09 ahead of Ameer Webb, with Aaron Brown third in 20.30 (SB).
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 CJ Ujah with the 2018 Commonwealth Games baton
 Alexandra Bell at the start of the Women's 800m
 Habitam Alemu (Ethiopia) winning the Women's 800 ahead of Lynsey Sharp
 Sophie Hahn winning the T37/T38 Women's 100m ahead of Kadeena Cox
 
 Kadeena Cox, Sophie Hahn, Georgina Hermitage
 Tom Bosworth winning the Walk vs Run race ahead of Adam Clarke
 
  Tom Bosworth & Adam Clarke
 Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) winning Heat 1 of the Women's 100m ahead of Dina Asher-Smith
 Marie-Josee Ta Lou (Ivory Coast) winning Heat 2 of the Women's 100m ahead of Daphe Schippers (Netherlands)
 The start of the Emsley Carr Mile
 Jake Wightman winning the Emsley Carr Mile ahead of Chris O'Hare
 Ntando Mahlangu (South Africa) winning the T42 Men's 200m ahead of Richard Whitehead
 Jonny Peacock winning the T44 Men's 100m ahead of Jarryd Wallace (USA)
 Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic) winning the Women's 400m hurdles
Nijel Amos (Botswana) running ahead of the pack to win the Men's 800m
 Elliot Giles and Kyle Langford 
  C J Ujah winning the Men's 100m ahead of James Dasaolu
 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Zharnel Hughes, Ojie Edoburun
 Dwayne Cowan winning the Men's 400m
 Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) winning the Women's 3000m
Orlando Ortega (Spain) and Andrew Pozzi, Men's 110m hurdles
 Balazs Baji (Hungary), Sergey Shubenkov (ANA) and winner Aries Merritt (USA) - Men's 110m hurdles
  Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) winning the Women's 100m ahead of Dina Asher-Smith
 Isaac Makwala (Botswana) - Men's 200m
 Ramil Guliyev (Turkey) winning the Men's 200m
 Ramil Guliyev
 Jenny Meadows - pace maker in the Women's 1500m
 Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) celebrates his win in the Men's High Jump
 Mutaz Essa Barshim
 Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia) wins the Women's 1500m
 Allyson Felix (USA) runner up in the Women's 400m


























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