Gintaras are a CBL club with Lithuanian roots, based in East London. Basketball is extremely popular in Lithuania and is regarded by many to be the number 1 sport in the country. A proud and talented nation, Lithuania has produced some of the best basketball players in the history of international basketball over the years,…
The CBL Under 12 2016/2017 season has produced some of the most exciting basketball action seen on the U12 circuit across London in recent memory. Ā The league has featured some truly outstanding teams this year, laden with talent that will undoubtedly shape the game across the regional and national levels over the next decade. Ā With…
‘Towering Inferno’ Eduardo Andre led the Southwark Legends firing into the CBL U16 Finals with a dominant display against the resilient Hackney Kings in the Eastern Conference Finals. Andre has been dominant all season long, stacking up 15.6ppg (22.3 TPGA) in ways teams have just not been able to stop. His combination of length, mobility and…
Gintaras topped off an incredible regular season in the CBL U14 division by beating the Tower Hamlets Ravens to complete a ‘perfect’ 10-0 record and the undisputed number 1 seed as they head into the playoffs. Led by the dynamic duo of Alonas Peciulis (24 points) and Tadas Girnius (15 points), Gintaras were able to…
K&C Knights completed their impressive run in the U14 regular season with a piercing win against Westside to the tune of 34-16, behind Dylan Aeri’s 12 point MVP performance. In the last regular season game of the season for both teams, the Knights were playing for top 3 playoff positioning while Westside had to win to…
David Owusu led West London’s Harrow Blackhawks to victory over East London’s Hackney Jedi’s in the CBL U14’s match up at JFS. Both teams have found the wins to be few are far between this season in the division, with Harrow the only one of the two hanging on to the slim hope of sneaking…
Gintaras maintained their perfect record in the U14 division and firmly established themselves as the team to beat in moving to 9-0 with a commanding win against the London Pulse. Both teams appeared evenly matched in the first quarter, although Gintaras’ irrepressible Alonas Peciulis continued to demonstrate why he is one of the leading candidates…
In one of the best U16 games of the season so far, the Hackney Kings pushed through THREE over-time periods to finally put the the Bromley Pythons to bed in a 40-30 CBL thriller. The game was close throughout with both teams giving as good as they got with Bromley’s Dan Davis leading the way…
