Teams from the Thames Valley Kings were in action on Saturday in Littlehampton against the Southern Sharks.
The first game of the day, saw the Thames Valley Kings III go head-to-head with the Divisional leader’s Sharks II in Division 3. It was overall a tough game as Sharks II put a sturdy press and man-marked for the entire game which Kings struggled to break at times – Sharks II running out 61-18 winners.
In the final game of the day, Thames Valley Kings 1st team faced off with the newly promoted Sharks 1st team in Division One South. It was the Kings who pulled away early in the first quarter with a 21-10 lead and never looked back, going as far as to tighten their defense further to restrict the Sharks to less than 10 points a quarter, cruising to a 56-26 win. Reece Barker picked up an impressive 29 points in the game.
Kings national league teams will take a break this coming weekend, The Kings’ 2nd team will be in action against Swansea Storm and Cardiff Met Archers with two games over two days on November 26th and 27th.