Canute II
Canute II play in the MABL Division I.
Home venue: Egerton Youth Club, Mereheath Lane, Knutsford, WA16 6SL
Home Matches are held on a Tuesday Night 8:00-10:00pm
Training is at Egerton Youth Club Wednesday Night 8:00-10:00pm
Contact: Rob Park 0161 976 1453 / 07739 108 668
Head Coach: Dave Price
Photos Rossendale v Canute II (Jan 2011)
Fixtures - see below
30-Sep Fri 8.00 MMU v Canute 2 |
03-Oct Mon 7.30 Chorlton v Canute 2 |
18-Oct Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Bolton Lads |
25-Oct Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Cardinal Langley 2 |
01-Nov Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Warrington |
07-Nov Mon 7.45 Oxford Phoenix v Canute 2 |
22-Nov Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Tameside |
29-Nov Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Hough end |
06-Dec Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Our Ladys 1 |
03-Jan Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Preston Pride 2 . |
10-Jan Tue 8.15 Canute 1 v Canute 2 |
17-Jan Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v MMU |
24-Jan Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Chorlton |
30-Jan Mon 9.30 Bolton Lads v Canute 2 |
30-Jan Mon 9.30 Bolton Lads v Canute 2 |
22-Feb Wed 8.15 Warrington v Canute 2 |
28-Feb Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Oxford Phoenix |
05-Mar Mon 7.45 Tameside v Canute 2 |
13-Mar Tue 7.15 Hough end v Canute 2 |
20-Mar Tue 8.15 Our Ladys 1 v Canute 2 |
27-Mar Tue 8.15 Canute 2 v Canute 1 |
05-Apr Thu 8.15 Preston Pride 2 . v Canute 2 |
2010-11 Match Reports
Cup Round 1 Reporter Rob Park
Thornleigh 41:81 Canute 2
With the exception of the second quarter, Canute 2 dominated this game as reflected by the 40 point win. This was a decent team performance by the away side without really hitting the standard set by the first half performance versus Fylde (a game Canute ultimately lost). Canute 2 started well, with Ivan Robles quickly finding his range with a couple of long twos and a triple. All of the starting 5 were on the board before the end of the quarter, but special mention goes to the in-form Colin Johnson and Phil Rickett who shared 15 first quarter points between them.
Canute 2 started the second quarter with a 27 to 6 point lead, but it was Thornleigh who fought back to win the quarter by 2, with G Strong and P Tresaden sharing all but 2 of the points. Canute 2 upped the tempo at both ends of the court to take the third 20 points to 8. The points were again shared but Phil Rickett was in particularly forceful form, combining well with Rob Park for several scores off penetrating trails. At one point, this included 8 unanswered points between them. Canute 2 will be hoping for more of this from their captain over the tougher assignments to come. The away side maintained their dominance into the fourth with points from Boran Gazi, Mark Luscombe and Ged Ratchford wrapping up a comfortable win.
Week 2 Reporter Rob Park
Canute 2 67:78 Fylde
This was a match controlled by Canute 2 for almost 3 quarters before a rampant Fylde side upped the tempo in the last 15 minutes to win by 11, thanks in no small part to 18 second half points from M. Sewell.
Fylde were quickly into their stride from the tip, taking an early 6 point lead. But it was Canute that took control with 11 unanswered points thanks to some of the best offence seen from the home side in some time. Though lacking in height and numbers, Canute put in some excellent team play, and in Colin Johnson they had the outstanding player of the first quarter with 9 points from both in and out of the paint. Boran Gazi took up the mantle in the second quarter, with strong drives and expert finishing reaping 11 points. Fylde hung in the match though thanks to a considerable size advantage inside and ended the first half with only a 7 point deficit. The third quarter started even enough but the tide turned when Fylde switched to a full court press. Canute’s composed play disintegrated and by the time they had recovered, Sewell had changed the course of the match with some outstanding shooting.
Week 1 Reporter Ged Ratchford
Stockport Atlas 65 - Canute II 45
The first game of the season against an Atlas side who’d added several young players over the summer to their experienced squad was always going to be tough, especially with Canute’s lack of height in their 8 man squad. Canute got of to a difficult start and didn’t manage to get on the score board until the 8 minute. The score at the end of the quarter was 2 – 13 to Atlas.
In the second quarter Canute’s offensive movement started to create open shots while Atlas were struggling to keep up their scoring rate. Towards the end of the quarter we managed to get to within 5 points without really seeming to have got going fully. Stockport pulled away again towards the end of the quarter, however scoring throughout the quarter was even with each team scoring 17.
As the third quarter drew to a close Atlas starting capitalising on their height advantage inside. They also used a zone press which forced several turnovers. These two factors meant that Atlas went in at the end of the 3 with a 49-29 lead. In the final quarter Canute could not make any inroads into the Atlas lead which remained 20 points at the end of the game.
On the positive side in the 2 and 4 quarters we scored equal points with an Atlas team who look like they’ll win more games than they loose this season. There were also patches when all the team moved the ball well creating open chances for each other. However a lack of height meant that we struggled to take rebounds at both ends of the court meaning we had very few second chance baskets. We also need to work on getting the ball up court when teams are pressing us, as teams in the 1 division are less likely to let us walk up the court unopposed.
Final score Atlas 65- Canute II 45
2010-11 Fixtures
2010-11 Roster
Alp Bayton -
Boran Gazi Age: 32, Height: 6ft 1
Position: Shooting guard / small forward
Nickname: Known as "Grass" or "Dr G" among friends
School: University of Northumbria, UMIST
Favourite teams: Ulker, Panathinaikos
Favourite players: Harun Erdenay (Ulker), Fragiskos Alvertis (Panathinaikos)
Best Canute moments: Scoring eight 3-pointers and missing only one in my first ever Canute match
Clubs: Cyprus Credit Bank, Cyprus Coop Central Bank
Colin Johnson - Biog to follow
Sean Lamont - Biog to follow
Andy Leary - bringing it down with force!
Mark Luscombe
Rob Park
John Park
David Price (coach) - Height: 6’1, Age: 47, School: North Border,University: Birmingham (BSc Physics ), Clubs, Doncaster Panthers, Birmingham Uni, Manulife Moat (Leicester), Canute 1, II, III.
Favourite Team: Doncaster Panthers National League Champions 1978-79.
Favourite Players: Erwin Sohst/Victor Scott/Mark Heisenbuttal: Canute Hall of Fame.
BBall career highlights: Coach: leading Birmingham Womens Team to UAU Silver 1982;developing great players such as Phil Rickett, Sam Barnard, Ben Wilkinson,
Chris Hardman, Mark Whittle. Player: - winning East Midlands league 1983-85
with Manulife team including Karl Brown, Paul James and Kevin Routledge 1993-85;
scoring 54 points for Canute twice 1989/90 Div II campaign;
Fan - seeing Chester Jets win all 4 trophies 2002 BBL season;
Secretary - Canute reaching 21st anniversary 2008;
Ged Ratchford
Age 33 Height: 5ft 10
Position: Point / shooting Guard, occasional very small but fat forward when short of players.
School: University College London (BSc Psychology), University of Manchester (BSc Nursing & Social Work)
Favourite Team: Manchester giants/united/eagles in the late 80's early 90's
Favourite Players: John Starks, John Stockton
Best basketball moments: Winning Greater Manchester Youth Games in 1990.
Worst moment: Relegation from premiership with Chorton Jedis followed by relegation from division one the next season with Canute II. During this time I didn’t play in a winning team from March 2008 to September 2009.
Previous Teams: Stockport Atlas, Chorlton Jedis
Phil Rickett Age - 32 height - 6ft 1 position - Point guard/point forward.
Nickname - Captain profanity or Phil 'the power' Rickett (thanks for that Tim!).
High School - Knutsford high. College - Mid Cheshire College.
Fave team - Chicago Bulls and Manchester Giants.
Fave player - NBA -Michael Jordan and Tim Hardaway, Canute - The LegendaryErvin Sosht and Victor Scott. Best Canute moments - winning promotion from MABL division 2 in 1995?in a team containing the likes of Steve Gator, Earvin Sosht, Mike Harding and Andy Cann a great team, the game seemed so much easier then! Beating Stockport Atlas in MABLDivision 1 playoff semi final in 2000 before going on to lose to Chorlton Jedi in the final. I remember Mike Harding did his usual in your face defensive job on Stockport's BigSid Siddall to help us cause the huge upset semi final win! Finishing 3rd in MABLdivision 1 in 2007-08 season in process beating local rivals Warrington Vikings homeand away. Reaching playoff semi final by beating Holmes Chapel convincingly in thequarter finals only to lose to a heart breaking last second 3 pointer against Trafford in the semi finals!
Ivan Robles - the picture tells a thousand words!! His game has never been the same since.
