Shock University will receive the leagues Sportsmanship Award for fair play after its first year in the League.  A tribute to the team and their coaches who found their own groove as the season progressed.  Shock National closed the season strong after a rocky start and have entered back into Div 4 National League with hopes of truly pushing for a league title.

After a tremendous start Shock Development finished the season on a down note but will get to the Trophy finals.  It is up to the league to decide if they will receive a promotion after finishing runners up to Calne. It is certain the Development team is capable of beating most teams, whilst inconsistency has cost them games against others.

Then there is the Shock first team who grew stronger as the season went on and began to learn from their mistakes.  They will now play Shock Development for the Trophy Championship this Sunday in Bristol.  All in all what a magnificent year for Swindon Shock, and by all accounts things look to get better as quality players have already begun to join the ranks.

One thing we know for sure is Swindon Shock will be bringing at least 3 trophies home by the seasons end.

Big Thanks to Tirtha Bura, Rajeev Gurung, Nicole Cunningham, Vicky & David Smedley, Gabor Kollar, George Corless, Pratista Rai, Ben White, Kate Colclough, Chris Jones, (new mom) Stephanie Benson Ben Fox, Ben Humphrey, Alana Sargent, Lewis Bird, Jamie Hamilton and lastly John Stow.   Thanks for your help with the tables, coaching, editing and all the little things you did to make this club successful.  Honestly without your help Shock is not where it is today and on behalf of myself and the rest of the club. We thank you all.

Sincerely

David Colclough

Stay tuned!

Nic Hypolite led the team effort with 29 points and some key shooting that helped stretch the lead late in the second half.  The team also welcomed back Mantas Kmita and his 15 points after being away for the last 4 weeks.  Matt Ford also played one of his best games of the season chipping in 13 points and some monster slam dunks.

Chichester started the game at a blistering pace jumping out to a 22-14 lead after the first quarter.  Swindon were able to gather themselves in the second quarter and great team play and ball movement allowed them to take a 42-36 halftime lead.

Unlike the Gloucester game, Swindon came back to start the third quarter with all its starters healthy and extended their lead, 68-54. Before closing out the game out 86-77.

After a day of talking to BBC Wiltshire’s Marie Lennon, Swindon Shock backed up its talk in front of a solid crowd and got the win. Please go to http://www.sportswindon.com/ to see photos.

Honorable mention goes to the grunt work and defensive play of Dan Chambers and David Colclough who combined to shut down Chichester star player J. McLaren and limit him to just 10 points after scoring the first 6 points of the game.

“We need to continue to make our home court a fortress” said Matt Ford after the game.

Shock Wheel Chair hosted the opening games of Development league and followed things up with a 47-15 win over Gloucester Blazers and a 56-20 win over the Celts.

To sum up the day Shock National recorded a gritty win over Oxford Hoops in a nail-biting 73-70 home win.

Next up the is a playoff battle with sister team Swindon Cavaliers for Shock Men, whilst Shock Development take on Aces at home.

Shock Women’s team continue their strong performance in Webba losing a narrow victory to Lockleze, and for the first time in a handicapped playoff match having to start with a deficit.

Shock University have had their games snowed out but are looking to gain their first playoff win against KBI.

Shock Development fell in overtime to Cavs 40 whose experience got them through a tough match.

Shock Wheelchair will open up their development league games this Saturday at Youth 1st 12:30pm tip, where coach Jamie Hamilton has his new team primed and ready to get their first development team win.

Good Luck Shock

Shock National who have been sponsored by Advance Plasma Power and Nationwide Building Society, continue their roller coaster season, failing to pick up a victory in their last three games after an impressive opening win against Woking Blackhawks.

The Shock first team local league also have also displayed some troubling traits of blowing fourth quarter leads in their last two home games.

Shock Wheel Chair have had a strong campaign and now find themselves 3 and 1 in their first four games of the season.   While the Shock U18, wheel chair team traveled to Stoke Mandeville this weekend hoping to continue their strong start.

Whilst the WEBBA Men’s team have yet to play a game the National League team stumbled against Plymouth Marjons then rebounded to a close victory over Team Gloucester in the National Shield.

Shock University have played two very competitive games but have yet to record a win in its first year in the League.

Upcoming games

Oct 3 Shock University vs Nailsea

Oct 5th Shock Development Vs. Speedwell

Oct 5th Shock Women @home vs Mavericks

Oct 7th Shock Men vs Pirates A

Shock Development also launched its 2012 campaign with a win over the visiting Braves III team 78-71.  Led by Valentino Aloba’s 26pts, Romas Taucenskas and Zoltan Kiraly each chipped in 14pts to pull away from a pesky Braves team that fought hard till the very end of the game.  Next up Clevedon Comets who make their way to Swindon September 23rd for 1:15pm game at youth 1st.

Future Games

Shock Women away Vs.  Dynamo September 18th

Shock University at Home Vs. Totterdown Tigers September 21st

Shock National away Vs Plymouth Marjon September 23rd

Shock Wheel Chair Vs. Shock Development September 28th 5:30pm

Sunday the 16th of September Shock mens travel to Bristol to face the Thunderstorm.  Whilst Shock Development will host Braves at 1pm Sunday the 16th.

Shock Women will travel to Bristol to take on Dynamo in their first game of the season, followed by Shock University’s first WEBBA game on the 21st of September at home 7:15pm tipp.

The National League team will travel to Plymouth on the 23rd to play its first National League game.