Bulls Under 18's Fixtures 

Peterborough Division Two (Under 18s) Fixtures 2008-9
Sun 26 Oct	Bedford Bulls	90-63	Cambridge Cougars	6.15pm
Sat 1 Nov	Cambridge Cats	80-112	Bedford Bulls	11.15am
Sun 9 Nov	RTC Nene Valley Venom	68-58	Bedford Bulls	2.20pm
Sun 16 Nov	Bedford Bulls	v	Lynn Nets	6.15pm
Sun 7 Dec	Wellingborough Phoenix	v	Bedford Bulls	5.15pm
Sun 14 Dec	Bedford Bulls	v	RTC Nene Valley Venom	6.15pm
Tue 6 Jan	Bedford Bulls	v	Wellingborough Phoenix	8.15pm
Sat 17 Jan	Lynn Nets	v	Bedford Bulls	1.00pm
Sun 25 Jan	Bedford Bulls	v	Cambridge Cats	6.15pm
Sun 15 Feb	Wellingborough Phoenix	v	Bedford Bulls	5.15pm
Sun 15 Mar	Cambridge Cougars	v	Bedford Bulls	4.15pm
Sun 29 Mar	RTC Nene Valley Venom	v	Bedford Bulls	2.20pm
4-5 Apr	Play-off round 1
18-19 Apr	Play-off semi final
26-Apr	Play-off final

Match Reports

09/11/08 (Trophy)

RTC Nene Valley Venom 68 Bedford Bulls 58.

The Bulls came away empty handed from a close and questionably called game, losing to last years league winners.

As always, the young Bulls side let themselves down in the first quater. Govorusa getting himself on the scoresheet early scored the first 2 ponts of the game. However the rest of the quater was a different story, relying on individual play from Lesniak scroing 7 of the 9 points. The end of the first saw the Bulls down 20-9 after some bad interior defense.

We woke up in the second quater, starting out strong with Amadi and Peller scoring early, going on a 14-10 run the Bulls were now playing how they should be. A very strong second quater we outscored the home team, going into the half down by 7 (36-29).

After the half time break we knew we were in with a good chance, after some strong offensive scroring and some excellent defence. Statring the third quater how we ended the second, we kept the pressure on and kept the game tight. Some excellent play by Lesniak, Govorusa and Peller saw Venoms' key players in foul trouble and heading to the bench. With a weaker home side out, Bulls capitalised outscoring again in the quater, 49-43 down.

So there it was, fourth quater down by 6 it was all or nothing. We came along way from last season, being down by atleast 20 to 30 points at this stage in the game previously. But this was a new and stronger Bulls side and we weren't about to give up without a strong fight. We had a great start to the quater going on a 5-0 run thanks to Campbell scoring them, with a motivating three pointer the bench was making a lot more noise than the home crowd. Down by 1 it was an extremely close battle, but then we let it slip conceeding a further 12 points only answering with 6 of our own. With only 3 minutes left in the game and trailing by 6, the referee's gave Peller his last foul in the game. After that we failed to score again in the last quater.

It was a very dissapointing first loss of the season for the side, keeping it close throughout the whole game after a shakey first quater. Facing Nene Valley atleast twice more this season, we now know what to expect, so all we can do is improve on our mistakes and train hard!

01/11/08 (League)

Cambridge Cats 80 Bedford Bulls 112.

The Under 18’s team continued their strong start to the season, claiming their second comfortable victory.

The game started slow for the Bulls giving away some easy baskets and getting in foul trouble early on. Offensively the team shot the ball well, giving the ball into the post and cleaning up the offensive boards. Despite being level at the end of the quarter, down 23 – 22, the team remained motivated to come out and play hard in the next period.