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Last week (17 February) saw the GABBA Pasarelle boys finally achieve their first victory. Their victory was achieved in great style as they beat their opposition by two points in a nail biting finish.

The Gibraltarian team had to date not won a match in this competition but have been training hard and certainly been eager to claim their first victory. The result was certainly a fair one as they had been ahead from the first period through to the fourth. Promaga from La Linea, to their credit, managed to crawl back and late into the last quarter were on even points. It was the sheer determination of the GABBA boys that kept them in the game and saw them through to the the final hooter.

The game saw some great end to end action, with the GABBA coach having to make vital changes throughout, in order to keep his boys on their toes. Rules of the competition state that all players are not allowed to play their best players in all quarters, which leads to all players getting court time.

The game was not without its controversy as the Promaga coach and the visiting crowd, challenged many of the Gibraltarian umpire's decisions. The umpiring was however, of a very good standard and their many years of experience and FIBA qualifications were testimony to the fairness upheld by Gibraltarians within the sport.

The boys were ecstatic after the game and celebrated with hugs jumps and punches in the air. This was certainly a joy to see as was the great atmosphere throughout the game. SportGibraltar.com would strongly recommend that they go and watch any of the basketball matches down at the Tercentenary Hall.

We wish the boys the best of luck and SportGibraltar.com is certain that they will take this victory as an excellent sign of things to come.

One incident, which did mar the event, was the manner in which I was treated (Robert Azopardi) by one of the umpires at the end of the game. Once the game was over, I made my way down to the court in order to take a picture of the winning side and to speak to their coach, in order to ask about their progress and so forth. I was, however rudely told to get off the court otherwise I would be thrown out of the Hall and never be allowed back. This was despite my having white soled shoes, which was the excuse for my not being allowed on.

I tried, politely to explain the reason for my being there. The gentleman in question was the umpire and head of sport in Gibraltar, Joe Hernandez. This gentleman was extremely rude to me and I strongly resent the manner in which he dealt with the affair. I hope that this gentleman does not afford this kind of authoritative attitude to any visiting athletes or officials as they would certainly be left with a bad impression of Gibraltar. I trust this was a misunderstanding on both our parts and therefore apologise if I caused any harm but I would be greatly appreciative of an apology (sportgibraltar@yahoo.com) as in the end it was the boys who missed on their photo taken on what was a great victory for basketball in Gibraltar.

It is this unfortunate experience, which has almost jeopardised the running of this site as such an uncomfortable situation is certainly not gratifying. I have however, received a lot of support from readers of SportGibraltar.com and the number of returning visitors to the site certainly provide me with the encouragement that I am representing sport in Gibraltar in a way that is interesting and fair to all readers.

Round 9 17/02/2007

C.B. ALCALA - C.B. VILLA DE LOS BARRIOS	-	17/02/2007	17:00
C. B. ALGECIRAS CEPSA PMD - CABU DE UBRIQUE "A"	49-56	17/02/2007	12:30
GABBA - PROMAGA ULB	45-43	17/02/2007	18:00

Standings after round 9:

	Team	G.P.	G.W.	G.L.	P.F.	P.A.	PTS.	R.
1	C. B. ALGECIRAS CEPSA PMD	7	6	1	424	273	13	-1
2	CABU DE UBRIQUE "A"	6	6	0	393	218	12	+6
3	C.B. ALCALA	6	5	1	295	189	11	+3
4	PROMAGA ULB	9	2	7	324	502	11	-1
5	GABBA	9	1	8	274	475	10	+1
6	C.B. VILLA DE LOS BARRIOS	7	2	5	307	360	9	-2

Next Round 10 03/03/2007

C.B. VILLA DE LOS BARRIOS - GABBA	-	03/03/2007	00:00
PROMAGA ULB - C. B. ALGECIRAS CEPSA	-	03/03/2007	00:00
CABU DE UBRIQUE "A" - C.B. ALCALA	-	03/03/2007	00:00

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The Gibraltar pool association recently held a ranking even which saw many of Gibraltar's pool players vying for the honour of being Gibraltar's best individual player. Below are the rankings so far:

Rank No.	Name	Points	Frame Dif.	Frames won	Frames Lost	Events
1	Gary Chant	48	19	39	20	4
2	Sean Galligan	45	5	40	35	4
3	Jonathan Collado	37	19	40	21	4
4	Steven Blaney	33	14	32	18	3
5	Kevin Dalli	30	10	29	19	4
6	Peter Buttigieg	30	7	30	23	4
7	Anthony Ferrer	28	12	31	19	4
8	Paul Heard	24	12	25	13	4
9	Jonathan Victory	21	7	25	18	4
10	Joe Cuadra	21	6	22	16	3
11	Alan Cameron	21	0	21	21	3
12	Julian McGrail	20	15	21	6	1
13	Gerry Kelly	19	0	18	18	4
14	Charlie Victor	16	8	14	6	2
15	Jesse Ignacio	14	1	18	17	4
16	Michael Zammitt	14	-2	12	14	3
17	Ivan Viñales	13	-3	14	17	4
18	Tye Olivero	12	6	19	13	4
19	Kevin Hosken	12	3	17	14	4
20	Liam Golt	12	2	17	15	4
21	Manuel Rodriguez	12	1	18	17	4
22	Gary Torres	12	0	15	15	4
23	James King	12	-5	13	18	4
24	Kevin Torres	11	-4	10	14	3
25	Francis Flores	10	-2	12	14	4
26	Karim Bruzon	10	-4	11	15	4
26	Paul Cartwright	10	-4	11	15	4
27	Timmy Milan	9	0	11	11	3
28	Alan Browne	9	-1	11	12	3
29	Ian McIntosh	9	-2	10	12	3
30	Tony Navarro	8	6	12	6	2
31	Francis Becerra	8	3	10	7	1
32	Albert Perez	8	-3	9	12	4
33	Jason McGrail	8	-5	9	13	4
34	Justin Collado	8	-6	6	12	4
35	Jothan Olivero	6	-1	8	9	2
36	Paul Singleton	6	-1	6	7	2
37	Ernest Clinton	6	-2	5	7	2
38	Dylan Duo	6	-3	7	10	2
39	Ronnie Ignacio	6	-4	10	14	4
40	Charlie Bear	6	-7	7	14	4
41	Chris Amor	6	-9	5	14	4
42	Lee Borg	6	-11	3	14	4
43	Xavier Cerisola	5	3	8	5	1
44	William Gomez	5	1	4	3	1
45	David Benady	5	-6	5	11	3
46	Dylan Alvez	4	-2	5	7	2
47	Robert Dellipiani	4	-3	4	7	2
47	Darren Joyce	4	-3	4	7	2
48	Ivan Alman	4	-7	5	12	4
49	Mathew Coles	4	-8	4	12	4
50	Mario Galliano	3	2	5	3	1
51	Joe De La Rosa	3	0	4	4	1
52	Kyle Gauci	3	0	3	3	1
53	Alfred Ferrer	3	-3	6	9	3
54	Francis Marin	3	-6	3	9	3
55	Joe Pires	3	-8	1	9	3
56	Colin Figueras	2	-2	4	6	2
56	Jimmy Rudder	2	-2	4	6	2
57	Steven Olivares	2	-3	3	6	2
58	Ian Viñales	2	-4	2	6	2
59	Nicky Macedo	2	-5	1	6	2
60	Karl Jones	2	-6	0	6	2
61	Justin Broton	1	-1	2	3	1
61	Roger Morello	1	-1	2	3	1
62	Lee Guerreiro	1	-2	1	3	1
63	Keiron Olivero	1	-3	0	3	1
63	Barry McLaren	1	-3	0	3	1
63	Karl Robba	1	-3	0	3	1
63	Trevor Curtis	1	-3	0	3	1
Points allocation:		1st Round	1 point	Round details:	1st Round: Best of 5
		2nd Round	3 points		2nd Round:Best of 5
		3rd Round	5 points		3rd Round:Best of 5
		Quarter-Final	8 points		Q-Final: Best of 5
		Semi-Final	12 points		Semi Final: Best of 7
		Runner-Up	16 points		Final: Best of 9
		Winner	20 points

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