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A break for the Senior Men!

Reading Rockets are not in action this weekend as they have their first break from competitive basketball since the turn of the year. The Berkshire club are currently lying sixth in EBL Division 1 with a record of nine wins and seven losses and have a further six league games remaining before the post season begins next month.

Another Rocket to play for England

Steven Vaughan has been added to the England U 18 squad for the Easter competition, which takes Rockets to 3 with Louis and Harrison. Well done Steven.

Saturday night sees Rockets lose in Manchester

In a low scoring game where both defences were prominent, Rockets, in spite of Kenny Saunders having been unwell during the week, kept the free scoring Magic guards to just 49 points prior to the last five minutes of the game, when as Rockets strove for possession, Magic scored 10 points from the free throw line and edged out Rockets by 65 - 52 in what was an enthralling game.

Despite his sickness, Saunders top scored with 18 points and 10 rebounds, ably assisted by Rockets' captain Ryan Lohfink who also had a double double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Rockets look for 5th consecutive win

Reading Rockets will make the long journey to Manchester on Saturday (7.30pm tip) when the Magic entertain the Berkshire team at the Amaechi Basketball Centre as the two teams continue their fierce rivalry in the battle to obtain a top four spot. The Rockets go into the game on the back of a four game winning streak having most recently beaten the London Leopards 97-91 at the Magnet Leisure Centre (Maidenhead), whilst the Magic have lost four out of their last five games; the last loss coming in the National Trophy final at the hands of newly-promoted London Mets.

Rockets victorious in Maidenhead

Rockets played at the Magnet Leisure Centre in Maidenhead for the first time today and therefore many of the spectators saw Rockets play for the first time. In a highly competitive game, where the lead changed 17 times (although Rockets held it for over 30 minutes), Rockets came out victorious over the London Leopards. Kenny Saunders was the top scorer in the game with 30 points, whilst Rockets' other top scorers were Ryan Lohfink on 19, Robbie Parker on 16 and Jon May on 13.

England Under 18s

Congratulations to Harrison Gamble and Louis Sayers for being selected to go to Cherbourg with the England U 18's. Well done guys

Rockets looking to tame Big Cats in Maidenhead

Reading Rockets will play only their second ever home game outside of Reading when they take on rivals the London Leopards at the Magnet Leisure Centre in Maidenhead on Sunday (4pm tip). Once again, Rockets home venue, Rivermead Leisure Complex is out of action so the Berkshire club travel east of the county to play the 9^th placed team and play-off contenders the Leopards. This will be the third time the two teams have met having been drawn against each other together with the London Mets in the National Trophy Pool stages earlier this season. Leopards won the first encounter in a low scoring game beating the Rockets by 56 points to 45, however, the Berkshire club gained revenge back at the Rivermead where they recorded an 80 points to 66 win which helped them secure top spot.

Rockets Camps A Success

This Half Term saw another busy time for the Rockets as they held a series of basketball camps at John Madejski Academy for all ages including a mini ballers camp which saw 20 5-7 year olds take part in a half day of basketball.

The camps were a great success and camp director Ben Fisher was really pleased with all 3 camps that were run. "The camps are great fun for both the players and the coaches and it was fantastic to see so many young children getting active and enjoying basketball".

A Gallery from the Satellite Clubs' Camp is available here

A key league win - Rockets 81 Tigers 67

Due to the non-availability of Rivermead, Rockets played this key 'home' fixture at Taunton but still came away with a superb victory.

Taunton scored first with a three point shot but never led again through the remainder of the game as Rockets' defence snuffed out Taunton's main scoring threats whilst Rockets continued their offensive improvements.

This surely was a team effort with all but 1 player scoring and five having double digits scores. Kenny led all scorers with 23 and a great all round performance as the Sayers brothers hit 13 and 10, Captain Ryan Lohfink 12 and Robbie Parker 11.

Rockets look to tame Tigers in Taunton

Reading Rockets will make an unprecedented second league trip to Taunton on Sunday (4pm tip-off) where they will face the Tigers for a second time at the Wellsprings Leisure Centre due to multiple venue problems in Reading.

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