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TIGERS U16 MEN VS WALTHAM FOREST SPITFIRES - 15/04/07
South West Conference Champions Taunton Tigers defeated Waltham Forest Spitfires, who finished 4th in the South East Conference in the first round of the playoffs, by 35 points.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS DORSET STORM - 10/03/07
Tigers U16s had a comfortable win against Dorset Storm on Saturday. The most important thing was the way the Tigers team started to find some form and consistency for the majority of the game.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS READING ROCKETS - 03/02/07
This was top of the league playing against bottom of the league with Tigers travelling away to play against Reading Rockets second team which is made up of U15 players. The Tigers team only travelled with 10 players, with 4 players injured or ill, this allowed an excellent opportunity for players to gain more minutes and stake more of a claim in the team.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS BATH ROMANS - 27/01/07
The game never really took off from Tigers point of view and the winning score should have been much wider than 31 points. The team got off to a flying start going straight into a 16 point lead within the first 6 minutes but instead of killing the game off the team allowed Bath back into the game.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS READING ROCKETS - 14/01/07
The Tiger’s U16 Men’s 12 game winning streak, in all competitions finally came to an end on Sunday when they played Premier League side Reading Rockets in the Sure Shot National Cup Quarter Final at the Richard Huish Dome. Taunton showed why they are a force to reckon with at this age group and a team that everyone will be trying to avoid come the playoffs in March.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS BRISTOL - 13/01/07
Taunton Tigers U16 Men increased their league winning streak to nine games after dismantling Bristol this weekend, leaving them four points clear at the top of the South West Conference League. This was another convincing win from the ever improving young Tigers.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS ABINGDON EAGLES - 06/01/07
This was built up to be a tough test for the Tigers; a long away trip, the first game after Christmas and a team that had the second best record in the league having lost only once all season.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS PLYMOUTH RAIDERS - 16/12/06
Tigers came back down to earth after their fantastic win against Solent Stars in the cup the previous weekend. The game started brightly for the U16s who have adapted to playing against a zone defence very well this season which the raiders played from the start. The team took an early lead but it was poor individual defence that kept the Raiders in with a sniff.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS SOLENT KESTRELS - 10/12/06
Taunton Tigers U16s hosted Solent Kestrels from the Premier Division South, which is a league above Tigers, in the 3rd round of the Sureshot Cup. Solent, having only lost once in their league, were coming up against an undefeated Tigers team who are improving with each game.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS DORSET STORM - 09/12/06
This away trip was a potential banana skin especially with the Solent Kestrels match the next day. The 1st quarter Tigers looked much more comfortable against the Dorset zone defence but were unable to finish off with baskets, poor defence allowed the Storm back into the game.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS GUILDFORD HEAT - 25/11/06
The Tigers U16s team had their longest road trip of the season on Saturday, away to the Guildford Heat. The long journey didn’t faze the players who had another good start to the game and played hard throughout. The Tiger’s have an unbeaten record so far this year and thanks to the 92 – 72 victory against Guildford Heat this remained un-tarnished.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS TAMAR VALLEY CANNONS - 18/11/06
Taunton Tigers U16s entertained Tamar Valley Cannons for the second time this season in the second round of the cup at home in the Richard Huish Dome. Having already beaten Tamar away from home in a physically fought game, by 6 points first time around, Tigers knew that a better performance was required and the team did not disapoint.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS SOUTHAMPTON TRAILBLAZERS - 11/11/06
Taunton Tigers U16s came into the game with Coach Carter and his team wanting a much improved performance from their previous game against Tamar, and in the 1st half the team delivered, especially in the 1st quarter, with an excellent defensive display restricting Southampton to only 7 points.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS TAMAR VALLEY CANNONS - 05/11/06
Taunton Tigers U16s travelled to Plymouth to face the Tamar Valley Cannons in what was to be there toughest test yet. The game was made even more important seeing that Tamar beat Abingdon away from home the previous night.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS PLYMOUTH RAIDERS - 21/10/06
The Taunton Tiger’s under 16’s team continued their current winning streak this Saturday with their most convincing victory of the season so far, beating Plymouth Raiders 91 – 37 at the Richard Huish Dome.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS BATH ROMANS - 14/10/06
This was a tough game for the U16's who struggled to find the right gear and were unable to kill the game off until the last quarter. Tigers had a good start to the game going up 18-9 early on, but poor man to man defence allowed Bath back into the game.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS BRISTOL ACADEMY - 01/10/06
Tigers started their season campaign away to Bristol without two key players, George Scarborough (on South West duty) and Sam Hardy who hurt his ankle in training. The team were also without their influential team manager Francis ‘Big Time’ Scarborough so veteran team manager PJ Carter stepped in.
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TIGERS U16 MEN VS CARDIFF - 16/09/06
Tigers U16 Men played there 1st game of the 06/07 season this weekend in a pre-season friendly against a Cardiff team made up of mostly U18 players. The whole squad has been training hard over the past few weeks, with the new players slowly getting to grips with the way the team plays. The Tigers had a poor start and found it difficult putting what they have been working hard on in training into game situation.s After being 17-3 down at the end of the 1st Quarter it was always going to be a struggle to recover from that deficit. However, from then on the Tigers showed glimpses of what they could achieve by winning the second quarter and narrowly losing the last 2 by 3 points. Coach Carter was able to rotate his whole squad throughout the game with the new players getting a taste of what national league basketball is about. Team manager and Assistant Coach, Francis 'big time' Scarborough explained afterwards that the team needed to get this type of performance out of the way early. He hoped that the players could focus in practice during the next few weeks to correct their errors. Final score Tigers 33 - 57 Cardiff.