Basketball season Underway

Slammers lead the Women's Basketball League after two wins in their opening games of the new campaign.

The latest was a 58-28 victory over Sinners with Sarah Maddrell dominating the basket.

Fellas, with just five players for the second week running, beat Saints 63-41.

Jessie Carridge was top scorer with an impressive 30 points while Ewelina Majewska scored 12 for Saints.

In the Men's League, Turkeys lost a nerve-jangling free throw shootout to go down 56-57 to Phillies in a thrilling contest.

Going into the final quarter, Phillies had a seemingly unassailable 12 point lead but good defence from Turkeys kept them scoreless while the chipped away at the lead at the other end.

In the other fixtures, Tigers beat Marvels 51-31, Champions Cavaliers thrashed Pokerstars 81-14 and Hoppers ran out 73-14 against Manx Demolition.