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The Kennington Generals prove to be a dominant force in the U18 Women’s Division after they beat Bridge Academy 36-16 . 1The Generals were on fire from the start behind fantastic play from Mawia Bagate who poured in 18 points alone, whilst Natalie Paredes nailed another 10 points to push Kennington in front 23-8 by the end of the half. Bridge Academy’s Stefanie White and Yassin Belle did their best to support their team with 6 points each, however, it wasn’t enough to overcome the Generals who sealed the deal with a 20 point win.

The Kennington Generals were close to overcoming the Haringey Sixers on Sunday 15th January 2017, but lost out by 3 points in the end as Sixers stole the game 55-52 to bag themselves another win in the U23 Division. Sixers were led by usual suspect, Javel Small the CBL’s current leading scorer at 29ppg, who outscored everyone on court to finish with another 28 points haul. Small has been an unstoppable force for the Sixers this season scoring from all angles and seemingly able to get his shot off whenever he likes.  Not afraid of the long ball, Small has also been…

Kennington Generals came out on top against the talented Hackney Jedi’s by a score of 18-15 in U12 CBL action at the JFS on Sunday. Both teams featured some of the best talent in the division, with the mercurial Dean DJ DeFreitas-Smith running the show for Hackney and Diego Compus-Peck leading the charge for the Generals.  However, it was Kennington’s overall team defense that got them the win in this intense game of end to end action, as the young Generals did a good job on locking in on the free-scoring De Freitas-Smith. De Freitas-Smith is a fast rising future…

Dynamic duo, Maiwa Bagate and Natalie Paredes, gave it their all to lead the Kennington Generals to their second win of the season, beating Bridge Academy by 20 to finish 36-16 on Sunday 11th December 2016. Both ladies finished in double figures as Bagate chipped in with 16 points, whilst Paredes added 10 points to make up over half of their team’s score. Kennington’s pair were quick and controlled the game well, proving too much for Bridge Academy to handle. But Bridge came prepared with their own double act as Stefanie White and Yassin Belle kept Kennington busy throughout the…

The Kennington Generals snatched a convincing victory, 70-36, over Mamba Mix in an exciting start to the Community Basketball League U23 Men’s division on Sunday 27th November. Tight two-man play between the Generals Jason Okosi and Darnel Sharpe-Kelly gave the Mix fits on defense and earned the Generals plenty of good looks which they duly converted to take the first quarter by storm, 21-4. Mamba Mix soon upped their offensive ante in the second, thanks to Tommy Tan’s strong work down low and a series of offensive putbacks by the Mamba frontline worked tirelessly to try to find a way back into the game….

This year’s CBL U25 Playoff Final was a brilliant showcase of the league’s finest talent with both Activities4U All Stars and Kennington Generals putting on a remarkable show that eventually saw A4U shine bright as they claimed the U25 Championship with a 46-23 win over Kennington. As expected, the game was tight from the first quarter as A4U’s Juan Manning set the tone of the game early by scoring 4 points whilst team mates, Khalid Ibrahim and Alex Sappa, made their free throws to put the All Stars up 9-6. The second quarter saw both teams capitalise on every possession, especially as A4U’s…

Sunday 26th June 2016 saw the Kennington Generals lift the U18 Championship trophy after they did everything in their power to deliver a memorable 57-49 win over the Haringey Hawks at CitySport Saddlers Sports Hall. The Haringey Hawks have been the team to beat all season long and proved why as they dominated the majority of the game in the second half. The first quarter alone saw them pace past the Generals to finish 11-18, with a team effort from S.Kapsalos, J. Jones-Smi, and M. Sanni-Oba all driving to the basket to make easy lay ups. However, Kennington’s Jayson Okosi came with the…

The CBL have enjoyed following the female talent in the league and so were proud to celebrate women’s basketball on Sunday 26th June as the Kennington Generals took on COLA in the female feature game of the day. With the crowd in full support of the women on court, the female game of the afternoon proved to be a tightly contested affair with the Kennington Generals edging out COLA by one point to win 9-8 and finish as this year’s CBL U25 Female Champions,   whilst COLA came away winning the CBL U18 Female Championship.  The first half saw Kennington’s MVP, Natalie Paredes, net the first basket, but COLA hit back immediately to even out the score…

The Community Basketball League Playoff Finals treated spectators to a day of the best in basketball talent, and lived up to the promise of showcasing ‘Tomorrow’s Stars Today’. With every game filled with excitement, the level of competition spoke volumes of the talent throughout the league, and so it gives the CBL great pleasure to announce this year’s 2015-16 Season Champions:   U12: WESTSIDE U14: BRENT BALLERS U16 Girls: COLA U16 Boys: ACCESS2SPORTS U18 Boys: KENNINGTON GENERALS U25 Men: ACTIVITIES4U ALL STARS U25 Women: KENNINGTON GENERALS The CBL would like to thank the amazing staff at CitySport for hosting this year’s CBL Playoff Finals,…