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Image Courtesy of Dan Crowther The Solent Kestrels have been crowned champions of NBL D1 Pool B after an extremely dominant 87-49 victory against CoLA. Thomas Blower led all scoring, netting 15 points in 22 minutes to equal his highest scoring game for the Kestrels and show out in front of a packed-out Solent Sports Complex in the final home game of the regular season. Elijah Lotriet was the player who opened the scoring, banking in a three from the left wing right in front o

Image Courtesy of Dan Crowther The Kestrels had to overcome a poor first quarter to fight back and beat Cobham Cobras 76-59 to kick off their back-to-back away trip weekends. Andre Arissol’s 18 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 7 steals and Wayne Kitenge’s impact off the bench to shore up the glass and provide impactful points to kick the Kestrels into sixth gear. The home side opened up the game with a flash, scoring just 3 seconds into the game, Charlie Ollis winning the t

Image Courtesy of Dan Crowther Saturday evening saw a strong team performance from the Solent Kestrels to clinch an 89-71 win over London Lions II, to move them to a 10-2 record in NBL Division One. The game begun with an Ash Briggs close range finish and would be the theme of the match, with the home side giving up 62 points in the paint across all four quarters. Jakub Ofman made his way into the starting lineup with the absence of Greg Durand and made best use of the opport

Image Courtesy of Dan Crowther Kestrels got back to winning ways on Saturday evening as they handed Greenwich Titans an 85-75 defeat at the Solent Sports Complex. The win is the second victory for Solent over the Titans this season and improves Kestrels to 7-2 in NBL Division 1 for the season. Kestrels set the tone early with a strong first quarter where the hosts moved the ball well and pushed the pace to open up a 28–18 lead, with Ethan Round and Luke Busumbru providing ear

Image Courtesy of Dan Crowther Solent’s seven-game winning streak in all competitions came to an end in London as the Kestrels fell 78–71 to CoLA Southwark Pride in a tightly fought NBL Division One battle. Ethan Round poured in 22 points, Wayne Kitenge delivered a powerful 17-point, 12-rebound double-double, and Luke Busumbru added 10 points, but CoLA’s energy and defensive pressure proved decisive down the stretch. The Kestrels opened brightly, pushing the pace and finding

Image Courtesy of Luke Simcock It was back to winning ways for the Solent Kestrels Men’s senior team this weekend as they picked up a pair of victories in both the League and National Cup competitions. Saturday saw them hand London Elite a 103-63 defeat on the road in the capital, as they bounced back from defeat last weekend, before making the long journey to the south west to take on Exeter Spartans in the National Cup 3rd round, bringing home a 91-62 victory to advance to

Image Courtesy Kai Johnson Wayne Kitenge will return to the Solent Kestrels for his second consecutive season as the squad gear up for...