TOP seed Kings are up against the Blueberry Hill outfit this evening in game one of the Victory Valley Royals 20th Anniversary Open Knockout basketball tournament, which is being played at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court. 

Kings who regained the top billing from Amelia’s Ward Jets after starting the year in second position will seek to assert themselves in this tournament after not reaching the final four in the National Club championship.
The Kings will look to their experienced lineup, led by former national player Abdulla Hamid and Steve Neils (Jr.), Omally Sampson and Marvin Hartman against an unknown opponent who should field players from the Blueberry Hill Christianburg communities.
In the second game Retrieve Raiders, rated number two after losing in the National Club championship final and currently in the number four position in Linden, will play without national player Dwayne ‘Brown Sugar’ Roberts but are likely to be favoured against Half Mile Bulls in the game set for 21.00hrs.
Raiders will look to players like Dwight McKinnon, Geoffrey La Rose, and Omar Sam to push them past this Bulls team.
The Bulls will be without Michael Turner who is now with Pacesetters but others like young junior nationals Terron Welch and Travin Dryden and the experienced Shane Lewis should be enough to set the stage for a good game.
The winners from tonight and last night’s opening matches are set for semifinals clash next Friday at the same venue.