AFTER brushing aside Amelia’s Ward Front 70-49, Kwakwani will tonight match skills with Victory Valley/Scheme in the final of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s Linden Inter-ward basketball championship, set for the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court. In the supporting game losing semifinalists Amelia’s Ward Front and Block 22/Wisrock will face each other.
In the semi-finals Kwakwani brushed aside a strong Amelia’s Ward Front side 72-49 behind Shelroy Thomas’ game-high 24 points and D. Douglas 14 while Lawrence Da Costa was the top shoot for the losing Front team with nine points.
Victory Valley Scheme got past Block 22/ Wisrock 74-23 as Keifer Tappin scored 19 points and Chris Williams 17 as Christopher Pollydore had five points for the Block 22/ Wisrock combination.
The winners will get $70 000, second-place finishers $50 000 and third-placers $30 000 along with trophies for the top four teams.