Hoops thrashed Ghana Fire Service 69 - 53

Cape Coast Hoops on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 won against the Ghana Fire Service team 69-53. The game is in continuation of the Greater Accra Armature Basketball League which was played at Lebanon House, Tudu Accra. Highlights of the day saw two dunks from Saykan Bestman and a monster dunk from Michael DadsonThe game was a must win for Hoops who had earlier lost to the braves of CEPS and Yotive the week before. Hoops lost to Yotive 70-67 and on Sept. 10 lost to Braves of Ceps 101-63. The match against Ceps was a very physical one which saw two Hoops players sustaining cuts they receive from the CEPS players. With the victory against Fire, the team now has two wins and three defeats. Players in the team are confident of wining their remaining matches against Police, Wizards, Flames, and Warrior to make it for the playoffs. Presently some of the players on on camp in Cape Coast training for the match against Police this coming Saturday. Fans should expect nothing less than massive victories in the remaining matches.

Video Hoops vs. Fire
Video Hoops vs CEPS

Hoops Center arrives in Denver

Atsu Atakpa, the 6'9" 240 pounds Power Forward/Center of Cape Coast Hoops left the Kotoka International Airport on August 20th and has safely arrive at Denver. Atsu who is commonly call "Big 'Tsu" by his team mates was very excited about his dream coming to a reality by having the opportunity to play basketball in the USA. The big man, who hails from Cape Coast and has been in the Hoops roster since the formation of the club and has also played a leading roll in most of the matches of the team will be miss not only by his team mates by also by basketball lovers in Ghana for his dominance in the paint. Atsu is a successful player to benefit from the Hoops-Runhouse project. This brings to a total of five players currently in the USA with the sixth, Christopher Angsomwine, leaving at the end of the month. We will keep you posted on all these players when the collegiate league starts later on this year. Currently the club has started to recruit new players to replace those leaving and so far the turnout is well as more big men and talented players are stepping up to fill the positions of these players. Keep visiting for more info.

Ingmar Snabilie donates balls to Hoops

Ingmar Snabilie, a young Dutch U-20 player who started with Woodpeckers from Houten as a kid, moved to the AA Drink Basketball Academy in Rotterdam for four seasons, and than played with CBV Binnenland in Barendrecht, a junior 1st division side for a season, before current club UBALL Red Devils in Utrecht also junior (U20) D1 and expected to wear the Hoops colors while in Ghana, has join the growing number of foreign fans and well wishers of the Cape Coast Hoops Basketball Club by donating an initial thirty outdoor Spalding basketballs. He is taking time off and will arrive here in Ghana on the 29th of August upon which he is expected to organize along with the Hoops family, basketball clinics targeting kids U14. The clinics are expected to unearth more talents of the game. In an email communication recently, he stated that he is very excited about coming to Africa to work with the kids by using basketball as a means of educating the youth which will eventually lift them from poverty. We will keep you posted on Ingmar stay.