The long-awaited RG Recruitment basketball league finally started on Saturday. In the late afternoon, a large group of spectators longing for basketball gathered at the Hampton Gardens school, which was quite unexpected even for the organisers of the league.

In the first season, four teams will compete in the league: Ipswich Meru, South Lincs “Dragons”, Wolfs Kings Lynn and Peterborough BC Tauras.

We are also very grateful to the sponsors who believed in our vision and contributed to the creation and development of the league: Kaimas Lithuanian Restaurant, the companies Cardinalis Concrete, M&V Solutions LTD, ConcretePumping, Spot Of Nature UK and RGrecruitment.co.uk.

The league commenced with Peterborough “Tauras” and Ipswich “Meru” teams fighting hard on the court. Although for various reasons the “Meru” team came to the match missing a few important players, there was a persistent and tough fight throughout the game. The winner of the match only became clear in the second half of the last quarter, when the “Tauras” team managed to execute several quick attacks in a row and hit several long shots. Meanwhile, “Meru” lost two players due to the personal foul limit. The final result on the scoreboard showed the victory of the Peterborough team with the result 67:56 (17:15, 21:15, 15:16, 14:10). Valdas Obrikas was the most productive among the winners, scoring 20 points and grabbing 7 rebounds. Giedrius Pakalniškis with 18 points, 5 assists and 5 turnovers stood out the most in the ranks of the “Meru” team.