The Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders would like to remind all fans that the End of Season Presentation Evening and Auction is tonight at the Campanile Hotel.

The event will start at 7.30pm with player presentations followed by the auction, players player and staff presentations, buffet, raffle and disco till late.

If you are unable to attend you can bid online for any of the items below by emailing info@leicesterriders.co.uk right up to 6pm tonight. Please email the lot number and the amount you would like to bid.

Lot 1 - #5 Steve Vear Kit
Lot 2 - #8 Darren Mills Kit
Lot 3 - #9 Russell Jordan Kit
Lot 4 - #10 Emile Hopkins Kit
Lot 5 - #12 Roderick Wellington Kit
Lot 6 - #13 Mindagaus Janiska Kit
Lot 7 - #15 Barry Lamble Kit
Lot 8 - #21 Carlos White Kit
Lot 9 - #23 Terrence Woodyard Kit
Lot 10 - #24 Joel Burns Kit
Lot 11 - #25 Chad McKnight Kit
Lot 12 - Family of 4 -2 games of bowling at Hollywood Bowl
Lot 13 - Signed Team shooting Shirt
Lot 14 - Reebok I-Run Treadmill (RRP £499)
Lot 15 - Signed Molten Game Ball
Lot 16 - A 4 month membership at David Lloyds
Lot 17 - Meal for 4 at Subway
Lot 18 - 4 Cinema tickets at Vue Cinema
Lot 19 - Room for 2 at the Campanile and Breakfast

Tickets are £7 Adults £4 concessions and Supporters Club Members are £5 Adults £3 concessions.

BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 97 (23,44,61)
(Otten 32, Obazuaye 26, Hamilton 14)
Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 104 (22,42,65)
(Vear 28, Janiska 22, Lamble 18)

Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders won the battle for tenth place after an overtime win at BiG Storage Cheshire Jets. The victory gave them 10 wins for the season.

The victory was achieved in a frantic extra period, which saw their hosts finish the match with just three players.

Earlier Jets had held the lead at the end of the first quarter (23-22) and at half time (44-42). Riders edged ahead 61-65 at the end of three but couldn’t hold on to a 74-80 lead in the final stanza and were forced to make two free throws through Mindaugas Janiska with 1.1 seconds on the clock to force overtime.

Once into added time the Riders broke open a 93-93 scoreline with four free throws after the Jets bench had been called for a technical foul. Once Janiska had sank all four there was no way back for the Jets.

Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 82 (26,43,66)
(Janiska 26, Vear/Wellington/McKnight 11)
Guildford Heat 99 (28,48,74)
(Harrison 22, Martin 21, Dorsey 19)

Guildford Heat secured the runners-up spot in the BBL Championship table thanks to an 82-99 victory over the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders on Saturday evening.

Both sides traded baskets throughout the first half, but the Heat closed the second quarter with a 5-0 burst to lead 43-48 going into the locker rooms at the break.

The second half continued in much the same way as the first with both teams trading baskets. The visitors again finished the quarter strongly with a 6-0 tear to lead 66-74 going into the final stanza.

In the final period, the Heat broke the game open with an 11-1 run midway through the quarter to take the score out to 73-90. The Riders tried valiantly to close the gap, but were unable to do so as the Heat ran out eventual winners.

Mindaugas Janiska led all scorers in the game with 26 points for the Riders, while the Heat scoring was led by EJ Harrison with 22.

Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 70 (14,25,45)
(Lamble 14, Wellington 14, Jordan 13)
PAWS London Capital 82 (25,46,60)
(Bradley 23, Perkins 16, Gariba 15)

PAWS London Capital moved up two places in the league table with an excellent away performance at Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders.

The 70-82 victory was Capital’s fifth away win of the campaign and saw them leap ahead of Riders and BiG Storage Cheshire Jets into ninth position.

Capital were in control throughout as they eased into a 14-25 first quarter lead. They were helped somewhat by double-technical fouls on Riders duo Marcus Knight and Mindus Janiska, which helped them go in 25-46 at half time.

Riders trimmed the deficit back to 15 at the end of third quarter (45-60) but couldn’t get close enough during the final stanza to worry a confident Capital team.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Carlos White had to make a sudden departure in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The call came late Saturday night after Carlos himself learnt that his mother had been taken seriously ill. Carlos has now flown back to Alabama and is with his mother and family.

Our thoughts are with Carlos and his family, and we wish his mother a speedy recovery. General Manager Russell Levenston commented:-

“From a team point of view not having Carlos with us for the moment is a great disappointment. But the main priority and the most important thing is that he is with his mother and family at this difficult time. My thoughts go out to the family and I wish Mrs. White a full and speedy recovery.
I look forward to Carlos’ return to Leicester and the team as soon as possible.”

02/04/2008
Sheffield Sharks 83 v Leicester Riders 66

The Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders will be holding an End of Season Presentation Evening and Auction night on 26th April 2008 at the Campanile Hotel.

The event will start at 7.30pm with Presentations for Fans player of the Season, Players player etc.

The club we will then auction off the players kits, a signed matchball, MP3 player, Rbk Treadmill and much more, after the auction there will be a buffet and Disco till late.

You can buy your tickets online or from the supporters club desk and the tickets are £7 Adults £4 concessions members £5 Adults £3 concessions.

For more information click here or contact the Riders office at email info@leicesterriders.co.uk or phone 0116 268 8237