FOBISIA INVITATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022-23 Matt Buck
Director of Sport, Rugby School Thailand
FOBISIA U11 BASKETBALL, DEC 2ND/3RD 2022 Our first FOBISIA sports event to be held at Rugby School Thailand as a new member school saw 8 boys and 7 girls teams go head to head for the titles. Hua Hin had the longest journey with all the other schools travelling down from Bangkok. After the boys group stages, RST, Shrewsbury Bangkok Riverside, Wells and Bangkok Prep contested the final 4 places with the hosts RST, being crowned champions after an exciting final vs Bangkok Prep. The girls tournament had a similar pattern with RST, Shrewsbury Bangkok Riverside, Wells being joined by the American School Bangkok in the final 4. Shrewsbury this time taking the honours over RST in the girls Championship game.
FOBISIA U19 BASKETBALL, FEB 9TH/10TH 2023 The second invitational at Rugby School Thailand turned out to be the most popular of the year and welcomed Szu Wei and Tao-Yuan High Schools who travelled from Taiwan to complete. The British School Manila also made the trip and made the tournament truly international. The standard in the boys final 4 matchups was extremely high, with Shrewsbury Bangkok Riverside and ASB Green Valley narrowly missing out on a final place. The Championship game was truly an epic encounter with Thakham School taking on Tao-Yuan, with the Taiwan boys taking the win in overtime! In the girls bracket Szu Wei from Taiwan was the class act, breezing through the rounds and running away with the final in spectacular fashion. The rest of the games were very tight with ASB Green Valley beating Shrewsbury Bangkok Riverside for a place in the final but just 1 point. Across the tournament there were 19 games with 5 points of each other, 10 games with 2 points and 5 games won by just 1 point! 52