1 short of a ton

Exciting and closely fought volleyball matches featured in round two of the Turtles Business House volleyball tournament last week.

Newcomers to the tournament, Southpac, played a terrific game against team Playing Up going point for point with their more experienced opponents.

Despite their best efforts – Southpac couldn’t contain Playing Up who went on to win the game 74-69.

Team BCI notched up their second win of the tournament keeping the high flying Fiji Me team at bay to win 75-63.

It was a battle of the islands affair when team Pukapuka and Mangaia faced off in what was an evenly matched game.

The game started off with both sides going tit-for-tat on points but Mangaia showed more determination to win their first game 81-67.

In other games on the night – the Ponies rode home to a 78-64 win against the Robbos while the Rebels were one short of a ton against Turtles to take the match 99-65.

The Aremango Sharks came close to registering their first win but they couldn’t keep their Wales opponents in check and the Wales ran away with the win 86-71.

Team Ruks notched up a good score against Smack Em to win 96-55 but Smack Em walked away with the spot prize of the night thanks to Turtles.

TKV2 proved to be a handful for Wes Side as the Takuvaine crew took out the match 86-68.

Dixon Tribe were merciless against TKV1 winning the game 86-63. Round three games will be staged tomorrow night at the Telecom Sports Arena with three games running at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm.