Basketeers v. Buccaneers

CRAIGROYSTON club Basketeers will line up for the first time in the Lothian Men's basketball cup final against Midlothian Buccaneers at Portobello High School tomorrow (1.00pm).

Basketeers, founded only two years ago thanks to the inspiration of former Scotland's women's point guard and coach Lesley Beaton, have included as many as eight different nationalities in their side this season, including Israeli, Italian, Polish, South African, Turkish and English – and one Scot Robin Hatha, who could also play for India.

Their club secretary is a Mexican, Guillermo Calderon, who has lived in Scotland for nine years and is quietly confident that they can pull off their first win.

He said: "We beat them in the league and, if we play as well as we have been recently, then I think we can do it."