Falkirk's Fury basketballers perform 'Beat It' routine

Basketballers kept the ball bouncing as they sent a positive coronavirus message to the Falkirk community.
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Players young and old performed skills and dribble practise to hone their ball skills during the lockdown which has kept them off the court for seven weeks now.

Their efforts were collated and set to a re-written version of the song ‘Beat It’ by Michael Jackson.

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Nora Vitali sang the Covid-19 specific lyrics, re-worked by Pat Bunyan, and Jonny Bunyan edited the video with clips from players’ home programmes and match footage from The Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks and Fury’s matches.

Picture: Michael Gillen.Picture: Michael Gillen.
Picture: Michael Gillen.

Fury senior men landed the league title and were set to be presented with the trophy before their first play-off tie of the post-season was postponed as a result of the pandemic and nationwide sport suspension.

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