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Last Updated: Friday, 5 January 2007, 13:23 GMT
MPs agree basketball final wager
Basketball action (picture from Guildford Heat)
Guildford Heat have beaten Scottish Rocks twice in the league
Two MPs have agreed a friendly wager on the outcome of a basketball cup final taking place on Sunday.

Guildford Heat will line up against the Scottish Rocks for their BBL Cup Final clash in Birmingham.

Guildford MP, Anne Milton, has offered up a hamper from the Hogs Back Brewery to her counterpart Jim Sheridan, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North.

For his part of the wager, Mr Sheridan has pledged a bottle from a Diageo distillery in Scotland.

Two wins

"Jim Sheridan better be very afraid," warned Ms Milton.

"I am absolutely confident. We've got the whole of Guildford behind the Heat on Sunday and they're going to win.

MPs Anne Milton and Jim Sheridan
The two MPs are fervently backing their local basketball sides

"They're something Guildford should be very proud of, and to get into the final is fantastic."

Guildford Heat was only formed in July 2005, but the team are currently top of the British Basketball League.

They have won both league matches against Scottish Rocks so far this season.

But Mr Sheridan is confident of a turnaround in fortunes in the cup final.

"You can rest assured that the Heat will get a roasting," he declared.

"I think the Rocks will stand tall and this will be a great event."

The Hogs Back hamper put forward by Ms Milton contains beer, ale cake and ale mustard.


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