A BASKETBALL-MAD father who named his youngest son after a famous player, won a chance for them to meet the Harlem Globetrotters.

Errol Lewis, from Fartown, took his sons Zach, 15, and Kobe, eight, to Manchester to meet the exhibition basketball team and learn a few tricks.

Errol, 45, a service delivery supervisor for First buses in Huddersfield, won the trip through work.

Errol, who has worked for First for more than 23 years and started his career as a bus driver – is a huge basketball and Globetrotters fan.

He said: “As a child I watched the Globetrotters on World of Sport on Saturday afternoons – they inspired me to take up basketball.

“I played at senior high level for Huddersfield and have done a bit of coaching. I am still a big follower of the game – in fact I named my second son after LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant.

“Meeting the Globetrotters was a real thrill.”