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Yorkshire Squad Training
Please note the following practices have been arranged for the Boys Yorkshire squad:
Sundays Sept. 7th; 14th; 21st.
All practices are 11.00 a.m - 1.00 p.m.
All practices are at Springs Leisure Centre.
Any difficulties please contact me. Dave Ransom
URGENT CALL TO HELP DEVELOP BRADFORD'S SPORTING TALENT
Bradford's only National League Junior Basketball club – the Bradford Dragons – is urgently looking for more basketball coaches to continue to develop its young talent.
Bradford has not been an area with a long basketball tradition, but new players are quickly being drawn to the game from Bradford's diverse communities. In a recent audit, players from 45 nationalities and ethnic groups had been involved with the Club during the 2006/7 season, reflecting basketball's popularity as a world game, second only to football in the number of national associations affiliated to an international body.
Stuart Culliford, founder of the Bradford Dragons Basketball Club said: "Basketball is a great sport to help young people learn to work as a team, to work hard and to compete, and, crucially, to give them a sense of achievement. Coaches are essential to make this happen. But it is not just knowledge of the game that they bring. Coaches are often older players that have busy lives, careers and families and this gives them a chance to put something back into the sport that they enjoyed for many years and probably still love. They can pass on how they learned the game and teach these young enthusiastic basketballers the proper fundamentals and the right attitude to compete."
Coaches can get their travel expenses, out of pocket expenses, English Basketball registration fees, police checks and the cost of EB Coaching courses to at least Coach level 2 standard paid, but need to volunteer their own time in return. Dragons need enthusiastic, reliable and committed Coaches to share the coaching role across all teams.
For more information on becoming a coach, please contact Stuart Culliford on 0781 661 0600, leave a message on 01274 590409, email info@bradforddragons.co.uk or visit the Club website at www.bradforddragons.co.uk
Stuart added: "As Nelson Mandela once said, 'Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope, where once there was despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down barriers. It laughs in the face of discrimination.'"
Further information:
We are particularly looking for coaches for our Dragons U16 boys team for the 2008/9 season (commencing in September 2008).
Current coaches include:
Chris Mellor, Head Coach – a Bradfordian and former England U23 player, Assistant Coach Mike Thompson – also runs Burnley Basketball Club.
Arthur Wainwright, Dragons U18 junior men Coach – from the North East and a former England U19 player
Tamas Okros, Dragons U13 & U14 Coach – a Hungarian and former pro-player in Hungary with a degree in basketball coaching.
Joining Dragons for 2008/9 will be Martina Greenwood who will coach the new Dragons U18 Girl's team which is entering the EBL for the first time. Martina plays rugby and plays basketball for Kirklees Ladies. Also joining is Nick Bull from Thirsk who will coach the new Dragons U13 girls team in the new Yorkshire U13 girls league.
Photography of games, players and coaches available on request.
About Bradford Dragons:
Bradford Dragons Basketball Club was formed in summer 2001 and now has the biggest EB club membership in Yorkshire with around 130 children and young people involved as players. It is an EB 3 star club with Clubmark. In the 2007/8 season Dragons had 6 teams in competition and 4 teams in development and a Dragons team, Dragons 1 senior men, made the play offs for the first time. The Club aims to create quality, accessible and affordable basketball development and competitive opportunities for young people across all the West Yorkshire’s diverse communities.
For further information, contact Stuart Culliford on 0781 661 0600, leave a message on 01274 590409, email info@bradforddragons.co.uk or visit the Club website at www.bradforddragons.co.uk
21st - 25th July 2008
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EB Level 2 Referrees Course at Zara Sports Centre Bradford
Saturday 28th June and 12th July.
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INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL-TOURNAMENTS
I am the organizer of the FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY in Ghent, Belgium but I am also working for a local travel-agency in Ghent.
In 2009 we have serious plans to organize trips from Belgium to foreign basketball-tournaments for youth (boys and girls) and seniorteams (men and women).
If your club is organizing an international basketball-tournament and you want to invite basketballclubs from Belgium and Holland, please let me know all further information about your tournament :
date of the tournament
age-groupes
hotel-accommodation
tournament-rules
finances
We can add your organization into our brochure and we will make an interesting promotion for your event in Belgium and Holland.
It’s important to know that :
our clubs must stay in a hotel (schools, classrooms, ... cannot be taken into consideration)
all tournaments must be indoor (no outdoor-events)
If you don’t organize a tournament with your own club, but you know some interesting tournaments in your country, I appreciate if you could send me the contacts of that organization also.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Best regards from Belgium.
Geert BAEYENS
Vijverveldlaan 28
9090 MELLE
Telephone : 0032 497 443279
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THE “CRAZY DUNKERS” ARE COMING BACK AT THE 6th “FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY” IN GHENT, BELGIUM
Next August 23rd and 24th the 6th FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY will be held again in GHENT, Belgium. In total 122 teams have applied already (last year, we hosted ... 124 teams) into the biggest international basketball-tournament in Belgium.
This is the best PRE-SEASON TOURNAMENT in Europe !!
On Friday evening, August 22nd, we’ll have the opening-ceremony before the start of the tournament on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th of August.
On Saturday evening, we offer a great evening of basketball in the central venue of Bourgoyen :
at 20h15 : DEXIA MONS / BERGEN (Belgium) – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (USA)
at 22h00 : the “CRAZY DUNKERS ARE COMING BACK”
The team of Dexia Mons / Bergen is one of the top-teams in Belgium.
Last season, they were :
finalist of the FIBA Euro Cup
finalist of the Belgian Cup
semi-finalist of the Belgian play-offs
To close the second day of the tournament, the world-famous CRAZY DUNKERS will bring us a great show again at 22h00
We still have some open places in the “Flanders Basketball Trophy” of next summer :
boys U14 – 1995-1996 : complete but ... we can still add 4 new teams
boys U16 – 1993-1994 : 1 open place
boys U18 – 1991-1992 : complete : 32 teams
boys U21 – 1988-1990 : 2 open places
girls U14 – 1995-1996 : 1 open place
girls U16 – 1993-1994 : 2 open places
girls U19 – 1990-1992 : 1 open place
mens seniors : 1 open place.
women seniors : 2 open places
mens veterans : 1 open place
In several groups, we can upgrade the number of teams ... so : join the FBT 2008 !!
If you want see the DVD of the tournament 2007, please visit www.flandersbasketballtrophy.com
BRADFORD DRAGONS BASKETBALL CLUB HOLD SENIOR MEN TRY OUTS FOR THE ENGLISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE [EBL] DIVISION 3 SQUAD FOR 2008/9
Bradford Dragons BC are inviting quality basketball players who wish to play for Dragons in the EBL division 3 next season to attend the try outs session as attached.
The try outs sessions will be held every Tuesday evening [starting 3/6/08, then 10/6/08, 17/6/08 and 24/6/08] in June from 8.30 to 10pm at Grange Interlink Community Centre, Summerville Road, Bradford BD7 1PX [near Bradford University]. Sessions cost £2.50p each.
Stuart Culliford, Dragons chairperson said, ‘Last season was our best ever for our senior men’s team and we made the play offs for the first time as a new EBL club. We are looking to build on that success by recruiting the best basketball players available in Yorkshire to strengthen our squad and improve again in the 2008/9 season. We want to see any player who thinks they have what it takes to play for Dragons in the EBL senior men’s league. Players need to make at least one try out session in June to be considered for selection’
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