Training arrangements over the October holidays

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Due to the closure of Portobello High School for maintenance over the school holidays, we are training at a variety of venues!

MiniHoops and U10s

The MiniHoops and Under 10s will not train on Sunday 11th October. Training will be on as normal on Sunday 18th October.

Under 12s

The Under 12s will train as normal on Tuesday 13th for the boys and Thursday 15th for the girls but will not have a session on Friday 16th

Under 14 boys

Training will be as follows :

• Monday 12th October 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Holy Rood High School
• Monday 19th October 5pm - 6pm at Holy Rood High School

Under 14 girls

The Under 14 girls will train as normal on Saturday 10th October. Training will then not resume until Wednesday 21st October.

Cadet Men

Training will be as follows :

• Tuesday 13th October 5pm - 6:30pm at Holy Rood High School
• Friday 16th October 5:30pm - 7pm at Jack Kane Centre

Note there will be no Cadet Men training on Tuesday 20th October.

Cadette Women

No training during the holiday week. Training will be as follows :

• Tuesday 20th October 6pm until 7:15pm at Edinburgh College, Granton.

Junior Men

Training will be as follows :

• Wednesday 14th October 6:30pm - 7:30pm at Jack Kane Centre.
• Tuesday 20th October 7:15pm - 8:30pm at Edinburgh College, Granton

Junior Women

No training over the holiday week. Training will be as follows :

• Tuesday 20th October 8:30pm - 9:50pm at Edinburgh College, Granton

Senior Men

D1 training will be as follows :

• Wednesday 14th October 9pm-10pm at Jack Kane Centre
• Friday 16th October 8pm - 9:45pm at Holy Rood High School
• Monday 7:30pm - 9:30pm at Edinburgh College, Granton

D2 training will be as follows :

• Monday 19th October 6:30pm - 7:30pm at Edinburgh College, Granton

Senior Women

National League training will be as follows :

• Tuesday 13th October 9-10pm at Jack Kane Centre
• Tuesday 20th October 8:30pm - 9:50pm at Edinburgh College, Granton

Lothian League training will be as follows :

• Tuesday 13th October 6:30pm - 8pm at Holy Rood High School

Fixtures for 6th October to 11th October

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As the October school holidays draw near so does a fixture break for some of our teams. The season finally starts in the Lothian League for our women's team with their first fixture on Wednesday night at Portobello. The Cadet Men have a late night on Tuesday 6th as they have a fixture in Glasgow against the always tricky Glasgow Rens. The Junior Men start their Scottish Cup campaign on Thursday against Boroughmuir Blaze and on the same night the Senior Men meet Blaze in the league.

To help with planning over the holidays, the fixtures for the next 2 weeks are listed below. Good luck to all our teams.

Date	Time	Team	Opposition	Venue
Tuesday 6th October	19:10	Cadet Men D1	Glasgow Rens	Shawlands Academy
Wednesday 7th October	20:15	Senior Women LL	Midlothian Saints	Portobello High School
Thursday 8th October	19:00	Junior Men Scottish Cup	Boroughmuir Blaze	Portobello High School CANCELLED
	20:45	Senior Men D1	Boroughmuir Blaze	The Crags
Saturday 10th October	13:30	Senior Men D1	Glasgow Storm	Scotstoun Sports Centre
Sunday 11th October	10:15	Junior Men D2	South Lanarkshire Colliers	Alistair McCoist Complex
	13:00	Senior Men D2	West Lothian Wolves	Holy Rood High School
Saturday 17th October	12:20	Senior Women Scottish Cup	Granite City Grizzlies	Portobello High School
	13:30	Cadet Men D3	Perth Phoenix	Dundee International Sports Complex
Sunday 18th October	10:15	Junior Men D2	Renfrew Rocks	Holy Rood High School
	11:20	Senior Women	Lady Rocks	St Maurices High School
	12:20	Senior Men D1 Scottish Cup	St Mirren	Portobello High School

Fixtures for weekend of 3rd and 4th October (with a couple on 1st October!)

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The games start early this week with a couple of games against Blaze on Thursday for the Senior and Cadette Women. We then have another Super Saturday at Portobello on Saturday as we play host to Ayrshire Tornadoes and South Lanarkshire Colliers. The Cadet Men D3 are also in action on Saturday with 2 games in Bathgate. Sunday see the Senior Men D2 team in action against Blaze at the Crags and the Cadet Men D2 are at home at Holy Rood to West Lothian. The Senior Women are at home at Portobello to South Lanarkshire Colliers. As ever your support is much appreciated at all of our games!

Date	Time	Team	Opposition	Venue
Thursday 1st October	18:50	Cadette Women D1	Boroughmuir Blaze	The Crags
	20:50	Senior Women	Boroughmuir Blaze	The Crags
Saturday 3rd October	11:00	Cadette Women	South Lanarkshire Colliers	Portobello High School
	11:45	Cadet Men D3	Fraserburgh Storm	Bathgate Academy
	13:00	Junior Women	South Lanarkshire Colliers	Portobello High School
	15:00	Cadet Men D1	Ayrshire Tornadoes	Portobello High School
	15:15	Cadet Men D3	Stirling Knights	Bathgate Academy
	17:00	Junior Men D1	Ayrshire Tornadoes	Portobello High School
	19:00	Senior Men D1	Ayrshire Tornadoes	Portobello High School
Sunday 4th October	12:00	Senior Women	South Lanarkshire Colliers	Portobello High School
	13:00	Cadet Men D2	West Lothian Wolves	Holy Rood High School
	17:20	Senior Men D2	Boroughmuir Blaze B	The Crags

Fixtures for weekend 26th and 27th September

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This weekend most of the Club's teams are on the road! The Division 1 teams are off to Dundee for games against Tayside Musketeers on Saturday and Sunday. The Cadette Women have their first Division 2 fixture on Sunday in Grangemouth, the Cadet Men Division 2 team are in Renfrew and the Under 14 boys and girls are off to The Peak in Stirling for the first round of Regional Development League fixtures. No games this weekend for the Junior Men and Senior Men Division 2 teams.

Good luck to all the players, coaches and supporters!

Date	Time	Team	Opposition	Venue
Saturday 26th September	11:20	Tayside Musketeers	Cadet Men D1	Grove Academy
	13:20	Tayside Musketeers	Junior Men D1	Grove Academy
	15:20	Tayside Musketeers	Senior Men D1	Grove Academy
Sunday 27th September	9:00	Under 14 boys D2	Larbert Lions	Hall 2, The Peak
	9:55	Under 14 boys D1	Boroughmuir Blaze 1	Hall 2, The Peak
	11:20	Tayside Musketeers	Junior Women	Grove Academy
	11:45	Falkirk Fury	Under 14 boys D1	Hall 2, The Peak
	11:45	Under 14 boys D2	East Lothian Dragons 2	Hall 1, The Peak
	13:45	Renfrew Rocks	Cadet Men D2	Renfrew Leisure Centre
	13:20	Tayside Musketeers	Cadette Women D1	Grove Academy
	13:30	Cadette Women D2	Fraserburgh Storm	Grangemouth Sports Complex
	13:35	Under 14 girls	Stirling Knights	Hall 1, The Peak
	14:30	Under 14 girls	West Lothian Wolves	Hall 1, The Peak
	15:20	Tayside Musketeers	Senior Women	Grove Academy

Big weekend of basketball ahead!

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The National League season kicks off in earnest this weekend with 10 Club teams in action! Of course it is a Super Saturday with 5 of our teams in action at Portobello against Falkirk Fury. Also in action on Saturday are the Cadet Men Division 3 team who also play Fury but at Bathgate Academy. Our Senior Women have to wait until Sunday for their game against Fury. Also in action on Sunday are the Division 2 teams from the Junior, Cadet and Senior Men who are all at home at Holy Rood High School.

It is a sign of how large and successful the Club has become that we are able to give playing opportunities to so many players and it is a great testament to the organisation of all the volunteers involved in putting on games from Gill in the Tuck Shop and all the team managers organising Table Officials to all the parents who volunteer to help in the Tuck Shop, make rolls, video, update Facebook, provide taxi services, wash strips. It really is a massive team effort and everyone should be very proud of how far we have come.

Date	Time	Team	Opposition	Venue
Saturday 19th September	10:00	Cadet Men D3	Falkirk Fury	Bathgate Academy
	11:00	Cadette Women D1	Falkirk Fury	Portobello High Schoo
	13:00	Cadet Men D1	Falkirk Fury	Portobello High Schoo
	15:00	Junior Women	Falkirk Fury	Portobello High Schoo
	17:00	Junior Men	Falkirk Fury	Portobello High Schoo
	19:00	Senior Men	Falkirk Fury	Portobello High Schoo
Sunday 20th September	12:00	Senior Women	Falkirk Fury	Portobello High School
	13:00	Cadet Men D2	Dunfermline Reign	Holy Rood High School
	15:00	Junior Men D2	Stirling Knights	Holy Rood High School
	17:00	Senior Men D2	Stirling Knights	Holy Rood High School

Super Saturdays are back!

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Here we go.....

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This weekend sees the start of the season for 3 of our teams, on Saturday our Cadet Men Division 3 team kicks us off with a game against against Boroughmuir Blaze at Bathgate Academy with a 1:30pm tip off. The new Division 3 will play games in a central venue and will allow us to offer more competitive games to our developing Cadet Men and our up and coming Under 14s. This team is coached by Rhys Jones.

We have 2 games on Sunday with the Junior Men Division 2 team with Jenny Simpson at the helm travel to Bathgate Academy to play West Lothian Wolves at Bathgate Academy with a 12noon tip off. Our new look Senior Men Division 2 team are also in action on Sunday against Granite City Grizzlies at Holy Rood with a 1pm tip off. Player coach Craig Nicol is hopefully recovered from the Manchester bug!

Good luck to all our teams this weekend! Let's show them our support and get along to the games and cheer them on.

We are heading south!

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This weekend sees 4 teams and their coaches and supporters all head south to Manchester for a preseason series of games. The Cadet and Junior Men will play Manchester Magic twice over the weekend. The Cadette and Junior Women will play Manchester Mystics. Manchester are one of the top sides in England and should provide a far sterner challenge than anything the teams will face in the Scottish National League.

Coach Craig Nicol says "This will be an excellent opportunity for us to test ourselves against one of the best clubs in Britain. After successful games against Newcastle Eagles previously this will be a strong finish to our pre season preparations and will set us up nicely for the start of the season".

Season 2015/16 - opening games

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Its nearly here! The National League season 2015/16 is almost upon us and we are in great shape to kick off the season in style. With 11 National League teams hitting the floor in City of Edinburgh colours we offer more playing opportunities than any other Club in Scotland. We are indebted to our brilliant Fixtures Secretary Brian Findlay who always gets a few more grey hairs at this time of year as he attempts to schedule all the fixtures! Basketballscotland have launched a new fixtures and results website that can be found by clicking here. It doesn't look as if its complete yet (all Clubs enter their own home fixtures) so keep checking back. Just to get you started with all your diary updating here are the first fixtures.

U10s

The Under 10s will play in the East and Central Regional Development League and will have their first set of games on 29th November.

Under 12s

The U12 Academy teams will play in the East and Central Regional Development League and will have their first set of fixtures on 25th October. The U12 Cluster Clubs will have their first Friday night Cluster League games on 30th October.

Under 14 boys

The Under 14 boys will play in the East and Central Regional Development League (RDL). This year the league is split into a competition league and a development league. We have entered a team in each of these leagues. The team entered in the competition league will also play in the Cadet Men National League Division 3 and in the U14 Scottish Cup. The first fixtures are:

• RDL 27th September
• Scottish Cup - not announced yet
• NL D3 12th September against Boroughmuir Blaze at Bathgate Academy with a 1:30pm tip off.

Under 14 girls

The Under 14 girls will play in the RDL and the Scottish Cup. The Scottish Cup is yet to be scheduled but the first RDL fixtures are 27th September.

Cadet Men

The Cadet Men will play in National League Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 and the Scottish Cup. The first fixtures are:

• NL D1 12th September against Boroughmuir Blaze at the Crags with a 11am tip off. POSTPONED
• NL D2 20th September against Dunfermline Reign at Holy Rood High School with a 1pm tip off.
• NL D3 12th September against Boroughmuir Blaze at Bathgate Academy with a 1:30pm tip off.
• Scottish Cup - an away tie against Boroughmuir, still to be scheduled.

Cadette Women

The Cadette Women will play in National League Division 1 and Division 2 and the Scottish Cup.

• NL D1 19th September against Falkirk Fury at Portobello with a 11am tip off.
• Scottish Cup - had a home game against Highland Bears but this has been conceded so through to the next round which will be in November against the winners of Polonia against South Lanarkshire Colliers.

Junior Men

The Junior Men will play in National League Division 1 and Division 2 and the Scottish Cup.

• NL D1 12th September against Boroughmuir Blaze at the Crags with a 3pm tip off. POSTPONED
• NL D2 13th September against West Lothian Wolves at Bathgate Academy with a 12noon tip off
• Scottish Cup - a home game against Boroughmuir Blaze, still to be scheduled.

Junior Women

The Junior Women will play in the National League and the Scottish Cup.

• NL 19th September against Falkirk Fury at Portobello with a 3pm tip off.
• Scottish Cup - a home game against Highland Bears, still to be scheduled.

Senior Men

The Senior Men will play in National League Division 1 and Division 2 and the Scottish Cup. There will be no team entered in the Lothian League as it was felt that due to the increasing restrictions placed by the league on eligibility it no longer offered an appropriate playing outlet for us on the men's side. So the Division 2 league will now take the place of the Lothian League.

• NL D1 19th September against Falkirk Fury at Portobello with a 7pm tip off.
• NL D2 13th September against Granite City Grizzlies at Holy Rood with a 1pm tip off.
• Scottish Cup 18th October against St Mirren at Portobello with a 12:20pm tip off.

Senior Women

The Senior Women will play in the National League, Lothian League, Scottish Cup and Chairman's Cup.

• NL D1 20th September against Falkirk Fury at Portobello with a 12noon tip off.
• Lothian League 21st September against Comets at Portobello with a 7pm tip off.
• Scottish Cup 17th October against Granite City Grizzlies at Portobello with a 12:20pm tip off

U12s look to the future

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We are delighted to announce our new U12 structure and the appointment of our 2 new head coaches. Our under 12s will now be split into a series of Cluster Clubs throughout Edinburgh and will operate in partnership with Active Schools. There will be a Cluster Club league which will run on the last Friday of every month at Holy Rood High School and this will give the Cluster Clubs a chance to play competitive basketball. The rationale behind the new structure is to allow us to develop more players at this age in smaller groups as the Friday night U12 sessions were a victim of their own success and were becoming overloaded! We also wanted to offer another opportunity for players to develop through playing games within the Club structure. As part of his Club Champion post Craig Nicol has been discussing the way forward with our partner Active Schools Coordinators. The Cluster Clubs will be coached by City of Edinburgh community coaches who will be supported and mentored by Craig but will be part of the Active Schools programme.

We are thrilled to announce the creation of 4 Cluster Clubs, with more to follow as the structure develops. These clubs are in addition to the after school clubs supported by the Club.

The new Cluster Clubs are as follows :

Cluster Club	Venue	Day / Time	Active Schools Contact
Portobello	Royal High Primary School	Thursday 4:30pm - 5:30pm	Paddy Dearlove paddy.dearlove@ea.edin.sch.uk
Leith	Leith Academy	Thursday 4:50pm - 5:30pm	Cat McCready cat.mccready@ea.edin.sch.uk
Castlebrae	Niddrie Mill Primary School	Tuesday 3:30pm - 4:30pm	Shirley Banks Shirley.Banks@ea.edin.sch.uk
Firrhill	Firrhill High School	Wednesday 5:00pm - 5:45pm	Lorna Norman lorna.norman@ea.edin.sch.uk

The Cluster Clubs are open to all Primary 6 and Primary 7's and will start on the week beginning 7th September (with the exception of the Firrhill cluster which will start on Wednesday 16th September) , all new players should either contact the relevant Active Schools Coordinator or simply come along to the first session and sign up. Castlebrae is also open to Primary 5's.

The Cluster Clubs will compete in the City of Edinburgh Cluster League which will have games on the last Friday of each month at Holy Rood High School from 5:30pm until 7:30pm. The first set of games will be on Friday 30th October. This will be a chance for the players to put into practice what they have been learning in the cluster clubs in a fun, safe environment.

From these Cluster Clubs, players may be selected to attend our under 12 girls Academy team or under 12 boys Academy team. The Academy teams train twice a week and will represent the club in the Regional Development Leagues. Roddy Gordon has been appointed to the post of U12 boys Academy coach and Lorna Norman will lead on the girls' side. Roddy was formerly our under 14 boys coach and is an under 12 Scotland boys coach so he was a perfect match for this post as he knows what level the players need to be working at to progress to national level and to the next age group. We are delighted to welcome Lorna to the Club coaching team, she is a familiar face in Scottish basketball, she has coached at St Mirren, Polonia and East Lothian Peregrines as well as various national coaching positions. In her day job she is an Active Schools Co-ordinator where she is involved in coaching basketball to the Firrhill cluster primaries. She is also the assistant coach at the City of Edinburgh Council Sports Academy. As well as heading up our U12 girls Academy team Lorna will be working with Emma Brady at U14 girls thereby assisting in the transition from Under 12s to Under 14s. She will also be working with the Cadette Women's Division 2 team.

We are very excited about this new stage in the Club's development and we wish Roddy and Lorna the best of luck in their new posts.

The Academy teams will train as follows (all sessions at Holy Rood High School and are by invitation only) :

• Tuesday 5:30pm - 7pm U12 boys
• Thursday 5pm - 6:30pm U12 girls
• Friday (apart from the last Friday of every month) 5:30pm until 7:30pm both boys and girls but coached separately at each end of the hall.