Regional Development Leagues - 25th January 2015

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The next rounds of the Regional Development League take place on Sunday 25th January 2015 at Bathgate Academy and Deans Community High. This time our youngsters are involved at Under 12 (boys and girls) and Under 14 (boys) age groups.

Click for the full list of Regional Development League fixtures.

This link opens the fixtures in a new window and displays all U12s games. Use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to see fixtures for "U12s" or "U14 Boys".

Regional Development Leagues - 30th November 2014

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The next rounds of the Regional Development League take place on Sunday 30th November 2014 at Grangemouth and Stirling. This time our youngsters are involved at Under 10, Under 12 and Under 14 age groups.

Click for the full list of Regional Development League fixtures.

This link opens the fixtures in a new window and displays all U10s games. Use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to see fixtures for "U12s", "U14 Boys" or "U14 Girls".

Regional Development Leagues - 26th October 2014

The next rounds of the Regional Development League take place on Sunday 26th October 2014 at Deans Community High and Bathgate Academy in West Lothian. Our youngsters are involved at Under 12 and Under 14 age groups.

Click for the full list of Regional Development League fixtures.

This link opens the fixtures in a new window and displays all U12s games. Use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to display fixtures for "U14 Boys" or "U14 Girls".

First round of the Regional Development League 28th September

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Our Under 14 boys and girls start their RDL campaign on Sunday 28th September and as only the first meeting of teams in the league counts towards the league (all other times the teams play each other they are counted as friendlies), they need to get off to a strong start. We are waiting confirmation that the league will definitely proceed in this way. The games are in Stirling this weekend and are as follows :

U14 girls at Wallace High School

• 9:15-10:15 v Boroughmuir Blaze
• 12:15-13:15 v Falkirk Fury

U14 boys at Stirling High School

• 10:45-11:45 City of Edinburgh 2 v Boroughmuir Blaze 1
• 13:45-14:45 City of Edinburgh 2 v East Lothian Dragons
• 16:45-17:45 City of Edinburgh 1 v Stirling Knights B
• 18:45-19:45 City of Edinburgh 1 v Edinburgh Lions

Good luck to all our teams!

Regional Development Leagues 2014/15

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The East and Central Development League is the main competition outlet for our younger players and this year we have more teams than ever in line with our aim to offer as many players the chance to get playing time to aid their development. The league gathers teams together in a central venue each month and typically each team plays 3 or 4 games. We are entering the following teams based on the numbers of players we have at each session :

Under 10s - one girls' team and one boys' team

Under 12s - one girls' team and two boys' teams

Under 14s - one girls' team and two boys' teams

We haven't entered any under 16 teams as the Club felt that at this age group the National League offered a better competition structure. We have entered teams in the National League Division 1 and 2 for both boys and girls.

The dates for the Regional Development League games have been announced as :

• Sunday 28th September 14 (U14's and U16's)
• Sunday 26th October 14 (U12's, U14's and U16's)
• Sunday 30th November 14 (U10's, U12's, U14's and U16's)
• Sunday 14th December 14 (U12's, U14's and U16's)
• Sunday 25th January 15 (U12's, U14's and U16's)
• Sunday 22nd February 15 (U12's, U14's and U16's)
• Sunday 8th March 15 (U10's)
• Sunday 22nd March 15 (U12's, U14's and U16's)
• Sunday 26th April 15 (Finals)

The top two teams in the under 12 and under 14 leagues will play in the RDL finals to determine the East and Central RDL champions. These top two teams in the Under 14 league will also represent East and Central in the Under 14 National Challenge. The qualification for the Under 12 National Challenge is still to be decided but unlike previous years this will be a club based competition rather than a regional one.

There will also be an Under 10 National Challenge which will be open to all teams either as a Club, region or development group.

East and Central Regional Development League finals

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Grangemouth Sports Centre on Sunday 27th April sees the culmination of the East and Central RDLs with the top two teams in each league playing each other for the league title. We are delighted that our under 12 girls and our under 16 men have both qualified for their finals and proud to say that our other teams in the RDL both just missed out, with our under 14 girls and one of the under 14 boys teams finishing in 3rd place in their leagues. There has been some confusion about the under 14 boys league as, unlike all the other leagues in this RDL, only the result in the first meeting of the teams were counted in the league with all the other times the teams met being regarded as "friendlies". We will, as ever, be contributing to the review of the RDLs at the end of the season with a view to hopefully improving this for future seasons.

Under 16 Men Final
Falkirk Fury v City of Edinburgh Kings
10:15-11:15

The under 16 men draw the short straw of the early game so let's hope the boys have an early night! Coach Mark Stevenson and his team played both their league games against Falkirk in November and lost heavily but this is a team who have improved all season and will be a much tougher team to beat now and could just cause an upset. The team is :

• Rory Milne
• Stuart Greathead
• Ryan Armour
• Ryan Ness
• Jordan Scott
• Fraser Black
• Lewis Rudge
• Finlay Rae
• Blair Stobbart
• Thomas O'Brien
• Omar Shehata
• Liam Woods

Under 12 Girls Final
East Lothian Dragons v City of Edinburgh Kats
15:00-15:30

This has been a very strong season for our under 12 girls and the icing on the cake would be the league title. Coach Janie McBrierty has been able to name her strongest side for what should be a great game against runners up, East Lothian Dragons. The players are :

• Pollyanna Storie
• Lucia Garland
• Robyn Collins
• Ellie Cochrane
• Clara Palmer
• Maja Majerowicz
• Cara McManus
• Alannah Skellett
• Rosie Goodall
• Kate Broadway

Regional Development Leagues - 30th March 2014

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The next rounds of the Regional Development League take place on Sunday 30th March 2014 at Craigswood Sports Centre, Livingston and Bathgate Academy. Our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 age groups.

Click for the full list of Regional Development League fixtures.

This link opens the fixtures in a new window and displays U12s games. Use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to display fixtures for "U14 Girls", "U14 Boys" or "U16 Men".

You can also see all the RDL results and league tables at the basketballscotland RDL web site.

Regional Development Leagues - 23rd February 2014

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The next rounds of the Regional Development League take place on Sunday 23rd February 2014 at St Augustine's High, The Crags Sports Centre and Portobello High. Our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 Boys and Under 16 Men age groups.

Click for the full list of Regional Development League fixtures.

This link opens the fixtures in a new window and displays U12s games. Use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to display fixtures for "U14 Girls", "U14 Boys" or "U16 Men".

You can also see all the RDL results and league tables at the basketballscotland RDL web site.

Regional Development Leagues - 15th December 2013

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The next rounds of the Regional Development League take place on Sunday 15th December 2013 at St Augustine's High, Holy Rood High, Stevenson College and Tynecastle High. Our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 age groups.

Click for the full list of Regional Development League fixtures.

This link opens the fixtures in a new window and displays U12s games. Use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to display fixtures for "U14 Girls", "U14 Boys" or "U16 Men".

You can also see all the RDL results and league tables at the basketballscotland RDL web site.

Regional Development Leagues - 24th November 2013

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The next rounds of the Regional Development League take place on Sunday 24th November 2013 at St Augustine's High, Holy Rood High, Stevenson College and Tynecastle High. Our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 age groups.

Click for the full list of Regional Development League fixtures.

This link opens the fixtures in a new window and displays U12s games. Use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to display "U14 Girls", "U14 Boys" or "U16 Men" fixtures.

You can also see all the RDL results and league tables at the basketballscotland RDL web site.

Regional Development Leagues November 2013

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The next rounds of the Regional Development League take place on Sunday 3rd November 2013 at St Augustine's High, Holy Rood High, Stevenson College and Tynecastle High. Our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 age groups.

Click for the full list of Regional Development League fixtures.

This link opens the fixtures in a new window and displays U12s games. Use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to display "U14 Girls", "U14 Boys" or "U16 Men" fixtures.

You can also see all the RDL results and league tables at the basketballscotland RDL web site.

Regional Development Leagues

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Some dates for your diary, as the remaining days for the Regional Development League have now been finalised as follows:

• 3rd Nov 2013
• 24th Nov 2013
• 15th Dec 2013
• 23rd Feb 2014
• 30th Mar 2014
• 27th April 2014 (Finals)

These dates are for the U12s, U14s and U16 boys.

RDL - dates for your diary

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We have been provided with some provisional dates for the forthcoming Regional Development League season 2013-2014, for U12s, U14s and U16s (both male and female).

The proposed match days are:

• 22nd Sept 2013
• 3rd Nov 2013
• 24th Nov 2013
• 15th Dec 2013
• 23rd Feb 2014
• 30th Mar 2014
• 20th Apr 2014

Currently these are provisional only and are subject to change, depending on school holidays etc.

League Preview 23rd/24th February

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This weekend sees the two Edinburgh based basketball teams go head to head in the National League at Portobello High School as City of Edinburgh host Boroughmuir Blaze.

First up are the Cadet Men at 11am where the ever improving Kings men will be hoping to better the 15 point defeat they suffered in the Cup against Boroughmuir. This will be tough game against the undefeated league leaders and will need every Kings boy to be in top form. The Junior Men are on at 1pm and this is a crucial match up as last week's Kings' victory over Tayside mean that this league could go to the head to head results.

The Senior Men are on at 3pm and they will be looking to continue their fantastic run of form that has seen them only suffer one defeat this season in November. A victory against Blaze will set up a fantastic winner takes all season finale game on 1st March against Fury (provided Fury also win their games against Glasgow Storm and St Mirren).

The women's National League teams are on the road to Falkirk, with the Cadette Women playing at 2pm, Junior Women at 3.50pm and the Senior Women at 5.40pm.

The Cadettes will be hoping to get back to their winning ways and reverse the 17 point loss they suffered against Fury in the first game of the season. This young team have shown lots of improvement since then and will be hoping to consolidate their position in the league ahead of the play-offs.

The Junior Women will be expected to take care of bottom placed Fury without too much trouble and continue to keep the pressure on league leaders St Mirren. Similarly the Senior Women will be hoping to bounce back from their agonising loss last week against Rocks and keep the league neck and neck between Polonia, Rocks and Kats.

Our younger Club members are also in action on Sunday with teams from U12s through to U16s taking part in the last round of the Regional Development League.

Some of the U14 games are listed as friendlies so those leagues are finished at least for some teams.

This is the first year that we have entered 2 U14 girls teams in the league so it has been very much a development year with Kats A winning 2 games from 6 and Kats B winning 1 games from 5. This weeks see the teams catch up with the rest of the league as other teams play friendlies.

This Sunday at Holy Rood High School the two teams play each other, followed by Kats A against Stirling Knights and Kats B against Falkirk Fury.

The U14 boys are also playing friendlies with Kings A playing Falkirk Fury and Stirling Knights, Kings B against Blaze A and West Lothian. These games are all at Stevenson College. There hasn't been final confirmation of which two teams will go through to the National Challenge but the league table has Kings A in second place and Kings B in fourth place.

The Under 12s are playing at St Augustine's High School, the girls in particular have done really well this season and are sitting in second place in the league with only 2 losses out of 8 games. The girls will be playing West Lothian Wolves, Polonia Phoenix and East Lothian. The boys are playing Blaze, Edinburgh Lions and West Lothian Wolves.

The Under 16s are playing at Tynecastle High School with the girls up first. The girls have won 4 from 6 games and again have played 2 games less than anyone else in the league so they are doing really well to be in 3rd place despite this. They will be playing Fury and Polonia on Sunday. The boys have won 7 from 10 games are are in second place in the league, they will be playing Dunfermline Reign and Blaze on Sunday.

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The full list of fixtures are:

Saturday 23rd February

• 11am: Cadet Men v Boroughmuir Blaze (Portobello High School)
• 1pm: Junior Men v Boroughmuir Blaze (Portobello High School)
• 2pm: Cadette Women v Falkirk Fury (Mariner Sports Centre)
• 3pm: Senior Men v Boroughmuir Blaze (Portobello High School)
• 3.50pm: Junior Women v Falkirk Fury (Mariner Sports Centre)
• 5.40pm: Senior Women v Falkirk Fury (Mariner Sports Centre)

Sunday 24th February

• 9.15am: U12 Girls v West Lothian Wolves (St Augustine's High)
• 9.50am: U12 Girls v Polonia Phoenix (St Augustine's High)
• 10.15am: U14 Kings A v Falkirk Fury (Stevenson College - friendly)
• 10.30am: U12 Girls v East Lothian Peregrines (St Augustine's High)
• 11am: U14 Kats A v U14 Kats B (Holy Rood High)
• 11.05am: U14 Kings B v Boroughmuir Blaze (Stevenson College - friendly)
• 11.10am: U16 girls v Fury (Tynecastle High)
• 11.55am: U14 Kings A v Stirling Knights (Stevenson College - friendly)
• 1.10pm: U16 girls v Polonia (Tynecastle High)
• 1.35pm: U14 Kings B v West Lothian Wolves (Stevenson College - friendly)
• 1.40pm: U14 Kats A v Stirling Knights (Holy Rood High)
• 1.50pm: U12 Boys v Boroughmuir Blaze (St Augustine's High)
• 2.20pm: U14 Kats B v Falkirk Fury (Holy Rood High - friendly)
• 2.25pm: U12 Boys v Edinburgh Lions (St Augustine's High)
• 2.30pm: U16 boys v Dunfermline Reign (Tynecastle High)
• 3.10pm: U16 boys v Boroughmuir Blaze (Tynecastle High)
• 3.30pm: U12 Boys v West Lothian Wolves (St Augustine's High)

Please come along and support our teams whenever you can. If you can't make the games, our army of volunteers will be updating Facebook with the scores.