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".
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 :
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.
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 :
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 :
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.
Some dates for your diary, as the remaining days for the Regional Development League have now been finalised as follows:
These dates are for the U12s, U14s and U16 boys.
The under 12s and under 14s recently took delivery of their new Club T-shirts. They will wear these when representing the Club at games and they will double as warm up tops.
The T-shirts are available for purchase through Liz Simpson(liz320simpson@btinternet.com) at £9 with your surname on the back. Watch this space for more merchandise news!
This weekend sees our younger players start their league games with u12s, u14s and u16 boys all in action on Sunday in the Regional Development League.
Also, the under 16 girls have a friendly against the new combined team of Stirling and West Lothian at Portobello on Saturday at 11am so come along and cheer them on!
The men's teams are involved in the Edinburgh derby with Boroughmuir Blaze at the Crags. First up are the Cadet Men at 12:20, unfortunately without Kyle Jimenez who will need another week's rest of the ankle he injured last week.
Then the Senior Men are on at 2:20 - the Men will be looking to continue their winning ways from the first week of the season after their enforced rest week due to the rescheduling of the Glasgow University game. They will also be without one of their key players as Simon Flockhart is in Florida sunning himself!
The Junior Men are decimated by illness, injury and compulsory school field trips and as such we asked Blaze for a postponement which disappointingly they refused. However on appeal, basketballscotland decided we had a case for postponement. Players will be advised of the new date for this fixture by their coach.
The full list of weekend fixtures is:
Saturday:
Sunday:
The first round of the Regional Development League takes place on Sunday 22nd Sept 2013 at St Augustine's High, Holy Rood High, Edinburgh College and Tynecastle High. Our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 level.
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 Mens" fixtures.
The East & Central Regional Development League Finals for 2012-13 will take place at Meadowbank Sports Centre, Hall 1, Edinburgh on Sunday 21st April 2013.
The full schedule is as follows:
| Age Group | Home Team / Away Team | Warm Up | Game | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U12 GIRLS | East Lothian P's vs C.O.E Kats | 09.30-09.45 | 09.45-10.15 | 10.15-10.30 |
| U12 BOYS | Falkirk Fury vs Stirling Knights | 10.30-10.45 | 10.45-11.15 | 11.15-11.30 |
| U14 GIRLS | Falkirk Fury vs West Lothian Wolves | 11.45-12.00 | 12.00-12.45 | 12.45-13.00 |
| U14 BOYS | Falkirk Fury vs C.O.E Kings | 13.00-13.15 | 13.15-14.00 | 14.00-14.15 |
| U16 WOMEN | Falkirk Fury vs Dunbar Dragons | 14.15-14.30 | 14.30-15.15 | 15.15-15.30 |
| U16 MEN | Stirling Knights vs T.B.C (C.O.E Kings vs Falkirk Fury Wed 17th April) | 15.30-15.45 | 15.45-16.30 | 16.30-16.45 |
Good luck to those teams taking part.
The next rounds of the Regional Development Leagues take place on Sunday 24th February 2013 at St Augustine's High, Holy Rood High, Stevenson College and Tynecastle High. All of our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 (both boys and girls).
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", "U16 Girls" or "U16 Boys" fixtures.
You can also see all the RDL results and league tables at the basketballscotland RDL web site.
The next rounds of the Regional Development Leagues take place on Sunday 27th January 2013 at St Augustine's High, Forrester High School, Stevenson College and Tynecastle High. All of our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 (both boys and girls).
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", "U16 Girls" or "U16 Boys" fixtures.
The next rounds of the Regional Development Leagues take place on Sunday 16th December 2012 at St Augustine's High, Crags Sports Centre, Stevenson College and Tynecastle High. This time all of our youngsters are involved at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 (both boys and girls).
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", "U16 Girls" or "U16 Boys" fixtures.
The next rounds of the Regional Development Leagues take place on Sunday 25 November 2012 in Stirling. This time our Under 12s are involved as well as the Under 14 and Under 16 teams (both boys and girls).
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", "U16 Girls" or "U16 Boys" fixtures.
The club's U12 squad were hosts to special visitors from Tanzania last week.
Wilfred Moshi reached the top of Mount Everest on 23 May 2012. He is the first Tanzanian to do so. He launched the Hand in Hand Global Vision Project from there which has involved 11 schools in Edinburgh and their partner schools in the Kilimanjaro District of Tanzania, East Africa.
Wilfred is here for a month with his family to share his experiences with all those who are part of the Twende Pamoja (translation: Let us walk together) family of friendships.
On their second day in Edinburgh they enjoyed meeting all the young people who are part the City of Edinburgh Under 12s and discovered that playing basketball crosses differences of language and culture and brings young people from across the world together.
Wilfreds two children, Martin & Martina, were presented with T shirts and basketballs at the end of the session and which will be bouncing around the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro when they return home next month.
Some of our Club players have taken part in their first competitive games for Scotland as they travelled with the U12s and U13s to take part in a tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sean Nealon-Lino and Alexander Ferguson played for the U13 boys and were narrowly beaten in the semi-final. Owen Mackle was playing for the U12 boys and Tia Davies and Niamh Mackle were playing for the U12 girls.
Although there was no final for the U12 competition both teams had an excellent tournament with all our players performing well. Owen also took home the free throw competition trophy with an impressive 5 from 6.
Well done to everyone!
This Sunday, 29th April sees our youngest club members in action at venues around Edinburgh in the final rounds of the East and Central Youth Leagues. The full game schedule for the day can be viewed here. Good luck to all the teams but especially those who are taking part in semi-final games.
For league tables and full results check out each age group page for the latest links (updated 24-April-2012).
Check out our Under 12s Page for some recent photographs of our youngest teams in action and their session with the Cadette Women.
This weekend sees our younger club members in action as the next round of fixtures in the East and Central Development Leagues take place on Sunday 19th February 2012 at various venues around Edinburgh.
Teams from our Under 14 Boys and Girls and Under 12 Boys and Girls are playing at St.Augustine’s RC HS and The Crags respectively. The full list of Sunday's fixtures can be viewed here.
It's also a busy weekend for our junior club members as Sunday 22nd January 2012 sees the return of the East and Central Regional Development Leagues.
Teams from our Under 12 Boys and Girls, Under 14 Boys and Girls and U16 Boys are playing at St.Augustine’s RC HS, Stevenson College and The Crags. Make sure you are aware of the correct venue for your team! The full list of Sunday's fixtures can be viewed here.
Last Friday 16th December, the U12s and U14s came together for a pre-Christmas tournament, many thanks to all who came along to help including :
More photos from the event can be viewed on the Under 12s page.
