Plans for a new stadium at Black Rock The Sussex Bears, a community club offering people the chance to play and learn the sport in the county, has drawn up plans for a new stadium fit for their namesake. They are currently based at the Sir Robert Woodard Academy in Lancing.
Basketball could return to Brighton in a big way Director Ricky Perrin said: We are on a mission to bring basketball back to this city, just like it used to be. And the noises have been very good.
Sussex Bears offer people the chance to learn how to play basketball
WE ARE now in the last month of the British Basketball League regular season and just when you think it can’t get any more competitive, it’s most certainly proving that it can.
Tuesday night saw Bristol Flyers travel to face top of the League Leicester Riders in what was a surprising victory for the away team. A solid performance by the Flyers saw the final score 80-54 to the men from Bristol.
London Lions bounced back from a disappointing loss against Worcester Wolves with three wins on the trot, including an overtime win against the Wolves on Sunday afternoon. Lions now sit fourth in the table.
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Click the thumbs up >Vertu Motors has acquired the naming rights to the Eagles Community Arena in Newcastle in a five-year deal.
The Gateshead-based AM100 car retail PLCâs branding will feature prominently at the 3,000-seat home to the Newcastle Eagles basketball club and the award-winning Eagles Community Foundation, which will now be known as the Vertu Motors Arena.
Vertu said that the move would ensure its branding was seen by hundreds of thousands of people visiting the city and watching British Basketball League games live on Sky Sports.
Speaking to AM last week, Vertu chief executive Robert Forrester, said that the group had not increased its marketing investment to increase its presence on TV during the COVID-19 pandemic, as sector players signed a series of sports sponsorship and advertising deals.
The Lions have set up a series of both live and pre-recorded Zoom mentoring sessions, which see players and coaching staff focus on fitness, nutrition and mental health as well as integrating back into peer interaction and re-engaging with sport.
Research commissioned by the club during the pandemic found 35 per cent of people aged 18-24 currently feel displaced and outside of the norm, with these figures increasing to 38 per cent in the BAME community.
The ‘Getting Back to Your Team’ Zoom session focuses on the challenges around returning into peer and friendship groups, with players drawing from their own experiences to offer guidance on the best methods to feel part of a social group again.