Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas to all the players and parents at the club from all the coaches and committee, we hope you have a great time over the holidays and come back on the 20th of January refreshed and raring to go. Please keep an eye on email and the website over the holidays as we have the opportunity for our club players to play in some games on the 16th of January, this will mainly be for those players selected for East Lothian. We then have some Youth League games on the 21st of January, so we will need to canvas availability for that.

Thursday 9th December - training on. Bring a change of shoes!

At the moment training is on this Thursday. After discussion with the Sports Centre staff it has been agreed that no one will be allowed to play or take part in the session wearing shoes that they have been wearing outside at school as the salt and dirt from the shoes are damaging the hall floor.

THEREFORE CAN EVERYONE PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEY TAKE TRAINERS TO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY THAT THEY CAN CHANGE INTO BEFORE COMING INTO THE HALL. UNFORTUNATELY ANYONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CHANGE OF SHOES WILL HAVE TO SIT AT THE SIDE FOR THE WHOLE SESSION.

Thanks for your help in this matter.

The North Berwick Basketball Club committee.

Training cancelled

Due to the Sports Centre early closure, please note that there will be no basketball sessions on Thursday 2nd December. Cost of this session will be deducted from next term's fees.

East Lothian Primary School Squads

Congratulations to the following club members who made it into the East Lothian Primary School squads.

Josh Allport
Rory Milne
Finlay Ramsay
James Chalmers
Keir Donaldson
Ben McHardy
Ben Moffat
Kieran Brownlee
Imogen Cook
Niamh Mackle
Christy Barbour
Rowan Baxter
Sqaud training will commence in January and will culminate in a tournament in May at Meadowmill where they will compete against teams from all over Scotland. Good luck to everyone.

Results from Youth League games on 19th November

NB1 28 Musselburgh 2
NB2 18 Dunbar 3
NB2 26 PL 0
NB1 8 Haddington 14

Games schedule for Friday 19th November

Its back to Musselburgh for the Youth League this Friday. The schedule of games is as follows.

On Court 1 :
6.15 - 6.35 NB1 v Musselburgh
6.40 - 7.05 NB2 v Dunbar
7.05 - 7.30 NB2 v Preston Lodge

On Court 2 :
6.15 - 6.35 Preston Lodge v Dunbar
6.40 - 7.05 Haddington v Musselburgh
7.05 - 7.30 NB1 v Haddington.

Please remember to bring a drink and £2 towards the referee costs. Players should aim to arrive at 6pm.

The Peregrines are playing Glasgow Rocks at 8pm and would appreciate your support. Tickets for this game will be given out at training on Thursday.

Teams for games up until Christmas

	North Berwick 1	North Berwick 2
Friday 19th November	Joel Thomson Ruaraidh Scott Matthew Pearson Ben McHardy Keir Donaldson Noah Poole Rory Spence Kieran Brownlee Rowan Baxter James Chalmers	Josh Allport Imogen Cook James Elderfield Kyle Graham Robbie Wales Aiden Young Rory Machray Ben Miller Lewis McDougal Ewan McDougal
Friday 26th November	Ben McHardy Keir Donaldson Noah Poole Rory Spence Eilidh Johnston Angus Nelson Thomas O'Brien Rowan Baxter Ben Moffat Ruaraidh Scott	Imogen Cook Ben Gourlay Kyle Graham Angus Duncan-Timpson Elliot Radin Finlay Ramsay Aiden Young Sam Hamilton-Whellans Lewis McDougal Ewan McDougal
Friday 10th December	Connor Anderson Matthew Pearson Ben McHardy Keir Donaldson Eilidh Johnston Kieran Brownlee Thomas O'Brien Rowan Baxter Ben Moffat James Chalmers	Josh Allport James Elderfield Niamh Mackle Rory Milne Robbie Wales Kristian Frommel Annabel Fergie Rory Machray Ben Miller Emily Rowell

Junior Jam results

As promised there was a great night of basketball in North Berwick on Friday night. We had enough players to enter 3 teams, one from Primary 7 (North Berwick 1) and two from Primary 6 (North Berwick 2 and 3). Well done to everyone who took part in the games and well done to Ben McHardy who won the half time free throw competition. The results on the night were:

NB 1	22	NB3	13
Haddington	5	NB2	6
NB 2	8	NB1	34
Haddington	12	NB3	10
NB 3	9	NB2	21
Haddington	11	NB1	33

Top night of basketball in North Berwick

The Junior Jam games are in North Berwick this Friday (29th October), so let's give the visiting teams a warm welcome. The Peregrines will be playing against Glasgow University at 8pm so please stay after the league games and cheer them on. Listed below are the squads for North Berwick 1 and North Berwick 2, as it is a home game for us we are trying to give as many people a game as possible so this week everyone is guaranteed at least one game instead of the customary 2 games. So please remember to bring a drink and £2 (although if you only get one game it will be £1). Everyone should aim to arrive by 5.45pm.

North Berwick 1	Rory Spence Connor Anderson Charlie Smith Matt Pearson Kieran Brownlee Thomas O'Brien Ben Moffat Angus Nelson Guy Roper Ruaridh Scott Noah Poole
North Berwick 2	Rory Machray Josh Allport Niamh Mackle Rory Milne Ben Miller Findlay Ramsay Kristian Frommel Emily Rowell Ben Gourlay Ross Lunn James Elderfield Robbie Wales Elliot Radin Lewis McDougal Ewan McDougal

Fixtures for Friday 15th October

On Court 1 :

6.15pm - 6.35pm Musselburgh v Dunbar
6.35pm - 6.55pm NB 1 v Dunbar
6.55pm - 7.15pm NB 2 v Haddington

On Court 2 :

6.15pm - 6.35pm Haddington v NB 1
6.35pm - 6.55pm NB 2 v Musselburgh

Each game will consist of four 4 minute quarters.

Junior Jam comes to North Berwick!

On Friday October 29th the Junior Jam games and the Peregrines National League game will be played at North Berwick Sports Centre!

The Peregrines are playing a team from Glasgow University, so it would be great if we could get a big crowd to support them. So it should be a great night for basketball in North Berwick - don't miss it! Watch out for the email from Jan asking for players.

Results from games on Friday 8th October

Well done again to everyone who took part in the games on Friday. The results were :

North Berwick 1 28 Musselburgh 2
North Berwick 2 12 Dunbar 3
North Berwick 2 12 Musselburgh 2
North Berwick 1 17 Haddington 9

Aaron Arkorful International Tournament

The East Lothian Peregrines U14 team are taking part in a charity tournament on Saturday 16th October at Portobello High School. This is a basketball tournament in memory of Aaron Arkorful, a former Pentland Tiger's player and will be raising as much money as possible for one of Aaron's charities, Actionaid.

• 10am - 11am: U14 tournament.
• 11am - 4pm: 5 team round robin tournament including Aaron's former team Pentland Tigers along with a German and Spanish team who have connections to Aaron and the Tigers.
• 5pm: Challenge match between reigning Scottish champions Edinburgh Kings Senior Men and German Division 1 team TuS Petersfehn.

Throughout the day there will be food, competitions and some Hip Hop/R'n'B provided by DJ Made U Look.

After the tournament there is an afterparty on the top floor of City Nightclub where DJ Made U Look will be again providing the music.

Please come along to Portobello to enjoy some top basketball and contribute to a worthwhile cause.

Schedule of games on Friday 8th October

On Court 1 :

6.15pm - 6.35pm North Berwick 1 v Musselburgh
6.35pm - 6.55pm Dunbar v Haddington
6.55pm - 7.15pm North Berwick 1 v Haddington

On Court 2 :

6.15pm - 6.35pm North Berwick 2 v Dunbar
6.35pm - 6.55pm North Berwick 2 v Musselburgh
6.55pm - 7.15pm Musselburgh v Dunbar

Each game will consist of four 4 minute quarters.

Teams for games on the 8th and 15th October

	North Berwick 1	North Berwick 2
Friday 8th October	Matthew Pearson Thomas O'Brien James Chalmers Eilidh Johnston Keir Donaldson Noah Poole Rowan Baxter Ben McHardy Charlie Smith Rory Spence	Imogen Cook Ben Gourlay Elliot Radin Kyle Graham Aidan Young Kristian Frommel Rory Machray Niamh Mackle Emily Rowell Rory Milne
Friday 15th October	Matthew Pearson James Chalmers Rowan Baxter Ben McHardy Kieran Brownlee Eilidh Johnston Keir Donaldson Ruairidh Scott Ben Moffat Thomas O'Brien	Josh Allport Imogen Cook Lewis McDougall Ewan McDougall Finlay Ramsay Ben Gourlay Elliot Radin James Elderfield Robbie Wales Kristian Frommel

Please remember to bring £2 and a drink. The Peregrine Senior Men are playing Glasgow Storm at 8pm and would appreciate your support.

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First Youth League game results

Well done to everyone who took part in Friday's games, we hope you all enjoyed a great night of basketball. Thanks go especially to Sean Mackle who stepped in at the last minute to help coach the P7 team and what a great job he did as they were undefeated! The results were :

North Berwick 1 27 Haddington 18
North Berwick 2 27 Musselburgh 9
North Berwick 1 17 North Berwick 2 5

See above for photos from the games!

Teams announced for the first games!

The Primary 6 team for the first Youth League games on 24th September is :

Josh Allport
Niamh Mackle
Rory Milne
Findlay Ramsay
Kristian Frommel
James Elderfield
Emily Rowell
Ben Miller
Lewis McDougall
Ewan McDougall.

The Primary 7 team is :

Ben M
Rory S
Connor A
Ruaraidh S
Ben Mc
Rowan B
Noah P
Charlie S
Monique L

Contact Marie Caie if you have any questions. See our Fixtures sections for more details on the Youth League.

Good luck to both teams. If you aren't in the team this time, come along and cheer them on!

No more new members until after Christmas!

We are now closed to new members until at least Christmas. Anyone interested in joining the club should contact our club secretary, Janet Allport and she will add names to our waiting list. We will review the waiting list before the start of the new year and if possible admit new members at this point.

First game of the season approaches!

The first game of the season is on the 24th September, we have once again entered 2 teams in the Youth League, one from Primary 6 and one from Primary 7. Check out the Fixtures section for the dates of future games. You will receive an email regarding your availability for these games. Stay on and watch the Peregrines games after and cheer on your local East Lothian team!

Ex-North Berwick Basketball Club coach and player starts college in USA

Ali Mackay is a lesson in how far basketball can take you! Ex club member and ex coach Ali started at Davidson College in the USA this month on a full basketball scholarship. So work hard this season and you never know where it may take you!

Click here for a link to Davidson College's website.

Welcome to the new season!

Can't believe the summer holidays are over and its time for the club to start up again.  The committee and the coaches would like to welcome all the returning members and our new members.  We hope you enjoy this season with the club.  We welcome back the Primary 6s and 7s on Thursday 2nd September and our new Primary 5s on Thursday 9th September.

What did you do in the holidays?

What did you do on your summer holidays? There was no break from basketball from our Assistant Head Coach Niall Mackle and ex-coach Grant Mackay as they jetted off to Israel with the Scotland under-18 men's team to play in the European Championship. The team achieved 14th place which was the best placing ever achieved by a Scotland basketball team at any age level. Well done to the boys on such a great achievement!

For a report on the tournament click here to go to the basketball scotland website.