Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

We hope you have all enjoyed your basketball this term and that you will be raring to go when we return on Thursday 17th January.

Merry Christmas to all our members from the coaches and the committee. See you in 2013!

Last Junior Jam of 2012

This Friday sees the next round of the Junior Jam at Knox Academy. Please arrive for 17:50 for a 18:00 warm up, we should finish at 20:00. Please remember lots of water and £2 for the referees.

The teams are :

North Berwick 1 :

Mhairi Cowen
Robert Crowley
Hamish Walker
Emma Knight
Ross McFarlane
Amy French
Connor Chapman Liddell

North Berwick 2:

Neil Brough
Saskia Loudon
Scott Patey
Matti Frommel
Heather Fish
Finn Baxter
Ronan Glazik
Sam Edwards
Owen Mackle

The NB games are as follows:

6.15-6.35 MUSSELBURGH/TRANENT V NB 2
6.40-7.00 NB1 V DUNBAR HADDINGTON V NB 2
7.05-7.25 NB 1 V NB2
7.30-7.50 NB 1 V HADDINGTON

Junior Jam Friday 30th November

This Friday sees the next round of the Junior Jam at Knox Academy. Please arrive for 17:50 for a 18:00 warm up, we should finish at 20:00. Please remember lots of water and £2 for the referees.

The teams are :

North Berwick 2 :

Owen Mackle
Kai McMullen
Makenzie Swanston
Finn Baxter
Shaun Samson
Ronan Glazik
Cameron Isaacs
Scott Patey
Neil Brough
Saskia Loudon

North Berwick 1 :

David Crowley
Hamish Walker
Ross McFarlane
Sam Frost
Connor Chapman-Liddell

The NB games are as follows:

6.15-6.35 NB 1 V DUNBAR NB 2 V HADDINGTON
6.40-7.00 MUSSELBURGH/TRANENT V NB 2
7.05-7.25 NB 1 V HADDINGTON
7.30-7.50 NB 2 V NB 1

Junior Jam 26th October

This Friday sees the next round of the Junior Jam at Knox Academy. Both North Berwick teams will be looking to continue their success from the last games so should be an exciting night. Please arrive for 17:50 for a 18:00 tip off, we should finish at 20:00. Please remember lots of water and £2 for the referees.

The teams are :

North Berwick 2 :

Scott Patey
Mackenzie Swanston
Ronan Glazik
Heather Fish
Neil Brough
Joseph O'Brien
Finn Baxter
Shaun Samson
Saskia Loudon
Mattie Frommel

North Berwick 1 :

David Crowley
Finlay MacKenzie
Sam Frost
Hamish Walker
Connor Chapman Liddell
Ross MacFarlane

First Junior Jam sees North Berwick success!

The first Junior Jam of the season saw both North Berwick teams remain undefeated in all their games. Thanks to all the parents who came along to watch, the players certainly seemed to enjoy themselves! Click on the photos below.

First Junior Jam games of the season

This Friday (28th September) sees the first games of the Junior Jam League. The games will be played at Knox Academy in Haddington and will run from 6pm until 8pm. Each player should bring £1 per game as a donation to help cover the referee costs, each team normally has 2 games at each session. Please make sure you bring lots of water. Our teams for this Friday are :

Primary 6 (North Berwick 2)
Scott Patey
Mackenzie Swanston
Ronan Glazik
Owen Mackle
Kai McMullen
Neil Brough
Jo Dewar
Shaun Samson
Saskia Louden
Jedd Rixon-Gibb

Primary 7 (North Berwick 1)
Connor Chapman-Liddell
Hamish Walker
Amy French
Sam Frost
Struan Millian
Ciaran McSherry
Tadgh Flanagn Woodhead
Molly Crocket
David Crowley
Finlay Mackenzie

New season nearly here!

After a fantastic summer of sport, we hope you are all raring to go with your basketball. The primary 6s and 7s will start this Thursday on the 23rd August and the primary 5s will start the following week on the 30th. If you are not intending to return to the Club please let us know so we can allocate your place to someone on the waiting list. This year we will once again be entering a Primary 6 team and a Primary 7 team in the Junior Jam league. The matches will be held at Knox Academy this year and the dates are on this website under the Fixtures section.

Enjoy your summer holidays

Well that's it then for another season. We wish good luck to all our Primary 7s at High School and hope they have enjoyed their few weeks of High School basketball sessions and that they continue with their basketball next year. Could this be the year the High School win the Scottish Cup? We have just finished the Primary 4 taster sessions and look forward to welcoming them into the Club in the Primary 5 sessions next year. Also this year for this first time we have run some girls only sessions to encourage more girls to take up the game and we hope many of the girls from these sessions will join the Club next season. So keep up with your basketball over the summer, whether its going to one of the Summer Camps or just playing in the garden! There will be lots of basketball to watch over the summer with the Olympics this year, also watch out for former Club members Gregor Gray and Ali Mackay. Gregor is playing in two European Championships over the summer, one with the Scotland Under 16 team and one with the Scotland Under 18 team. Ali is playing for Scotland Senior Men in the Small Nations Championships in San Marino. Watch out for news of how they get on via the basketballscotland website. Have a great summer!

Stevie Duff

It is much sadness that we heard yesterday about the sad passing of Stevie Duff. Without a doubt there would be no North Berwick Basketball Club without Stevie's support when he was the East Lothian Basketball Development Officer. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Click here for a lovely tribute to him from basketballscotland.

Law Primary triumph at Lothians Schools Tournament

Congratulations to the Law Primary basketball team who were the winners of the Lothians Schools Tournament at Meadowmill on Wednesday 9th May. The team played teams from East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian. They beat St Peter's Primary from Edinburgh by 19 points to 12 in the final.  Well done to Coach Marie Caie and all the players.

Junior Jam final day and Green v White

Well it just wasn't North Berwick 1's night at North Berwick on Friday night. In an epic game both teams were neck and neck until the final whistle when Haddington won by one basket.  Whilst disappointing for North Berwick is was great to see such a good game for the final.  So well done to Haddington and hopefully North Berwick will be back in the final next year.  The North Berwick 2 team also put in a storming performance and are much improved over the season.  There are some photos from the night at the top of this website.

Teams for Friday 26/4/12

The Green v White and the finals of the Junior Jam are in North Berwick Sports Centre this Friday. Please check the previous posts for the exact timings.  It would be great if everyone could come along at 7pm for the whole session but please note the times of the games our teams are involved in.  This means that the North Berwick 2 players must be there for 7.30 at the latest and North Berwick 1 players for 7.45pm at the latest.  As usual bring along plenty to drink (water only please) and £2 to cover the referee costs. Please make sure you inform Marie if your circumstances change and you can't play. The teams are as follows :

North Berwick 1 :

Robbie Wales

Louise Caie

Rory Milne

Niamh Mackle

Finlay Ramsay

James Elderfield

Josh Allport

Kyle Graham

Rory Machray

Aidan Young

North Berwick 2 :

Ben Wilson

Fraser Machray

Hamish Walker

Amy French

Finlay Mackenzie

Ciaran McSherry

Elliot Drysdale

Sam Frost

Tadgh Woodhead

Robin Walsh

Good luck to both teams.

2012 Green v White Game Friday 27th April

North Berwick Sports Centre
Friday 27th April
7pm
Celebrating Basketball in East Lothian

Order of Play

7pm - 7.15pm Set Up / Arrival

7.15pm - 7.20pm Warm up

7.20pm - 7.40pm Musselburgh (Green) v Tranent (White)

7.40pm - 7.45pm Warm up

7.45pm - 8.05pm Dunbar (Green) v North Berwick 2 (White)

8.05pm - 8.10pm Warm up

8.10pm - 8.30pm Haddington (Green) v North Berwick 1 (White)

8.30pm - 8.35pm Junior Jam Presentation

8.35pm - 8.45pm Skills Challenge

8.45pm - 8.50pm Warm up

8.50pm - 9.30pm Senior Men (Green) v Development Squads (White)

U12 Scotland team selections

Congratulations to Club members Imogen Cook, Kyle Graham, Niamh Mackle and Owen Mackle on their selection to the Scotland Under 12 teams.

Last Junior Jam of the season

The last Junior Jam of the season is in Musselburgh Sports Centre this Friday. Please aim to arrive at the Sports Centre at 5.45pm and bring along plenty to drink (water only please) and £2 to cover the referee costs. Please make sure you inform Marie if your circumstances change and you can't play as we always have plenty of people who want to play. The teams are as follows :

North Berwick 1
Robbie
Niamh
Finlay
Ben G
Josh
Kyle
James
Ben M
Rory
Aidan

North Berwick 2
Finlay Mackenzie
Alex Allan
Tadgh
Ciaran
Elliot
Struan
Robyn
Ben
Hamish

Junior Jam at North Berwick this Friday (24th February)

The Junior Jam is in North Berwick Sports Centre this Friday, sorry for the delay in posting the teams, we have been waiting for confirmation as to whether the games were going ahead. Please aim to arrive at the Sports Centre at 6.45pm and bring along plenty to drink (water only please) and £2 to cover the referee costs. Please make sure you inform Marie if your circumstances change and you can't play as we always have plenty of people who want to play. The teams are as follows :

North Berwick 2
Struan Milligan
Amy French
Sam Frost
Alex Allan
Edward Nicholls
Ben Wilson
Aidan Murray-Denton
Finlay Mackenzie
Elliot Drysdale
Ciaran McSherry

North Berwick 1
Ross Lunn
Rory Machray
Louise Caie
Ben Gourlay
David Sanderson
Elliot Radin
Gregor Mitchell
Ben Miller

First Junior Jam of 2012

The Junior Jam is at Musselburgh Sports Centre this Friday (20th January).

Please note that the games start at 6pm so please aim to be there for 5.50pm to get changed. Don't forget lots of water and £2 for the referees. Please make sure you inform Marie if your circumstances change and you can't play. The teams are as follows :

North Berwick 1

Finlay Ramsay
Louise Caie
Robbie Wales
James Elderfield
Josh Allport
Niamh Mackle
Kyle Graham
Rory Machray
Rory Milne
Aidan Young

North Berwick 2

Sam Frost
Finlay Mackenzie
Ciaran McSherry
Amy French
Struan Milligan
Robin Walsh
Alex Allan
Tadgh Woodhead
Fraser Machray
Eric Gallagher

Happy New Year!

The first basketball sessions of 2012 are on Thursday 19th January, look forward to seeing you all there. Primary 6s and 7s should already have heard from Jeanette about the Junior Jam games on Friday 20th at Musselburgh, so keep an eye out for the team announcement.