Guest coach on 30th October

On Thursday 30th October we welcome a guest coach from Canada, Chris Nicol, who is in Scotland for 3 months hosting coaching clinics.

Coach Nicol is a life-long coach and former collegiate athlete. He is currently employed as both an instructor and head basketball coach at Grande Prairie Regional College He has been a head coach at the CCAA collegiate level for 15 years. During his 33 years behind the bench, he has worked with all levels from elementary, junior high, high school and college aged athletes.

We are delighted he has agreed to visit our club and am sure he will be impressed with our players' basketball skills.

Welcome to the new season at North Berwick Basketball Club! The photo shows our members who were selected for Scotland last season, this season it could be you!

We start back on Thursday 4th September at North Berwick Sports Centre with our new Head Coach Craig Nicol. We look forward to welcoming you back especially those who attended the taster sessions in June. Remember suitable kit, footwear and water!

There will be no sessions on Thursday 18th September as the Sports Hall will be used as a polling station for the Scottish Referendum.

Award winners and goodbyes

Thursday 29th May was a sad day at North Berwick Basketball Club as Marie Caie held her last coaching session. It was the end of season session for P5s, P6s and P7s so each of the groups had games followed by trophy presentations. The P7s were joined by coaches and past members for a mini tournament played on the full size court with the 10 foot baskets, a taste of what's to come in High School!

Our award winners were :

Primary 5

• Most Valuable Player - Ethan Hinton
• Coaches' Awards - Fraser Street and Sarah Tyrell

Primary 6

• Most Valuable Player - Cameron Campbell
• Coaches' Awards - Stuart Hagan and Lucy Mitchell

Primary 7

• Most Valuable Player - Finn Baxter
• Coaches' Awards - Scott Patey and Rachel Gleeson

Marie was delighted to receive a card and a gift voucher from the players and their families and flowers and a cake from the committee. Val Gray and Clare Mackle also step down this year and were presented with flowers.

Marie in her leaving speech highlighted how bright the future is for North Berwick Basketball Club with a great new coach in Craig Nicol and a brilliant committee with Jeanette and Kathleen staying on and Liz Noar and Anne Goodall joining.

We wish the Primary 7s good luck at High School and hope they continue to enjoy playing basketball.

Last sessions and last Junior Jam of the season

This Thursday 29th sees the last session of this season at the Club and will be Marie's last ever session. It will also be the Primary 7s last ever session and what a fantastic group they have been. They have been one of the most talented groups Marie has ever coached and it was great to see this reflected in Scotland selection for Owen, Shaun and Finn (not forgetting Rosie, Cameron and Murray in P6 who were selected for Scotland under 11s). We wish the Primary 7s well in High School and hope they continue to play basketball. They will have an opportunity to meet the High School basketball coaches at their session and will be invited to start coming along to the High School basketball sessions now.

Remember that this last session incorporates the prize givings as well so there is a change to the timings of the sessions.

• 3.45 - 4.00 P5 - warm up and divide into teams
• 4.00 - 4.30 Games
• 4.30 - 4.45 P5 Awards


• 4.45 - 5.00 P6 - warm up and divide into teams
• 5.00 - 5.30 Games
• 5.30 - 5.45 P6 Awards


• 5.45 - 6.00 P7 - warm up and divide into teams (North Berwick High School coaches and players to attend, Junior coaches arrive)
• 6.00 - 6.45 Baskets down for full court and games
• 6.45 - 7.00 P7 Awards

The teams for the Junior Jam at Haddington on Friday 30th May are listed below. The Primary 5 team should arrive at 4:45pm in time for a 5pm start and the P6 and P7s should arrive at 5:45pm for a 6pm start.

The timings are (roughly!):

5-6pm for P5 teams (£1 charge per player)
6-8pm for P6-7 teams (£2 charge per player)

P5 team

• Brodie
• Joseph
• Ethan
• Sarah
• Gabriel
• Fraser
• Reon
• Euan C

P6 team

• Stuart
• Murray
• Rosie
• Isaac
• Cameron
• Michael
• Anakin
• Alex
• Tom Mc

P7 team

• Matti
• Kai
• Jake
• Mackenzie
• Finn
• Ronan
• Cameron
• Shaun
• Saskia
• Scott
• Sam

Junior Jam 28th February

This week the Junior Jam at Knox Academy is open to Primary 5s as well. Our Primary 5s should arrive at 16:50 for 17:00 and should bring £1 to help with the referee costs. The team so far is :

• Ethan Hinton
• Finn Chapman-Liddell
• Cole Chapman-Liddell
• Reon McSherry
• Sarah Tyrell

If you are in Primary 5 and would like to play please let Marie know.

The Primary 6s and 7s shouldarrive at 5:50pm to get changed in time for the warm up at 6pm. Don't forget plenty of drinks and £1 per game to help pay the referees.

The teams are :

NB 2(P6's)

• Jonathan Howey
• Finlay McClure
• Cameron Campbell
• Alek Jardine
• Murray Gray
• Lucy Mitchell
• Freya Walker
• Angus Mather
• Ben Dixon
• Stuart Hagan
• Michael Watson
• Mikey Sheppard

NB 1 (P7's)

• Kai
• Jake
• Mackenzie
• Finn
• Euan Duff
• Matti
• Scott P
• Shaun
• Saskia
• Cameron
• Sam
• Ronan

Junior Jam 31st January

As usual the games are at Knox Academy, please arrive at 5:50pm to get changed in time for the warm up at 6pm. Don't forget plenty of drinks and £1 per game to help pay the referees.

The teams are :

NB 2(P6's)
Stuart Hagan
Anakin Howson
Cameron Campbell
Freya Walker
Jonathan Howey
Tom McClure
Mikey Shepard
Murray Gray
Alek Jardine
Nathan Cummings
Micheal Watson
Ben Dixon
Lucy Mitchell
Emma Chapman
Isaac Harris
Angus Mather


NB 1 (P7's)
Jake
Scott
Shaun
Owen
Matti
Saskia
Cameron
Finn
Ronan

Congratulations to Marie!

Congratulations to Marie who has been awarded the prestigious Special Recognition Award for Services to basketball by basketballscotland. Click here for an article on the basketballscotland website.