Winchester Basketball Club Junior Programme.
New Junior Sessions starting the week begining 16th January (term time only)
New junior sessions are starting up at River Park Leisure Centre on Thursdays 5-6pm for years 7-11. The cost is £1 per session - Coach David Senart (Winchester Wizards Head Coach)
Mini Basketball also starts up on Fridays 5-6pm at Princes Mead School for years 3-6pm. The Cost is also £1 per session - Coach Eddie Owusu (Current Wasps player and former BBL player) - Closed on 9th & 23rd March.
Junior Warriors
Junior basketball will be available in Winchester this year on a weekly basis. Sessions will run on a “pay and play” basis, where there is no obligation to train, but there is a fun, relaxed atmosphere with competitive games and drills to help improve the skills, knowledge and love for the game.
Training starts w.c. 5th September 2011 (Sunday 11th Sept)
There are 2 different age groups to join and are not restrictive of ability:
School year group (age in Sept.) | Training day | Training times |
5, 6, 7 (8-12) | Sunday | 10-11am |
8, 9, 10, 11 (12-16) | Sunday | 11-12pm |
Training sessions are £3 per player, paid for on the day, in cash. A register is taken every session and is open to all ballers in Winchester, regardless of school or ability.
All sessions take place at Kings’ School Sports Centre (SO22 5PN).
See you there
2011 Hampshire Youth Games
Hampshire Youth Games
Winchester City Basketball Club in association with Winchester City Council entered a year 7-8 boys basketball team into the Hampshire Youth Games in Aldershot at the weekend. The team performed brilliantly to come home with bronze medals.
The Winchester team, predominantly made up of Westgate school pupils, battled well in all their games winning 4 and losing 2, scoring 114 points and conceding just 40 during the day. The wins came against Eastleigh 38-0, Havant 26-2, East Hants 14-4 and Portsmouth A 14-4 . The losses included a heartbreaking loss on the buzzer to the unbeaten gold medal winning Rushmoor team 12-14 and to runners up Portsmouth B 10-16.
The Winchester coaches, Rich Styants and Dan Wiltshire, are very proud of the teams effort and achievement during the day.
Back row: Dan Wiltshire, Fergus Marsden, Jontie Honey, James Redgrove, Jamie Boder, Front Row: Alex Wallace, Noah Harrison, Leon Henry, Will Stafford
