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Basketball Wales will suspend all basketball activities effective from 9am on Saturday 14^th March for an initial two week period.

This action will include our affiliated leagues, school’s competition and all national team training sessions that were due to take place this weekend.

Basketball Wales recommends that this extends to all club training sessions and activities.

Basketball Wales has this afternoon been in consultation with our two regional leagues, the South Wales Basketball Association (SWBA) and North Wales Basketball Association (NWBA) and each of these organisations will be evaluating the options for the continuation or not, of their respective competitions.

Our Home Country Association (HCA) colleagues at Basketball Scotland and Basketball England have all taken similar action today in response to the Coronavirus, putting the health, safety and wellbeing of all our members at the forefront of our decisions.

FIBA, the world governing body of our sport have also taken the decision to cancel all their competitions as of today, and they will continue to monitor the situation on a daily basis.

Updates on this situation will be issued on a regular basis, please continue to check our website and social media channels.

Basketball Wales is continuing to monitor the Coronavirus threat.

We continue to follow government guidelines and there are currently no requirements for Basketball Wales to cancel or place restrictions on our activities.

If clubs have any specific issues or concerns relating to upcoming matches please contact your affiliated leagues directly

http://www.northwalesbasketball.com

http://www.swba.wales

If guidelines from the government and our partners at UK Sport and Sport Wales change in the coming days we will keep our members informed and updated. 

We would ask that our clubs and members keep updated with the current NHS medical advice which can be found via the link below

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

Are you interested in shaping the future of Welsh Basketball?

The sport of basketball is continuing to grow across Wales at a fast pace. With international medal success at FIBA competitions in recent years and a vast junior programme ranging from U12s (boys and girls) through to senior men and women, we are looking for commercially minded people to help us drive the sport forward.

Basketball Wales is looking to recruit one volunteer commercial director (appointed to the Board) and a number of volunteer committee members who will form a commercial subgroup within Basketball Wales. Their roles will be to look at income generation, fundraising, PR and all commercial activity to help bring about financial independence.

Role Specifics

• To recommend strategies to the Board and to assist them in areas of commercial, business and PR development
• To make recommendations to the Board on new initiatives and opportunities to grow the brand, profile and resources of Basketball Wales
• To coordinate fundraising activities to assist with the international programmes
• To review and make recommendations to maximise the commercial returns of Basketball Wales’ assets.
• To develop PR strategies to promote Basketball Wales, its teams and players
• To work in conjunction with other sub croups/committees to deliver the Basketball Wales strategic plan

Commitment to the role

It is envisaged that the Commercial subgroup will meet once per month (either at a designated meeting venue or via conference call/Skype). The appointed Commercial Director will be a member of the Basketball Wales Board and will need to attend quarterly board meetings and attend AGMs and other specific events.

Expertise

Potential candidates should have proven experience in income generation, commercial activity, sponsorship engagement and fundraising and the ability to contribute to the development of Basketball in Wales.

When applying please indicate if you wish to be considered for the role of Commercial Director or the role of commercial subgroup member. This is a great opportunity for you to develop your commercial skills and to help make a big difference to Basketball in Wales.

Please send your CV and an expression of interest letter detailing what skills you could bring to this role to :

Mrs Helen Pearce - basketballwalesstaff@gmail.com

Deadlines for applications Friday 27^th March 2020

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The inaugural Tri-nations tournament hosted by Basketball England, was held at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester on 21-22 December 2019.

U16 and U18 teams from England, Scotland and Wales came together for a weekend of highly competitive basketball watched on from the side-lines by proud parents as well as some of the newly appointed GB junior national team coaches.

The tournament gave our young players much needed competition, as well as the opportunity to play against the best players in England and Scotland.

The team of the tournament for us was the U16 Girls, coached by Stephen Lindsey alongside assistant coaches Luke Strong and Caitlin Riley.

They gave us our only win on day 1, beating England White 64 - 60, in a game that caught the attention of the whole venue.

On day 2, they fought hard to secure another win but fell short by the narrowest of margins, losing to a strong Scottish side 57 - 56. They will meet Scotland again in the summer  in the FIBA European Championships Division C, being held in Gibraltar.

The weekend also gave our referees and table officials an opportunity to officiate with colleagues from the other home nations and to get feedback from senior officials after each game. A great way to ensure that our officials are constantly striving to improve.

To all the parents, coaches and players who gave up a weekend before Christmas to travel to Manchester, you all represented Wales with your usual passion and respect for the other teams.

Finally, a massive thanks must go to Basketball England for hosting a superb event at a great venue.

Same again next year…?

Here are all the results for our Welsh teams

Day One 

U16B: England Red 82-45 Wales

U18M: Scotland 75-61 Wales

U16G: England White 60-64 Wales

U18W: England Red 93-48 Wales

U16B: Scotland 70-59 Wales

U18M: England White 107-68 Wales

Day Two

U16G: Scotland 57-56 Wales

U18W: Scotland 80-53 Wales

U16B: Wales 43-111 England White

U18M: Wales 66-111 England Red

U16G: Wales 42-65 England Red

U18W: Wales 26-121 England White

Welsh junior team agrees a new partnership with a regional housebuilder to help them get to a tournament in Paris.

The Wales Under 15s boys’ team which trains at Cynffig Comprehensive School in Bridgend, has been handed £1,000 by Persimmon Homes West Wales through its Community Champions Scheme.

Each month the housebuilder donates up to £1,000 each to two groups or individuals in the area.

The sponsorship will help fund a summer tournament in Paris for the talented group of youngsters. The tour comes with many expenses, which the sponsorship will help cover. Basketball Wales doesn’t receive any funding and the players selected to play for their country have to fundraise to pay for everything from playing kit to court hire and tours.

Emma Whitney-Embleton, team manager, said: “We are delighted to agree sponsorship with Persimmon Homes West Wales.

“The players selected have had to go through rigorous trials to make the team and now have the opportunity to compete in a European tournament.

“The basketball tour will not only benefit the players sporting skills but also their personal attributes.

“We are very thankful to Persimmon Homes West Wales.”

Sharon Bouhali, Sales Director for Persimmon Homes West Wales, said: “We are thrilled to agree sponsorship with the team, and provide financial support.

“The European tour promises to be a fantastic experience for the gifted youngsters, we wish them the best of luck in the summer tournaments.”

There is still a range of stunning two, three and four bedroom homes available at Persimmon Homes’ West Wales development, Glas Y Felin in Bridged. For more information, please visit https://www.persimmonhomes.com/glas-y-felin-10876.

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Issued by 8848 Communications for Persimmon Homes West Wales. For further information please contact Sean Wozencroft on 01902 907520 or email sean@8848agency.com