West Midlands Basketball League

An EB level 2 Table Officials course will be held at Leasowes Sport Centre, Kent Road, Halseowen on Monday 21 Sept and Tuesday 22nd Sept between 7-9pm. The revision period and Exam will take place on Tuesday 29th Sept 7-9pm. Preference will be given to clubs who do not have qualified Table Officials on the basis of first come first serve. Only one applicant per club as there are a limited number of places. The course is funded by the West Midland Area and is free to all who are selected. Please contact tony.johnson2256@yahoo.co.uk. Closing date for application 1st Sept.

Coach Williams announcement for Team Birmingham Bullets pre-season Boot Camp:



At last we're able to announce the dates for the Team Birmingham Bullets pre-season Boot Camp.


July 11th, 18th, 25th
Aston University, Woodcock Sports Hall
12.15pm to 4.30pm
Cost £6 per player


August 1st, 8th, 15th,
Aston University, Woodcock Sports Hall
12.15pm to 4.30pm
Cost £6 per player


August 22nd, 29th
Aston University, Gem Sports Hall
1.00pm to 4.00pm
Cost £5 per player

England Basketball are looking for nominations from clubs, associations, regions, etc. to recognise the outstanding service provided by their basketball volunteers during the past season.

The following categories will be awarded:

• Administrator of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Court Announcer of the Year
• Official of the Year
• Statistician of the Year
• Team Manager of the Year
• Young Volunteer of the Year

A message from Dave Bradshaw asking about suggestions for a sporting event in memory of Jimmy Bradshaw can be read here.

Please read the message and reply with your suggestions.

The BBL and the Aston Athletics have partnered in order to bring professional basketball to the city.

As part of the relationship Aston Athletics have an allocation of discounted tickets available to teams in the West Midlands Basketball League.

To read more about what the Aston Athletics and the BBL are doing please visit their website which can be found here.

Some details about Hurricanes Basketball club for juniors are below, for people more interested there is also an attachment at the bottom of this message including further information.

There is a scheme available for funding with clubs that have volunteers.

For anyone interested, the information can be found here.

There are already a couple of clubs from the West Midlands League that have received funding so far.

The deadline for the submission of the necessary forms is in May.

There is a new section under the women top menu, that has the details of all the women teams in the west midlands league.
You can find it here.

There is also a change in the results and tables pages, that they go straight to the current season. You can still see the past seasons, by clicking on the left hand side menu option 'All seasons'.
Hope that saves a few mouse clicks!

Also a reminder that Keith Kershaw is contactable again by email, which you can find in the contact details of the committee members.

The web site has been updated with the new rules for 2008-2009 here,

Also this year's handbook can be downloaded from here, and the rules from here.