City Of Birmingham Rockets Basketball Club

Back to it last night....

We are back to it tomorrow morning after our enforced mini basketball and development sessions break.
Normal service resumes at Nechells Wellbeing Centre as follows:
9-10.30 : Mini Basketball... 10.30-12 : Skill Development Session
We look forward to seeing you!
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It was hot in the gym last night but that didn’t stop our players and coaches putting the work in....

We are so proud to be running our 4th Annual City of Birmingham Rockets International Summer Camp with NBA Legend Hakeem 'The Dream' Olajuwon from Monday 29th July - Friday 2nd August 2019.
Camp has grown in size and stature each year and we are excited to welcome back Houston Coach Donte Mathis along with Camp Director Peter Mintoft and a host of talented development coaches from across the UK and Europe for the biggest camp of the year!
Strength and Conditioning Coach Jorda...n Godfrey returns following his first season at BBL Play Off Champions Leicester Riders and will once again give campers an amazing experience and a wealth fo knowledge into this area of development.
We already have a host of international players registered onto camp so SIGN UP NOW to avoid disappointment here at https://cobbasketball.co.uk/hakeem-camp-2 019/
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Sign up for next weeks Half Term Camp below- just £6 per day for club members!!
https://cobbasketball.co.uk/may-camp-2019 /

We still have some opportunities for a few families to host a child (or 2) for our Euro Exchange project .....if you are interested in being involved please let us know asap!
Our club have been invited to join in a European Project called Europod which would see us host 6 boys and girls and 2 adults from Lyon, France from 29th June - 5th July on a sporting/ cultural visit.
The project will include French children staying with some of our club families and joining together for... a variety of activities in and around Birmingham.
We are looking for families to host a child or 2 and the adults for the 6 day visit. The children are aged 13-15- there is a 50 euro contribution from each child for food/ living expenses and if the host families child wants to join in the visits activities a letter will be provided requesting the week off school.
This is an amazing opportunity for young people to gain an incredible experience with a French child and we hope in future to be able to visit Lyon on a return trip!
If you would like to get involved and host a child then please contact us at enquiries@cobbasketball.co.uk
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EURO EXCHANGE HOSTING
We still have some opportunities for a few families to host a child (or 2) for this project .....if you are interested in being involved please let us know asap!
Our club have been invited to join in a European Project called Europod which would see us host 6 boys and girls and 2 adults from Lyon, France from 29th June - 5th July on a sporting/ cultural visit.
... The project will include French children staying with some of our club families and joining together for a variety of activities in and around Birmingham.
We are looking for families to host a child or 2 and the adults for the 6 day visit. The children are aged 13-15- there is a 50 euro contribution from each child for food/ living expenses and if the host families child wants to join in the visits activities a letter will be provided requesting the week off school.
This is an amazing opportunity for young people to gain an incredible experience with a French child and we hope in future to be able to visit Lyon on a return trip!
If you would like to get involved and host a child then please contact us at enquiries@cobbasketbal.co.uk
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Our Under 11 Rockets White team put up a tremendous effort against a very good Worcester Bears team in today’s YBL Final.
The team did the club proud fighting back from 18 down to within 1 basket with 2 mins to go. Unfortunately after a key injury Worcester Bears pulled away to win 43-55.
Coach Mark Evans said, “ We are really proud of the development from a young squad and some excellent individual performances bode well for the future.”
... We pass on our congratulations to Worcester Bears for an excellentseadon.
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Our Rockets Under 11 White team are in action this morning in the YBL Final v Worcester Bears.
Good luck to the team and coaches!

YOUR opportunity to become a Rocket..... sign up now to attend our boys trials day on Saturday 8th June!

If your school would like to take part in our Primary or Secondary competitions please contact us at enquiries@cobbasketball.co.uk for full details....

Our ever popular holiday skills camp is back in May. You can sign up now!

Thank you to everyone for your attendance on Saturday evening. We are pleased to have raised £230 on the evening.
The lucky number winner was Kate Gkoufas. Congratulations Kate!

These are the wonderful coaches and staff who make our club tick and of course our CEO, Mr Kirk Dawes.....

A wonderful end of season Awards Evening.
The size and depth of character in our club is just simply amazing.......

A reminder that there’s no mini basketball or development sessions for the next 2 Saturdays due to events at Nechells Wellbeing Centre.....we will see you on Saturday 25th May when these sessions resume....