SOUTHEND SWIFTS BASKETBALL CLUB

Accredited ClubMark status 2008 

Home Court ; The Eastwood School, Rayleigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 5UU

Chairman/Secretary : Paul May, 116 Tallow Gate, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex CM3 5RX

Tel. Mobile : 07767 768440 : E-mail : paul.may@swiftsbasketball.co.uk

Head Coach : Stephen Pearl, 26 Ulster Avenue, Shoeburyness, Essex SS3 9HN

Tel. Mobile : 07836 346257 : E-mail : stephen.pearl@swiftsbasketball.co.uk   

Southend Swifts website : WWW.SWIFTSBASKETBALL.CO.UK

CLUB INFORMATION FOR PLAYERS & PARENTS

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Southend Swifts Basketball Club for the 2010/11 Season. The club is delighted to confirm its continuing partnership with Eastwood School which means that we will again train and play exclusively at the excellent facilities that the school offers. The Club will be running ten teams – U14, U16, U18 girls and U13, U16, U18 boys in the England Basketball League, U15 & U13 girls in the new East League, Senior Men in The Essex Senior League and an U12 team in the Essex Central Venue Competition (to be confirmed). The Club will also continue to work closely with the Eastwood School Sports Partnership to provide coaching for Primary School age children on Fridays from 4-6pm.  

The new season starts on Wednesday 1^st September and the first National League games take place on Saturday October 2^nd. There will be pre-season friendly games for all teams during September. The Club has its own website where copies of all policies and rules will be posted along with fixtures, results and day to day club information - please check it regularly.

For full membership details including costs please see Paul May or Steve Pearl and ask for a Club Information Pack

TRAINING    -   starting Tuesday August 31^st until the end of April 2011 :

TUESDAYS :                 6pm – 8pm  U14 Girls                            8pm – 10pm  Senior/U18 Men

WEDNESDAYS :           6pm – 8pm  U13 Boys                            8pm – 10pm  U16/U18 Men

THURSDAYS :              6pm – 8pm  U14 Girls/U13 Boys             8pm – 10pm  U16/U18 Women  

 IMPORTANT NOTICE - due to the very expensive sports hall floor - under no circumstances will players or spectators  be allowed onto the  court itself  with shoes or trainers  that have been outside - players please bring your basketball boots with you and put them on inside the building - spectators please wipe your feet on the mats provided and walk around the outside of the court not on it.  Thank you.

HOME MATCHES 

U18, U16 & U14 GIRLS - most of these games will be played on Sundays at Eastwood School but some games may be played on Saturdays. 

U18, U16, U13 BOYS - most of these games will be played on Saturdays at Eastwood School but some may be played on Sundays. 

U15 & U13 GIRLS – these games will be mainly played in a TRIANGULAR format (ie. 3 teams playing each other in shortened games at each other’s venue) as opposed to home and away games, which means there may be only 1 or 2 home games for these teams and could be Saturdays or Sundays.

U12 MIXED  - we are hoping that the Essex Central Venue Competition goes ahead this season which should provide once a month tournaments for our U12's. We also hope to have friendly games for U11's and U12's.

 AWAY MATCHES 

These will vary from team to team but the majority of our opponents play on Saturday afternoons. Most of our teams will have only one game per weekend; however, there will be occasions during the season where some of the teams will have two games in one weekend i.e. both Saturday and Sunday. Although we have use of a mini-bus most weekends we will mainly use this for the longer away trips as it is very expensive to hire. Therefore we would be grateful for offers of help with transport by cars for those away games that are relatively close.

TO VIEW ALL THE CLUB'S RULES AND POLICIES PLEASE SEE 'CLUB RULES' & 'CODE OF CONDUCT' PAGES ON THIS WEBSITE