SOUTHEND SWIFTS BASKETBALL CLUB

Est.1996 :  Senior Women : National Trophy Winners 2000 ; Div 2 South Winners 2005     

U18 Women : RAF Final Fours 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

U16 Girls : RAF Final Fours 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007,2008

U16 Boys : Southern Conference Winners 2003

U14 Girls : RAF Final Fours 2003; 2007,2008 :  Conference Winners 2005, 2006, 2007

U14 Girls : RAF Final Fours – Winners – National Club Champions 2006

U16 Girls : RAF Final Fours – Winners – National Club Champions 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 2008/9 Season. The club is delighted to announce that it will be training and playing exclusively at the brand new court at Eastwood School, Leigh-on-Sea this season and if all goes well, for many seasons to come. For the first time ever the Club will have three training nights (Tues/Wed/Thur) and will at last be able to have dedicated team training for all its players. The Club will be running 9 teams – U14, U16 & U18 Boys & Girls and Senior Women in the England Basketball League, Senior Men in The Essex Senior League and an U12 Mixed team in the Essex Central Venue Competition. The Club will also be working closely with the Eastwood School Sports Partnership to provide coaching for local Primary Schools. The new season starts on Tuesday 2^nd September and the first National League games take place on Sunday October 5^th. 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 -  www.swiftsbasketball.co.uk

For full membership details including costs please see Paul May or Steve Pearl for a paper copy

CLUB TRAINING at Eastwood School

TUESDAYS                -   6pm  - 8pm  U14  BOYS & GIRLS  :   8pm - 10pm  U18/SENIOR MEN

WEDNESDAYS          -   6pm - 8pm   U16 GIRLS   :    8pm - 10pm  U16 BOYS

THURSDAYS             -   6pm - 8pm    ALL CLUB PLAYERS   :   8pm - 10pm   U18/SENIOR WOMEN

 IMPORTANT NOTICE - due to the brand new and 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.

FIXTURES 

The National League fixtures for our Senior Women U18, U16, U14 teams are now finalised and can be found on the individual team  pages on this website. We hope to have the Senior Men's Essex Senior League Fixtures available to view soon along with Essex Junior Central Venue fixtures when they become available.

 HOME MATCHES

SENIOR WOMEN – most matches will take place on Saturdays at Eastwood School at 5pm.

U18 & U16 WOMEN - most of these games will be played on Saturday afternoons at Eastwood School but some games will be played on Sundays.

UNDER 18 BOYS, U16 BOYS, U14 Boys & U14 GIRLS - most of these games will be played on Sundays at Eastwood School but some will be played on Saturday afternoons.

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 isn’t cheap to hire. Therefore we ask parents to help with transport to the closer games.

PRIMARY SCHOOL COACHING

We are delighted to say that Swifts first ever primary school age coaching programme starts at Eastwood School from Saturday Oct 4 onwards. We will be coaching Years 5 & 6 Boys & Girls from primary schools in the Eastwood School Sports Partnership on Saturday & Sunday mornings throughout the season. The coaching is not restricted to pupils from those schools, any boys and girls in Year 5 or 6 can come along, just turn up with suitable clean indoor trainers, shorts & T-shirt.

The training times are as follows:

SATURDAYS   -  YEAR  5  10 -11am      YEAR 6  11am - 12pm

SUNDAYS        -  YEAR  5  10 -11am      YEAR 6  11am - 12pm

THE FIRST SESSION IS FREE - SUBSEQUENT SESSIONS COST £1 PER PLAYER PER SESSION

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