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OFFICIAL GAME DAY PROGRAMME 19/20 SEASON<br />
#FOLLOWTHEFOX<br />
<strong>vs</strong> <strong>Cheshire</strong> Phoenix<br />
FRI | FEBRUARY <strong>28</strong>TH 2<strong>02</strong>0 | TIP OFF: 7:30pm<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
CONTENTS<br />
<strong>02</strong> WELCOME<br />
RICHARD MOLLARD<br />
ROSS MACKENZIE<br />
DIRECTORS<br />
PAUL JAMES<br />
COACH<br />
HEATHER NASH<br />
GENERAL MANAGER<br />
DAMIAN PUDNER<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
STUDIOVINE<br />
DESIGN<br />
DELTOR UK<br />
PRINT<br />
05<br />
COACH<br />
07 WAY BACK WHEN<br />
16 VIEW FROM ROW BB<br />
19 VIEW FROM THE TABLE<br />
22 LAST TIME OUT<br />
24 TODAY’S VISITORS<br />
26 MERCHANDISE<br />
27 BIRTHDAY PACKAGES<br />
#FOLLOWTHEFOX
RICHARD MOLLARD<br />
PLYMOUTH RAIDERS DIRECTOR<br />
Bu haftanın maç programına hoş geldiniz,<br />
Türkiye’den tüm yeni dostlarımıza ve<br />
takipçilerimize, özellikle de Bahçeşehir Koleji<br />
taraftarlarına büyük bir hoş geldiniz.<br />
All being well Google Translate will have<br />
done me proud, as what I was trying to say<br />
there was, ‘Welcome to this week’s match<br />
programme, and a big welcome to all our<br />
new friends and followers from Turkey,<br />
especially all the Bahcesehir College fans’.<br />
If not, I apologise!!!<br />
The last few years have certainly been a<br />
rollercoaster, one which has felt like it’s been<br />
more on the downward trajectory that up,<br />
but I think the news from the last two weeks<br />
will definitely be classed as upward, and I<br />
certainly hope that trend will continue for<br />
many years to come.<br />
You might have also noticed that we’ve<br />
become a household name in Turkey, with<br />
huge coverage in all their press. To give you<br />
an idea of how big the news is there, we’re<br />
probably now the second most recognised<br />
UK city outside of London, and to give some<br />
further context it would be a little like<br />
Sir Richard Branson going to Turkey and<br />
buying a top football team.<br />
Our new Club President, Mr. Enver Yucel,<br />
was a welcome guest at last week’s game,<br />
and it was truly humbling too that he was<br />
given such a warm welcome from all our<br />
#foxfollowers, those lucky enough to be at<br />
the game, and those following our news.<br />
I’ve been lucky enough to send some time<br />
with our new president, and he’s a truthy<br />
lovely person, passionate about both<br />
basketball and education, and very keen to<br />
invest further in the area he now considers<br />
home away from home. So when he stood<br />
up and proclaimed we’d one day soon be<br />
playing in Europe, I have no reason to<br />
doubt that will one day be the case.<br />
Of course, we’re some way from that right<br />
now, and for today I’d just be delighted to<br />
get the W against our friends from <strong>Cheshire</strong>.<br />
The last time we met <strong>Cheshire</strong> we’d just<br />
started one of those upward trajectories<br />
I mentioned, with a great performance<br />
against the Eagles on the Friday before,<br />
but it was short live and by the time we’d left<br />
<strong>Cheshire</strong> we’d most definitely reached the<br />
top, and were heading sharply downwards<br />
again. However, here’s our opportunity for<br />
a little payback, and we need all our fans to<br />
be the 6th man on court and cheer us over<br />
the line.<br />
I’m also delighted to welcome back two of<br />
our three new Directors, Dr. Basak Akdemir<br />
and Mr. Paul James (yes, that is and will<br />
continue to be confusing lol) to today’s<br />
game. They’re very friendly, they don’t bite,<br />
at least I’m sure Paul doesn’t, so do feel<br />
free to say hello if you see them, and in the<br />
meantime, it’s back to business and time<br />
#followthefox to victory.<br />
RICHARD MOLLARD<br />
DIRECTOR PLYMOUTH RAIDERS<br />
#FOLLOWTHEFOX<br />
03
PAUL JAMES<br />
PLYMOUTH RAIDERS COACH<br />
Good afternoon and welcome to the<br />
Pavilions for this BBL Championship<br />
match against the <strong>Cheshire</strong> Phoenix.<br />
Phoenix are currently seventh in the<br />
championship with a record of 5-6 after<br />
11 games. One of <strong>Cheshire</strong>’s victories came<br />
against us, so this is a big game for us today<br />
as we try to drag ourselves into playoff<br />
contention.<br />
<strong>Cheshire</strong> are coached by Ben Thomas and<br />
he has put together another competitive<br />
team this time around. One of the faces in<br />
his roster I’m sure you’ll all recognise is Louis<br />
Sayers as he returns to the Pavilion for the<br />
first time this season.<br />
This game and our next few games are<br />
sees us enter a very important stage of<br />
the season and we must over the next 10<br />
games play like it’s our last one and leave<br />
everything on the court.<br />
We have all the pieces within the squad to<br />
still do something special this season and<br />
can see the new players settling in and<br />
buying into the system. If we can stay<br />
positive with each other and above all,<br />
work and fight for each other, then we<br />
will be more than capable of<br />
making the playoffs.<br />
Will returns from his injury, so we will have<br />
everyone available to us, which we don’t<br />
seem to have had for a very long time!<br />
This bodes well for the team and gives us<br />
all a boost going into the second half of the<br />
season. We will be deeper and stronger than<br />
we have been at any point of the season so<br />
far and I’m looking forward to seeing what<br />
we can achieve with a fully healthy team.<br />
There is still a great deal to be done, but<br />
fingers crossed we can stay injury free from<br />
now on, in our pursuit of a playoff position.<br />
Enjoy the game and make lots of noise.<br />
GO <strong>Raiders</strong>!!!<br />
PAUL JAMES<br />
COACH<br />
#FOLLOWTHEFOX<br />
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WAY BACK WHEN<br />
PLYMOUTH KANARIES<br />
In our last programme I outlined the<br />
foundation of the <strong>Raiders</strong> back in 1983 and<br />
mentioned that it was at the instigation of<br />
local club, the Kanaries that this came about.<br />
It seems to be a suitable time to tell you<br />
something about that club and the players<br />
and officials who took them to the heights of<br />
winning the National Founders’ Cup and the<br />
Southern League.<br />
Back in the late 1960’s The Kanaries were<br />
formed and played local league basketball<br />
at Penlee School, now Stoke Damerel, in<br />
what was then a school gym. In late 1970,<br />
following the Mayflower 70 celebrations, the<br />
local league asked Kanaries if they would like<br />
to play at the newly built Mayflower Centre<br />
and they readily agreed.<br />
The club founder, the late Dave Johns, then<br />
persuaded Frank Pocock and his Barne<br />
Barton players to join so that the Kanaries<br />
could field Junior teams (named the Kolts) as<br />
well as the senior side. Frank and the late Bob<br />
Karruck carried out the coaching duties and<br />
both were involved when <strong>Raiders</strong> were<br />
formed, with Karruck becoming Head Coach<br />
KANARIES.<br />
Back row. Dave Marsh,<br />
John Benstead, Martin Hall, Jimmy Smith,<br />
Tony Watchman, Bob Karruck.<br />
Front row. Steve Clarke, Terry Leonard, Chris<br />
Pooley, Sean O’Leary, Stuart Whitfield.<br />
Mascot Jamie Francey. Hall, Smith, Watchman,<br />
Leonard and O’Leary all had varying spells with<br />
the <strong>Raiders</strong> after our National League entry.<br />
in our second season after Graham Nichols<br />
left. Kanaries played at the Mayflower<br />
Centre, usually on a Friday evening, for their<br />
local league games when the <strong>Plymouth</strong> &<br />
District League operated with every club<br />
having their own home court. They played<br />
Southern League basketball at weekends<br />
and travelled as far afield as Bristol,<br />
Southampton and Portsmouth to compete<br />
in that competition.<br />
They were the first local club to sign foreign<br />
players, from America, and enjoyed much<br />
success with the likes of Tom Higgins, Dan<br />
Payne, Robin Farris, Clark Eichsted , Lee<br />
Palmer and Jimmy Smith who all spent time<br />
in the city. In fact Smith and Eichsted married<br />
local girls and Jimmy Smith went on to<br />
play National League for Portsmouth and<br />
the <strong>Raiders</strong> before retiring and is now living<br />
and working in the Birmingham area.<br />
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FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
2019/2<strong>02</strong>0<br />
DATE<br />
SUN 15 SEPTEMBER<br />
H<br />
OPPONENT<br />
THAMES VALLEY CAVALIERS<br />
FRIENDLY<br />
TIP-OFF<br />
3:30PM<br />
RESULT<br />
W 101 - 99<br />
SUN<br />
SUN<br />
FRI<br />
FRI<br />
SUN<br />
WED<br />
SUN<br />
SUN<br />
SAT<br />
SUN<br />
22 SEPTEMBER<br />
6 OCTOBER<br />
11 OCTOBER<br />
18 OCTOBER<br />
20 OCTOBER<br />
23 OCTOBER<br />
27 OCTOBER<br />
3 NOVEMBER<br />
16 NOVEMBER<br />
17 NOVEMBER<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
LONDON CITY ROYALS<br />
SURREY SCORCHERS<br />
BRISTOL FLYERS<br />
WORCESTER WOLVES<br />
WORCESTER WOLVES<br />
LONDON LIONS<br />
BRISTOL FLYERS<br />
LONDON LIONS<br />
LONDON CITY ROYALS<br />
SURREY SCORCHERS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
GS<br />
3:00PM<br />
3:00PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
3:00PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
3:00PM<br />
3:00PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
2:00PM<br />
L 87 - 89<br />
W 96 - 91<br />
L 72 - 92<br />
L 100 - 104<br />
W 83 - 53<br />
L 86 - 101<br />
L 76 - 93<br />
L 80 - 90<br />
L 92 - 101<br />
L 77 - 87<br />
-<br />
FRI<br />
SUN<br />
SUN<br />
SAT<br />
FRI<br />
FRI<br />
SUN<br />
22 - 24 NOVEMBER<br />
6 DECEMBER<br />
8 DECEMBER<br />
15 DECEMBER<br />
<strong>28</strong> DECEMBER<br />
3 JANUARY<br />
10 JANUARY<br />
12 JANUARY<br />
-<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
H<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
-<br />
LEICESTER RIDERS<br />
NEWCASTLE EAGLES<br />
LONDON CITY ROYALS<br />
BRISTOL FLYERS<br />
SHEFFIELD SHARKS<br />
LONDON LIONS<br />
CHESHIRE PHOENIX<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
TRO<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
QF<br />
R1<br />
-<br />
7:30PM<br />
3:00PM<br />
3:00PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
5:30PM<br />
L 79 - 97<br />
L 103 - 110<br />
L 90 - 98<br />
L 69 - 75<br />
L 62 - 71<br />
L 82 - 91<br />
L 64 - 97<br />
-<br />
SAT<br />
17 - 19 JANUARY<br />
18 JANUARY<br />
-<br />
A<br />
-<br />
SURREY SCORCHERS<br />
TRO<br />
BBL<br />
QF<br />
-<br />
7:00PM<br />
L 97 - 107<br />
SUN<br />
FRI<br />
FRI<br />
FRI<br />
SUN<br />
26 JANUARY<br />
31 JANUARY<br />
7 FEBRUARY<br />
14 FEBRUARY<br />
16 FEBRUARY<br />
-<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
-<br />
GLASGOW ROCKS<br />
SURREY SCORCHERS<br />
WORCESTER WOLVES<br />
LEICESTER RIDERS<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
FINAL<br />
-<br />
5:00PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
3:00PM<br />
W 76 - 67<br />
W 111 - 82<br />
L 91 - 116<br />
L 74 - 90<br />
FRI<br />
<strong>28</strong> FEBRUARY<br />
H<br />
CHESHIRE PHOENIX<br />
BBL<br />
7:30PM<br />
SUN<br />
1 MARCH<br />
A<br />
MANCHESTER GIANTS<br />
BBL<br />
5:00PM<br />
SAT<br />
7 MARCH<br />
A<br />
LONDON CITY ROYALS<br />
BBL<br />
7:30PM<br />
FRI<br />
13 MARCH<br />
H<br />
GLASGOW ROCKS<br />
BBL<br />
7:30PM<br />
SUN<br />
15 MARCH<br />
TRO<br />
SAT<br />
21 MARCH<br />
A<br />
BRISTOL FLYERS<br />
BBL<br />
FINAL<br />
7:30PM<br />
SUN<br />
29 MARCH<br />
H<br />
MANCHESTER GIANTS<br />
BBL<br />
3:00PM<br />
THUR<br />
2 APRIL<br />
A<br />
SHEFFIELD SHARKS<br />
BBL<br />
7:30PM<br />
SUN<br />
5 APRIL<br />
H<br />
WORCESTER WOLVES<br />
BBL<br />
3:00PM<br />
FRI<br />
10 APRIL<br />
A<br />
NEWCASTLE EAGLES<br />
BBL<br />
7:30PM<br />
FRI<br />
17 APRIL<br />
A<br />
LONDON LIONS<br />
BBL<br />
7:30PM<br />
SUN<br />
19 APRIL<br />
H<br />
SHEFFIELD SHARKS<br />
BBL<br />
3:00PM
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VIEW FROM ROW BB<br />
LET’S GO RAIDERS!<br />
RAIDERS LADIES<br />
LET’S GO RAIDERS!<br />
Tonight we welcome back 2 former players.<br />
Crowd favourite Louis Sayers and fresh<br />
from representing GB at last weekend’s<br />
Eurobasket qualifier, Ben Mockford.<br />
Obviously they both now play for tonight’s<br />
visitors <strong>Cheshire</strong> Phoenix. With Sunday’s<br />
2nd leg of the Trophy Semi Final on Sunday<br />
for Phoenix, will they have one eye on<br />
that, trying to avoid any injuries and making<br />
sure they are ready to go?<br />
Talking of crowd favourites, Ron Mvouika<br />
was given permission to leave the club to<br />
be able to be closer to his family. I’m sure you<br />
will joine in wishing Ron all the best,<br />
he was an enthusiastic player and enjoyed<br />
getting the crowd noisy!<br />
With just 10 games to play in the league<br />
before the play off commence, this<br />
weekends games are must win games if we<br />
have any chance of making those play<br />
offs! On Sunday it’s away to Manchester<br />
Giants who have also struggled to get a<br />
W on the board, quite often playing with<br />
just 2 off the bench. We have a team<br />
capable of winning games and with Will<br />
Neighbour hopefully fit, we can get 4<br />
valuable points.<br />
LET’S GO RAIDERS<br />
It’s been a season of ups and downs for<br />
<strong>Plymouth</strong> <strong>Raiders</strong> Ladies, with some long<br />
standing players moving on to pastures new,<br />
as well as an influx of players following the<br />
open trials. Some early season forfeits and<br />
recent close losses have found us at the bottom<br />
the Exeter & District League.<br />
Friday night saw the <strong>Raiders</strong> Ladies play<br />
hosts to 3rd place Taunton Tornados. After<br />
just one training session together as a new<br />
squad, <strong>Raiders</strong> came out fighting hard and<br />
showing outstanding defence from the off<br />
behind team captain, Beth Peace, with<br />
Rania Papakonstantinou opening the<br />
scoring with a mid-range baseline jump<br />
shot. Both teams played competitively with<br />
the first quarter ending 12-12.<br />
The second quarter saw new centre Alicia<br />
Parsons drop 3 consecutive buckets as well<br />
as displaying some outstanding rebounding,<br />
followed by 6 more points from Rania<br />
Papakonstantinou. Despite the hard work,<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> finished the half down by 8 points.<br />
BBL star and <strong>Raiders</strong> Ladies co-coach<br />
Denzel Ubiaro rallied the ladies together<br />
with some positive words at half time to<br />
re-ignite the energy and <strong>Raiders</strong> once again<br />
showed that our defence is not to be<br />
underestimated, limiting the Tornados<br />
offence and outscoring them 18-11 as a<br />
result of some excellent rebounding and<br />
hustle plays from Stevie Maher.<br />
At 41-41 going into the final quarter it was<br />
anybodies game. Once again, team captain<br />
Beth Peace controlled the game, but this<br />
time from the offensive end. Confident with<br />
our defence and chasing every loose ball,<br />
closing out every pass and challenging every<br />
shot, the ladies looked like a championship<br />
winning team and the baskets started to<br />
drop thick and fast after an early 3-pointer<br />
from new point guard Chloe Wright.<br />
Taunton had no answer for the <strong>Raiders</strong> who<br />
limited the strong Tornados side to just a<br />
single point in the 4th securing the win by 53<br />
points to 42. For a team that have played<br />
so few games together and just a single<br />
training session, the <strong>Plymouth</strong> <strong>Raiders</strong><br />
Ladies have established what hopes to be<br />
a strong foundation for next season.<br />
This Friday (<strong>28</strong>th February) sees the last<br />
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VIEW FROM THE TABLE<br />
RETURNEE<br />
As so often happens these days the visit<br />
of Surrey two weeks ago saw another<br />
ex-Raider return. This time it was in the<br />
shape of Uno, Devontavious Payne who<br />
spent last season here at the Pavilions.<br />
He had originally expected to be playing<br />
in Glasgow this year but problems with a visa<br />
meant that he missed that opportunity and<br />
it was well into the campaign before he was<br />
signed by the Scorchers. He is performing<br />
well for them and sank 13 points against us.<br />
Leicester’s visit did not see any ex <strong>Raiders</strong> in<br />
the red vests but the familiar figure of Rob<br />
Paternostro was on the sideline and was as<br />
passionate as always, although quite well<br />
under control until the double technical was<br />
called! His first impression was that there<br />
would be disqualifications so he did show<br />
some relief.<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Having mentioned the Cheerleaders<br />
recently I must say how pleasant it<br />
was to see the LOOE Community<br />
Dancers back in action here at the<br />
Surrey game. They are an accomplished<br />
and enthusiastic group and we once again<br />
enjoyed their involvement along with their<br />
uniforms which carry the ‘Let’s go<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong>’ logo.<br />
ATMOSPHERE<br />
There was a tremendous atmosphere in the<br />
arena last week, with our visitors from<br />
Turkey very impressed. We look forward<br />
to the future with confidence that the<br />
partnership which has been forged over<br />
the past months will bear fruit at BBL<br />
level while the development work will<br />
continue and, hopefully, expand.<br />
How about this youngster spotted in the<br />
crowd wearing a Foxy head, I think he or she<br />
needs to appear on court with our very own<br />
big Foxy and maybe let us know where such<br />
a head can be purchased. Nice one!<br />
CONGRATULATIONS<br />
Our congratulations to Solent on winning<br />
their way to the BBL Trophy Final. Could<br />
they join us in the BBL next season?<br />
It was good to see Bob and Pat Widdecombe<br />
at last week’s game and we wish them well<br />
for continuing their recovery from a tough<br />
period, healthwise.<br />
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LAST TIME OUT<br />
VS LEICESTER RIDERS<br />
PLYMOUTH RAIDERS 74<br />
LEICESTER RIDERS 90<br />
It was tough game as a result of poor<br />
defence and multiple fouls, consigning<br />
<strong>Plymouth</strong> <strong>Raiders</strong> to their second<br />
consecutive defeat in the BBL<br />
Championship.<br />
With the new partners from BAU Global in<br />
attendance, and a fully sold out arena, there<br />
was a great atmosphere, even if the game<br />
ended in favour of the opposition.<br />
New addition Matt Scott made an<br />
excellent impression with 26 points on<br />
his second debut with the club, as well<br />
as Rashad Hassan with 21 points.<br />
Leicester Riders have won five out of seven<br />
games played so far in the Championship,<br />
where they have won last five back-to-back<br />
games. With <strong>Raiders</strong> new roster, and Riders<br />
wanting to continue their winning streak,<br />
both teams put up a fight to be victorious.<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> lined up with Matt Scott, Josh<br />
Wilcher, Leslee Smith, Rashad Hassan and<br />
Kostas Jonuska. Likewise, Riders lined up<br />
with Kyron Cartwright, Jesse Chuku, Jamell<br />
Anderson, Namon Wright and Darien<br />
Nelson-Henry.<br />
Matt Scott put <strong>Raiders</strong> straight into the lead<br />
to start the game with a huge three-pointer,<br />
which was followed by shots from Wilcher<br />
and Leslee Smith.<br />
The first quarter was ended with a shot by<br />
Ward-Hibbet which sent the Riders into the<br />
lead by two points, 17-19.<br />
Riders retained their lead in the second<br />
quarter despite great shots by Hassan and<br />
Wilcher. At the end of the second quarter,<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> trailed behind by only three points,<br />
a good score considering the difference half<br />
way through the quarter.<br />
After the break, Riders picked up the pace<br />
as they consecutively shot threes, and at the<br />
end of the third they led by a huge 21 points.<br />
The final quarter sadly saw a similar<br />
scenario despite a good run by Paul James<br />
side. The game ended 74-90 in favour of<br />
the Riders.<br />
Head coach Paul James spoke honestly<br />
about the game, and noticed the defence<br />
wasn’t at the standard he expects. He said:<br />
“There were way too many easy points and<br />
the effort defensively wasn’t there. The guys<br />
did not get where they were supposed to<br />
be in their rotation, that was disappointing,<br />
especially with such a big crowd and a good<br />
occasion.<br />
“In the third quarter they hit some good<br />
shots early on and we didn’t recover from<br />
that so it was difficult from there on in.<br />
We’ve just got to iron out those things<br />
defensively that we didn’t do today,<br />
we’ve got to be committed to the court,<br />
trust each other and the players have just<br />
got to do their job.”<br />
As the arena was fully sold out, there were<br />
plenty of fans cheering on the team, which<br />
was great considering it was such a big<br />
event. When asked about whether it<br />
affected their performance, James said:<br />
“I didn’t think the occasion got to them,<br />
but a few things didn’t go our way and we<br />
lost a little bit of confidence.<br />
“It was an unbelievable crowd this<br />
afternoon, totally sold out! It was great<br />
to have all those from BAU Global<br />
here as well and they’ve loved it.<br />
All in all apart from the result, it was<br />
a fantastic day!”<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> scorers:<br />
Matt Scott 26<br />
Rashad Hassan 21<br />
Josh Wilcher 8<br />
Isa Brandon 6<br />
Leslee Smith 4<br />
Ron Mvouika 4<br />
Kostas Jonuska 3<br />
Ryan Richards 2.<br />
By Rebecca Hocking<br />
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CELEBRATE WITH THE RAIDERS!<br />
GOLD £25<br />
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with the team as a mascot.<br />
SILVER £15<br />
Our silver birthday package includes the<br />
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OFFENCE TEAM HAS<br />
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We’ve hit the ground running again this<br />
week after a short lull in the action due to<br />
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across the board, even our Active Agers had<br />
a week off!<br />
Our Active Ageing programme has returned<br />
this week and with over 20 participants now<br />
signed up, these sessions are proving to be a<br />
big hit. The Active Ageing programme offers<br />
an element of walking basketball to those<br />
aged 60 and above and who are keen to<br />
keep moving whilst in the later years. Each<br />
session consists of 45 minutes of walking<br />
basketball and is always followed up with<br />
the important bit…….tea and cake!!<br />
Hoops 4 Health continues to be rolled out<br />
across the city and we’ve been in College<br />
Road Primary School and Mount Wise<br />
Primary School this week. This initiative<br />
involves our Pro squad visiting schools to<br />
deliver educational messages around the<br />
importance of healthy living as well as an<br />
anti-bullying message which is so important.<br />
The educational package is followed up with<br />
some coaching as we aim to spread the love<br />
of basketball across <strong>Plymouth</strong>.<br />
The Central Venue League grows week on<br />
week and with sessions running across<br />
<strong>Plymouth</strong> and South East Cornwall we are<br />
hoping to develop the competitive side<br />
of the game across all age groups. We<br />
currently offer playing opportunities at<br />
Under 12 and Under 14 and expect to be<br />
able to offer coaching at all youth age<br />
groups within the near future.
LET’S GO RAIDERS<br />
MATCH DAY PRESENTATIONS VS LEICESTER RIDERS<br />
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