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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 />

07


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 &amp; 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 />

game of the season against 4th place<br />

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16


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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TODAY’S VISITORS<br />

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EST<br />

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ARENA<br />

CHESHIRE OAKS<br />

HEAD COACH<br />

BEN THOMAS<br />

FIRST TEAM<br />

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PARKER JACKSON-CARTWRIGHT<br />

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PHARROH GORDON<br />

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MERCHANDISE<br />

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BIRTHDAY<br />

CELEBRATE WITH THE RAIDERS!<br />

GOLD £25<br />

The Rolls-Royce of <strong>Raiders</strong> merch: our gold<br />

birthday package includes a signed birthday<br />

card (even Foxy’s made his mark), a signed<br />

basketball and the opportunity to run out<br />

with the team as a mascot.<br />

SILVER £15<br />

Our silver birthday package includes the<br />

covetable <strong>Raiders</strong> birthday card (signed by<br />

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PLEASE NOTE:<br />

BIRTHDAY PACKAGES MUST<br />

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ADVANCE.<br />

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CENTRE CIRCLE<br />

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THREE POINTS<br />

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AREA<br />

VIOLATIONS<br />

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TIME OUT<br />

24 SECOND<br />

RESET<br />

10MIN QUARTERS<br />

WITH 15MIN<br />

HALF-TIME BREAK<br />

OFFENCE TEAM HAS<br />

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THE BALL CANNOT<br />

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BASKETBALL IS<br />

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SPORT<br />

REPORTING A FOUL<br />

PLAYER FOUL<br />

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FOUNDATION PROGRAMME<br />

We’ve hit the ground running again this<br />

week after a short lull in the action due to<br />

the schools half term break. With closures<br />

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 />

Amazing tip offs<br />

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