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OFFICIAL GAME DAY PROGRAMME 19/20 SEASON<br />
#FOLLOWTHEFOX<br />
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<strong>vs</strong> <strong>Glasgow</strong> <strong>Rocks</strong><br />
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CONTENTS<br />
CONTENTS<br />
02 WELCOME<br />
PAUL JAMES<br />
BASAK AKDEMIR<br />
COSKUN INCE<br />
RICHARD MOLLARD<br />
ROSS MACKENZIE<br />
DIRECTORS<br />
05<br />
COACH<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 />
07 WAY BACK WHEN<br />
16 VIEW FROM ROW BB<br />
21 VIEW FROM THE TABLE<br />
24 LAST TIME OUT<br />
26 TODAY’S VISITORS<br />
28 MERCHANDISE<br />
29 BIRTHDAY PACKAGES<br />
#FOLLOWTHEFOX
RICHARD MOLLARD<br />
PLYMOUTH RAIDERS DIRECTOR<br />
To say the last few weeks have been a bit of<br />
a whirlwind would be an understatement,<br />
none more so that our whistle stop trip to<br />
Istanbul last week.<br />
Ross, Heather, Foxy and I spent three days<br />
in the City where we got the opportunity to<br />
watch the Bahcesehir College Europe Cup<br />
game as their guests of honour, a game our<br />
new brother club eventually won. However<br />
the trip was also to meet all our new BAU<br />
Global and Bahcesehir College family, and<br />
family is exactly what we were made to feel.<br />
It was truly a pleasure to spend more time<br />
with Mr, Enver Yucel, and to be introduced<br />
to so many fantastic people throughout his<br />
education and basketball organisations. I<br />
can tell you now that everyone is extremely<br />
excited about the new partnership with<br />
the <strong>Raiders</strong>, and in Turkey, <strong>Plymouth</strong> is now<br />
one of the most famous places in the UK,<br />
something that has all come about because<br />
of our new partnership.<br />
Istanbul is a beautiful City, very friendly, very<br />
welcoming, and full of culture, history and<br />
architecture. But you don’t need to take my<br />
word for it, because as a <strong>Raiders</strong> fan, and<br />
hopefully now a Bahcesehir College fan,<br />
there should be plenty of opportunities and<br />
excuses to visit for yourself, as I’m confident<br />
there will be numerous trips back and forth<br />
for our two teams to train and compete<br />
together in the coming years, and we’d love<br />
fans to joins us along the way.<br />
What I will say though, is that although the<br />
food and hospitality has been first class,<br />
I think it might be a few weeks before I<br />
venture to a kebab restaurant…who said<br />
you couldn’t have too much of a good thing.<br />
Today we welcome the <strong>Glasgow</strong> <strong>Rocks</strong>,<br />
the current BBL League leaders, to the<br />
<strong>Plymouth</strong> Pavilions, which means this is<br />
going to be a tough game. However,<br />
we’ve shown already this season that when<br />
we play as a team, we can beat anyone,<br />
and that’s precisely what we did when we<br />
travelled to Scotland last month. Getting<br />
the W at the Emirates appears to be a<br />
rarity this season, but get the W we did,<br />
and therefore <strong>Rocks</strong> will be out to exact<br />
revenue today.<br />
Since we met <strong>Rocks</strong> in <strong>Glasgow</strong> we’ve<br />
evolved as a team, with Ryan, Mike and<br />
now Gary joining the fold. Although the<br />
possibility of making the playoffs isn’t yet<br />
beyond us, and that’s still the main focus,<br />
the remainder of the season also provides<br />
a great opportunity to start to put together<br />
a roster with next season in mind, hence<br />
the late addition of Gary on transfer<br />
deadline day.<br />
Gary is the first player we have recruited<br />
with the assistance of our new partners at<br />
Bahcesehir, with PJ working closely with their<br />
scouts and coaching team to bring Gary<br />
in, and from what we’ve seen so far, he’s a<br />
terrific addition.<br />
However, it’s #followthefox time, so recharge<br />
your drinks (Raki if you’re one of our new<br />
Turkish supporters), and prepare to make<br />
lots of noise!! We need a win to stay in the<br />
Playoff hunt, so we need our Green Army<br />
behind us all the way.<br />
RICHARD MOLLARD<br />
DIRECTOR PLYMOUTH RAIDERS<br />
#FOLLOWTHEFOX<br />
<strong>03</strong>
PAUL JAMES<br />
PLYMOUTH RAIDERS COACH<br />
Good afternoon and welcome to the<br />
Pavilions for this BBL Championship game<br />
against the League leaders <strong>Glasgow</strong> <strong>Rocks</strong><br />
who come into this game sitting with 10<br />
wins and 3 losses.<br />
One of those losses was against us at the<br />
end of January, but the <strong>Rocks</strong> have not<br />
lost a game in the league since then.<br />
<strong>Glasgow</strong> <strong>Rocks</strong> have a very solid team<br />
who play a very patient unselfish style of<br />
basketball. They are playing with a lot of<br />
confidence right now and last weekend in<br />
<strong>Glasgow</strong> they overcame Worcester in<br />
overtime.<br />
This game is a hugely important game<br />
for both teams, but for different reasons.<br />
We are trying to claw our way up the<br />
league table into a playoff spot and for<br />
<strong>Glasgow</strong>, the league title is now theirs<br />
to lose.<br />
Our last game was away to Manchester<br />
and it proved to be every bit as tough a<br />
game as expected and we weren’t helped<br />
by the absence of Will and Ryan.<br />
Manchester have been very competitive<br />
in many of their games only to fall in the<br />
closing minutes, so it was always going to<br />
be tough. Trailing by 12 at the half we<br />
really had to dig deep in the second half<br />
and finally got the game won in overtime.<br />
Today I hope to have a fully fit squad for<br />
this big game and would like to welcome<br />
Gary Talton to the team for his first BBL<br />
game. I’m sure he’s going to help improve<br />
the team on all levels.<br />
Just looking at the results from the last<br />
couple of weeks we can see that every<br />
game is being been competitively fought.<br />
Therefore, we need to make sure that<br />
we are tough to beat at home by putting in<br />
some good performances, whilst trying<br />
to dig out some wins on the road!<br />
I extend a warm welcome to <strong>Glasgow</strong> <strong>Rocks</strong><br />
coaching staff, players and supporters<br />
for this BBL championship match.<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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Plympton team photo with Grant Evans (15),<br />
Rob Marshall (<strong>11</strong>), Mark Leach<br />
(Front left), Gavin Love (6), all <strong>Raiders</strong>’ players<br />
at one time and number 5 Darren Bolt more<br />
often heard blowing a whistle these days!<br />
Club stalwart Dave Mills in coaching gear<br />
on right .<br />
PLYMPTON BASKETBALL CLUB<br />
to become a committee member while<br />
Following on from the theme of the last<br />
players Rob Marshall and Jim Anderson<br />
game when Kanaries were in the spotlight were rewarded with places in that first<br />
as instigators of the launch of the <strong>Raiders</strong> in <strong>Raiders</strong>’ squad.<br />
1983, the other local club which was involved<br />
was the Plympton club.<br />
The club continued as a force in the local<br />
and regional competitions as <strong>Raiders</strong> took<br />
Plympton Basketball Club was formed in off and in that first National League season<br />
1968 as Plympton Grammar School Old Boys Plympton won the Southern League title and<br />
and became Plympton BBC in mid-1970’s. saw four of their teams represented in the<br />
They entered the <strong>Plymouth</strong> & District South West Area Finals, three of which were<br />
League and won both league and knock out successful. They relied heavily on local talent<br />
Cup on 7 occasions through the years. As well with most of their players coming through<br />
as building a club which boasted teams at their Junior programme but as competition<br />
at regional and Southern League level<br />
Junior (Under 18) and Senior levels they<br />
encouraged a Ladies section and all of<br />
became tougher they managed to attract<br />
their teams could boast success stories. players such as Dave Ringham and Rick<br />
The Southern League was first entered in Bache from the Exeter area to join them and<br />
1976/77 season.<br />
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The PBB Club had been close rivals with the<br />
Kanaries in both the local league and the<br />
Southern League as well as the National<br />
Founders’ Cup in which they had reached the<br />
Semi-final on two occasions only to lose out<br />
to their local rivals in 1983. They agreed to<br />
join forces to help establish the <strong>Raiders</strong> and<br />
one of their leading lights, Dave Mills, agreed<br />
Ringham and Bache eventually signed for<br />
the <strong>Raiders</strong> and each spent three seasons<br />
from 1985 to 88 in the green uniforms. Bache<br />
played 62 times for <strong>Raiders</strong> averaging nearly<br />
14 points per game while Ringham appeared<br />
64 times averaging 9 points and dishing out<br />
134 assists.<br />
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FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
2019/<strong>2020</strong><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 />
<strong>11</strong> 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 />
28 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 1<strong>03</strong> - <strong>11</strong>0<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 />
FRI<br />
SUN<br />
SAT<br />
26 JANUARY<br />
31 JANUARY<br />
7 FEBRUARY<br />
14 FEBRUARY<br />
16 FEBRUARY<br />
28 FEBRUARY<br />
1 MARCH<br />
7 MARCH<br />
-<br />
A<br />
H<br />
A<br />
H<br />
H<br />
A<br />
A<br />
-<br />
GLASGOW ROCKS<br />
SURREY SCORCHERS<br />
WORCESTER WOLVES<br />
LEICESTER RIDERS<br />
CHESHIRE PHOENIX<br />
MANCHESTER GIANTS<br />
LONDON CITY ROYALS<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
BBL<br />
FINAL<br />
-<br />
5:00PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
3:00PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
5:00PM<br />
7:30PM<br />
W 76 - 67<br />
W <strong>11</strong>1 - 82<br />
L 91 - <strong>11</strong>6<br />
L 74 - 90<br />
L 74 - 77<br />
W 96 - 90<br />
POSTPONED<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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During the break of a non game weekend,<br />
I conducted a survey of our supporters on<br />
who their favourite player has been and best<br />
starting 5. After lots of great interaction on<br />
the <strong>Raiders</strong> Supporters page and with over<br />
40 different players put forward, we came<br />
up with a favourite all time Starting 5 for<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong>:<br />
Danny James<br />
(161 games 1093 pts),<br />
Todd Cetner<br />
(65 games avg 22.34 ppg),<br />
Jim McGilvery<br />
(72 games avg 26.75 ppg),<br />
Terrance Durham<br />
(72 games 2<strong>11</strong>4 pts 1947 assists),<br />
Cory Dixon<br />
(50 games avg 18.78 ppg) Off the Bench<br />
Dean Williams<br />
(174 games 2010 pts)<br />
After chatting with founding member and<br />
our all time favourite <strong>Match</strong> Commentor<br />
Keith Mollard, we also include the<br />
following 6 players in the category &<br />
mentions in disbatches;<br />
Dave Downey, Chris Hughes, Dave Lutz,<br />
Ted Hotaling, Jon Goodemote and Trent<br />
Forbes. Thank you to everyone who<br />
contributed to compiling this list.<br />
We welcome new signing Gary Talton who<br />
joins to the end of the season. <strong>Raiders</strong> need<br />
him and the whole team to gel together and<br />
really get wins on the board if we have any<br />
chance of making the play offs. We saw in<br />
the last home game what can happen if we<br />
don’t play the full 40 minutes.<br />
After controlling 3 quarters against Phoenix<br />
and looking comfortable leading 66-56,<br />
we allowed them to hold the ball, get the<br />
vital rebounds and steal the win. <strong>Rocks</strong> come<br />
here this evening as League Leaders but<br />
after beating them away at the end of<br />
January, we know we have the capability<br />
of doing that again.<br />
Good Evening <strong>Raiders</strong> fans.<br />
Since the last program the Academy team<br />
faced off against Truro College in the AOC<br />
league with the result in favour of Truro, we<br />
played some good basketball but Truro had<br />
to much for us with some very experienced<br />
players who scored the ball very well.<br />
At times we played some fantastic team<br />
basketball but just not on a consistent bases<br />
to keep with Truro in the second half after<br />
keeping it close for the first two periods of<br />
play.<br />
Our next game is against Exeter 2 where<br />
we look to pick up our second win against<br />
them after a convincing win at City College<br />
put with a few key players unavailable it<br />
should be a very close game as we head<br />
on the road.<br />
We are still recruiting for next seasons team<br />
so if you already in or soon to be entering<br />
post 16 studies then please contact<br />
myself on<br />
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education and basketball with <strong>Plymouth</strong><br />
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Enjoy today’s game.<br />
Paul Nicholson<br />
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LET’S GO RAIDERS<br />
DeAntoine Beasley<br />
(231 games 3324 points 830 assists)<br />
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VIEW FROM THE TABLE<br />
RETURNEE<br />
The Cheshire Phoenix game brought two<br />
former <strong>Raiders</strong>’ players back to the Pavilions.<br />
Louis Sayers, who was named as Captain<br />
and Ben Mockford fresh from his part in GB’s<br />
exciting victory over Germany the previous<br />
Monday. Sayers performed as always, with<br />
plenty of heart and with a killer touch from<br />
outside the arc but Mockford seemed<br />
disinterested in the game, ambling about<br />
with a miserable look on his face. Maybe he<br />
was tired from the GB weekend or carrying<br />
an injury!<br />
Phoenix had only 8 players but all were<br />
heavily involved and were used sparingly<br />
by coach Ben Thomas, who paraded the<br />
sideline throughout the game, often using<br />
referees’ Christian names when ‘discussing’<br />
a call. Should that be acceptable, especially<br />
when a Technical warning was issued<br />
to PJ for a minor step or comment out<br />
of line?<br />
NEW FLOOR<br />
The new playing surface looked smart and<br />
the Fox logo took pride of place in the centre<br />
circle. There are more floor logos to come,<br />
probably before the next game, with the<br />
BAU Global one no doubt prominent.<br />
SPECTATORS<br />
Although not a sold-out arena there was,<br />
nevertheless, a fine atmosphere with the<br />
chanting particularly good to hear. The<br />
3-point cards and Foxy paws were very<br />
much in evidence when required and quite<br />
a large number did wear the green T-shirts<br />
which had been given out at the previous<br />
game. It would be good to make that a<br />
regular match day attire. A reminder of how<br />
good the green T shirts made the arena<br />
look, on the stage side for a change! Try<br />
to make a habit of wearing with pride.<br />
TABLE OFFICIALS<br />
We do tend to have a fairly small group of<br />
the red shirted Table Officials appointed to<br />
our games so it was good to welcome a new<br />
face at the last game as Ethan Phillipson<br />
carried out the scorers’ duties.<br />
We do hope that Lindsay Chapman will<br />
return to the fold soon and wish her well<br />
for recovery from her recent hospital stay.<br />
Get well soon, Lindsay.<br />
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LAST TIME OUT<br />
VS MANCHESTER GIANTS<br />
PLYMOUTH RAIDERS 96<br />
MANCHESTER GIANTS 90<br />
<strong>Plymouth</strong> <strong>Raiders</strong> picked their third win in<br />
the BBL Championship this evening in an<br />
extremely challenging overtime game<br />
against the Manchester Giants.<br />
The opposition were in the lead from the<br />
start, but a tie at the end of the fourth<br />
quarter sent them into overtime where<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> took control and were victorious!<br />
Five players made double digits during the<br />
game, including Matt Scott and Josh<br />
Wilcher with 20 points. Hassan had a<br />
double-double this evening, making 22<br />
points with 12 rebounds.<br />
This evening’s game was <strong>Raiders</strong> first win<br />
since their triumph last month against the<br />
Surrey Scorchers. Manchester Giants are yet<br />
to pick up a win, despite having a good<br />
run in their recent games.<br />
Both teams were desperate to pick up a win<br />
and were determined to go to any length<br />
to be victorious.<br />
Smith won the tip for <strong>Raiders</strong> with Hassan<br />
picking up their first points. The quarter<br />
continued with both teams trading baskets<br />
but Giants retained their lead throughout.<br />
Scott ended the quarter with a two point<br />
jump shot which was followed by another by<br />
Jones from the Giants. The first quarter<br />
ended after a great effort from Paul James<br />
side 23-23.<br />
The second quarter started with a good<br />
run from the hosts, who stretched their<br />
lead to six points with just over five minutes<br />
remaining. Their luck continued and they<br />
were in the lead by 12 points before the half<br />
time break, 50-38.<br />
After the break, Giants stood their ground<br />
as they still had over a 10 point advantage<br />
with over six minutes remaining. <strong>Raiders</strong> luck<br />
changed though at the end of the third<br />
quarter as a three-point shot by Jonuska<br />
helped them to tie 64-64.<br />
The quarter ended 68-64 to the opposition<br />
but <strong>Raiders</strong> still had a bit of fight left!<br />
The same scenario continued going into the<br />
fourth and final quarter but with just over<br />
four minutes remaining <strong>Raiders</strong> caught up<br />
and they started to trade baskets.<br />
Jones hit a three for the Giants with just over<br />
one minute to go, but another by<br />
Jonuska made them tie 82-82, which sent<br />
them straight into overtime.<br />
At the start of overtime <strong>Raiders</strong> began to<br />
control the game. A free-throw opportunity<br />
within the last few seconds enabled them to<br />
extend their lead to six points, allowing<br />
them to pick up their third win!<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> scorers:<br />
Rashad Hassan 22<br />
Matt Scott 20<br />
Josh Wilcher 20<br />
Leslee Smith 13<br />
Kostas Jonuska 13<br />
Isa Brandon 8.<br />
By Rebecca Hocking<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> lined up with Matt Scott, Josh<br />
Wilcher, Leslee Smith, Kostas Jonuska and<br />
Rashad. Likewise, Giants lined up with<br />
James Jones, Jack Hudson, Callum Jones,<br />
Edu Argues and Allie Fullah.<br />
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TODAY’S VISITORS<br />
WELCOME GLASGOW ROCKS<br />
Enhanced performance.<br />
Ultimate handling.<br />
Consistent<br />
Touch<br />
Flat-Pebble<br />
Surface<br />
Enhanced<br />
Visibility<br />
Full-Flat<br />
Seam<br />
EST<br />
1998<br />
ARENA<br />
EMIRATES ARENA<br />
HEAD COACH<br />
VINCENT LAVANDIER<br />
FIRST TEAM<br />
3<br />
7<br />
9<br />
15<br />
17<br />
22<br />
23<br />
25<br />
27<br />
33<br />
77<br />
79<br />
DANTE THORPE<br />
FRASER MALCOLM<br />
JONNY BUNYN<br />
ALI FRASER CENTER<br />
GREG PRYOR<br />
TERRELL VINSON<br />
ALEXANDER GEDDES<br />
MAXIME DJO EBALA<br />
KIERAN ALLEN<br />
GARETH MURRAY<br />
TADAS RINKUNAS<br />
CALLUM MORTIMER<br />
NEW<br />
TECHNOLOGY<br />
X NEW<br />
BASKETBALLS<br />
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BRITISH<br />
BASKETBALL
MERCHANDISE<br />
THE OFFICIAL RAIDERS COLLECTION<br />
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 />
the whole team – and Foxy) plus a signed<br />
basketball, perfect for training with or<br />
displaying proudly among all their other<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> memorabilia.<br />
ADULTS<br />
RAIDERS BB T-SHIRT<br />
R LOGO SWEATSHIRT<br />
R LONG SLEEVE T-SHIRT<br />
R SOCKS<br />
WE ARE RAIDERS HOODIE<br />
#FOLLOWTHEFOX T-SHIRT<br />
CHILDRENS<br />
RAIDERS BB T-SHIRT<br />
CHEERLEADER T-SHIRT<br />
WE ARE RAIDERS HOODIE<br />
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£15<br />
£25<br />
£18<br />
£8<br />
£25<br />
£15<br />
£12<br />
£15<br />
£20<br />
ACCESSORIES<br />
FOAM PAW<br />
SMALL FOX<br />
BASKETBALL SIZE 3<br />
BASKETBALL SIZE 5<br />
BASKETBALL SIZE 7<br />
SCARF<br />
BOBBLE HAT<br />
DRAWSTRING BAG<br />
LANYARD<br />
WATER BOTTLE<br />
WRISTBAND<br />
PEN<br />
PENCIL<br />
MUG<br />
PENCIL CASE<br />
PIN BADGE<br />
£5<br />
£4<br />
£10<br />
£15<br />
£15<br />
£15<br />
£15<br />
£6<br />
£5<br />
£5<br />
£1<br />
£2.50<br />
£1.50<br />
£5<br />
£5<br />
£5<br />
BRONZE £5<br />
Surprise and delight your favourite <strong>Raiders</strong><br />
fan on their special day. Our bronze birthday<br />
package equips you with an official <strong>Raiders</strong><br />
birthday card that’s been signed by the entire<br />
<strong>Raiders</strong> team.<br />
PLEASE NOTE:<br />
BIRTHDAY PACKAGES MUST<br />
BE BOOKED TWO WEEKS IN<br />
ADVANCE.<br />
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HAND SIGNALS<br />
3 POINT LINE<br />
SCORING<br />
BASKET<br />
CENTRE CIRCLE<br />
ONE POINT TWO POINTS THREE POINT<br />
ATTEMPT<br />
THREE POINTS<br />
SUCCESSFUL<br />
CANCEL<br />
SCORE<br />
FREE THROW<br />
LINE<br />
2 POINT<br />
AREA<br />
VIOLATIONS<br />
ADMINISTRATIVE<br />
SIDELINE<br />
BASELINE<br />
TRAVELLING<br />
3 SECOND<br />
VIOLATION<br />
SUBSTITUTION<br />
TIME OUT<br />
24 SECOND<br />
RESET<br />
10MIN QUARTERS<br />
WITH 15MIN<br />
HALF-TIME BREAK<br />
OFFENCE TEAM HAS<br />
ONLY 24 SECOND TO<br />
TAKE A SHOT<br />
THE BALL CANNOT<br />
BE CARRIED<br />
BASKETBALL IS<br />
A NON-CONTACT<br />
SPORT<br />
REPORTING A FOUL<br />
PLAYER FOUL<br />
TECHNICAL<br />
FOUL<br />
PUSHING<br />
DOUBLE FOUL<br />
INTENTIONAL<br />
FOUL<br />
CONTROL<br />
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PROGRAMME<br />
It’s been a busy few weeks as usual away<br />
from the pro court and our community<br />
programmes continue to grow week on<br />
week.<br />
Active Ageing is still attracting new members<br />
which is making for some great sessions<br />
under the guidance of Coach Paul Nicholson<br />
and the students of City College <strong>Plymouth</strong>.<br />
These sessions provide opportunities for the<br />
over 60’s so get up and get active through<br />
Walking basketball but its not just about<br />
throwing that rubber ball around…..at the<br />
end of every session our participants are<br />
treated to free refreshments or lunches!<br />
Our Little Ballers sessions are as popular as<br />
ever and provide the perfect environment<br />
for our smallest of ballers to get a taste for<br />
the game. Each session caters for boys and<br />
girls aged 3-6 and with the focus being on<br />
fun, there’s something to hook every child<br />
that walks through our doors.<br />
Where the older generation are treated to<br />
tea and cake, our Little Ballers end every<br />
single session with some fruit which is very<br />
kindly donated by the Co-op in Stoke Village<br />
each week.<br />
The <strong>Plymouth</strong> <strong>Raiders</strong> Central Venue league<br />
is coming to an end for this season with all<br />
sessions finishing during the week prior to<br />
the schools Easter holidays. Our city wide<br />
CVL sessions have gone from strength to<br />
strength since September and our final<br />
tournaments of the season really<br />
showcased the learning of the players over<br />
the past 6 months. We have even seen some<br />
of our players selected to represent<br />
<strong>Plymouth</strong> <strong>Raiders</strong> Development and play<br />
against teams from far and wide as they<br />
represent <strong>Plymouth</strong> <strong>Raiders</strong> and the city of<br />
<strong>Plymouth</strong>.<br />
Whilst the Central Venue League may be<br />
taking a break for the summer months, that<br />
doesn’t mean our players have to as we hand<br />
over to <strong>Plymouth</strong> <strong>Raiders</strong> Development who<br />
will be hosting a number of Summer League<br />
programmes to cater for all ages – for any<br />
information on the Development summer<br />
programme please contact them at<br />
development@plymouthraiders.com<br />
That’s it from me for this week, if you’d<br />
like any information about any of our<br />
community programmes please feel free<br />
to contact me at<br />
phil@plymouthraiders.com<br />
Enjoy the game!
LET’S GO RAIDERS<br />
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BRITISH BASKETBALL CUP FINALS 2018<br />
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LET’S GO RAIDERS<br />
#<strong>11</strong><br />
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