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OFFICIAL GAME DAY PROGRAMME 19/20 SEASON<br />

#FOLLOWTHEFOX<br />

MATCH DAY SPONSOR: MARTIN ALLEN FINANCIAL<br />

<strong>vs</strong> <strong>Glasgow</strong> <strong>Rocks</strong><br />

FRI | MARCH 13TH <strong>2020</strong> | TIP OFF: 7:30pm<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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WAY BACK WHEN<br />

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 />

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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> &amp; 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 />

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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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LET’S GO RAIDERS!<br />

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LET’S GO RAIDERS!<br />

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 />

paulnicholson@plymouthraiders.com<br />

and see how you can combine a college<br />

education and basketball with <strong>Plymouth</strong><br />

<strong>Raiders</strong>.<br />

Enjoy today’s game.<br />

Paul Nicholson<br />

Ray<br />

(69 games avg 18.20 ppg),<br />

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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15 minute and 30 minute consultations available.<br />

Services<br />

• Adult and childhood illnesses<br />

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A standard 15 minute consultation is £60. Please be aware there will be additional<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 />

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Full-Flat<br />

Seam<br />

EST<br />

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ARENA<br />

EMIRATES ARENA<br />

HEAD COACH<br />

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FIRST TEAM<br />

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15<br />

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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 />

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ADULTS<br />

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R LOGO SWEATSHIRT<br />

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R SOCKS<br />

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CHILDRENS<br />

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CHEERLEADER T-SHIRT<br />

WE ARE RAIDERS HOODIE<br />

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£15<br />

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ACCESSORIES<br />

FOAM PAW<br />

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BASKETBALL SIZE 3<br />

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SCARF<br />

BOBBLE HAT<br />

DRAWSTRING BAG<br />

LANYARD<br />

WATER BOTTLE<br />

WRISTBAND<br />

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£15<br />

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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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BASIC RULES<br />

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 />

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FOUNDATION<br />

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 />

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

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