TRAINING SESSION DETAILS

(Article Edited: 21:05, 17/09/2017 - To amend INTERS training session details)

Put simply, it's a little complicated to start with, so keep up because here goes...

Due to under-recruitment at certain age groups there are early season opportunities for some players to train twice a week in the midweek sessions. However, for most, this will only last until the end of October.

CUBS Training (U11s / Year 6 & U12s / Year 7)

(every Tuesday from 7:30 to 8:30pm - FULL COURT)

STARTS ---> Tuesday, 5th September 2017

Please arrive at 7:20 and be ready to start training at 7:30pm 

This training session is short of players due to some year 7s training on a Thursday night. Also, we are awaiting the start of the new school year before starting a recruitment campaign for year 6 players from the local primary schools.

SENIORS Training (U17s / Years 10, 11 & 12)

(every Tuesday from 8:30 to 9:30pm - FULL COURT)

STARTS ---> Tuesday, 5th September 2017

Please arrive at 8:20 and be ready to start training at 8:30pm 

Due to the current low returns from last season's U16s squad this seasons year 10s have been invited along to make best use of the full court.

TOTS Training (U10s / Years 4 & 5)

(selected Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:15pm - HALF COURT)

STARTS ---> Wednesday, TBC October 2017

Please arrive at 6:20 and be ready to start training at 6:30pm 

The start date for this session is yet to be decided. It will be run in batches of four or five weeks at a time and will be centred solely of skills (shooting, passing, rebounding and dribbling) and fun games/drills.

MISH-MOSH Training (U13s / Year 8 & U14s / Year 9)

(every Wednesday from 7:00 to 8:30pm - HALF COURT)

STARTS ---> Wednesday, 6th September 2017

Please arrive at 6:50 and be ready to start training at 7:00pm 

This training session will be for year 8 and year 9 players (although some others will be invited if the coaches believe that they require additional skills training).

JUNIORS Training (U13s / Year 8)

(every Thursday from 7:30 to 8:30pm - FULL COURT)

STARTS ---> Thursday, 7th September 2017

Please arrive at 7:20 and be ready to start training at 7:30pm 

There will be a number of year 7 players training in this session. This is because either they are part of the YBL U13s squad or otherwise unable to attend the Tuesday night Cubs training session. There may also be a few year 9 joining in to improve their basic skill levels before jumping into the later Inters session at 8pm.

INTERS Training (U15s / Years 10 & 9)

(every Thursday from 8:30 to 9:30pm @ Ledbury Leisure Centre - FULL COURT)

STARTS ---> Thursday, 7th September 2017

Please arrive at 7:50 and be ready to start training at 8:00pm 

This training session originally overlapped the Juniors training session before it. This is now NOT the case. Players are to turn up for 8:15pm for a debrief/external to sports hall warm-up.

- All sessions are held at Ledbury Leisure Centre (the sports hall at John Masefield High School)

- Bring a bottle of water

- Any valuables (such as mobile telephones) are brought along at owner's own risk.

So there it is... all you still with us? 

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Leadonites Basketball Known Fixture Schedule (So Far...)

(Last updated: 07/09/2017)
Below is the known fixture list for Leadonites teams. To be added to this are matches to be played in Glozball CVLs and JBDA CVTs and Friendlies covering all age group teams from U11 up to and including the U17s.

		LEADONITES BASKETBALL FULL FIXTURE SCHEDULE
10:15	Saturday	23 September 2017	Coventry Tornadoes	v	Leadonites	YBL U15 LGT Cup
13:15	Saturday	30 September 2017	Leadonites	v	Spartans	YBL U15 South
10:00	Saturday	07 October 2017	Bournville Bears	v	Leadonites	YBL U15 South
13:15	Saturday Sunday	14 October 2017 15 October 2017	Blank Worcs Wolves Blue	v	Leadonites	YBL U15 LGT Cup
13:15	Saturday	21 October 2017	Leadonites	v	Bromsgrove Bears	YBL U15 South
13:15	Saturday	28 October 2017	Leadonites	v	Redditch Rockets	YBL U15 South
10:15	Saturday	04 November 2017	Frankley Falcons	v	Leadonites	YBL U13 South
13:15	Saturday	11 November 2017	Leadonites	v	Worcs Wolves Blue	YBL U13 South
	Saturday	18 November 2017	Blank
16:00	Sunday	19 November 2017	Spartans	v	Leadonites	YBL U15 South
	Saturday	25 November 2017	Blank
13:00	Sunday	26 November 2017	Bromsgrove Bears	v	Leadonites	YBL U15 South
	Saturday	02 December 2017	Blank
13:15		09 December 2017	Leadonites	v	Redditch Rockets	YBL U13 South
	Saturday	16 December 2017	Blank
	Saturday	23 December 2017	Blank
	Saturday	30 December 2017	Blank
	Saturday	06 January 2018	Blank
	Saturday	13 January 2018	Blank
11:00	Sunday	14 January 2018	Worcs Wolves Blue	v	Leadonites	YBL U13 South
	Saturday	20 January 2018	Blank
	Saturday	27 January 2018	Blank
13:15	Saturday	03 February 2018	Leadonites	v	Bournville Bears II	YBL U13 South
15:15	Saturday	03 February 2018	Leadonites	v	Bournville Bears	YBL U15 South
12:20	Saturday	10 February 2018	Bourneville Bears II	v	Leadonites	YBL U13 South
12:30	Saturday	17 February 2018	Frankley Falcons	v	Leadonites	YBL U15 South
13:15	Saturday	24 February 2018	Leadonites	v	Frankley Falcons	YBL U13 South
15:15	Saturday	24 February 2018	Leadonites	v	Frankley Falcons	YBL U15 South
10:45	Saturday	03 March 2018	Redditch Rockets	v	Leadonites	YBL U15 South
	Saturday	10 March 2018	Blank
10:45	Saturday	17 March 2018	Redditch Rockets	v	Leadonites	YBL U13 South
	POST SEASON
Second Place Play-offs (U13s only)
TBC	Saturday	24 March 2018	Position 2 North	v	Position 2 South	YBL U13
TBC	Saturday	14 April 2018	Position 2 South	v	Position 2 East	YBL U13
TBC	Saturday	21 April 2018	Position 2 East	v	Position 2 North	YBL U13
Semi-finals (all held at Nechells Wellbeing Centre)
10:00	Saturday	28 April 2018	Position 1 North	v	Position 1 East	YBL U13
10:00	Saturday	28 April 2018	Position 1 South	v	Winner 2nd Place Play-offs
12:00	Saturday	28 April 2018	Position 1 North	v	Position 2 South	YBL U15
12:00	Saturday	28 April 2018	Position 1 South	v	Position 2 North	YBL U15
Finals (all held at Nechells Wellbeing Centre)
11:00	Saturday	19 May 2018	Winner of T56	v	Winner of T57	YBL U13
13:00	Saturday	19 May 2018	Winner of F51	v	Winner of F52	YBL U15

KEY:

CVL = Central Venue League

CVT = Central Venue Tournament

Glozball = A CVL held at Gloucestershire College by Gloucester Saxons BC.

JBDA = Junior Basketball Development Alliance (a loose association of basketball clubs to provide opportunities for friendly matches)

YBL = Youth Basketball League

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Leadonites and the Rotary Club in the Ledbury Focus

Leadonites Basketball in the local media with an article centring on The Rotary Club of Ledbury's financial award to Leadonites for the forthcoming season.

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2017/18 Season Training

More details to follow. It gets a little complicated but, basically, just about all players from year 7 up can train twice a week for the first few months of the season.

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Leadonites U17s withdrawn from YBL's WMFS Trophy

Leadonites U17s withdrawn from YBL's WMFS Trophy

Leadonites Basketball U17s have been withdrawn from the YBL's WMFS Trophy competition due to the low numbers within that age group.

Of the eleven players that made up the 2016/17 U16s squad only three have actually re-signed with another two stating that they intend to do so. Five players, even with players stepping up from this season's U15s squad, is simply not enough to be able to give proper respect to a YBL match. Added to this the first match was due to be against Worcester Wolves U19s.

Head Coach, Matthew Chalkley, contacted the YBL Fixtures Secretary, James Robinson, during the week to withdraw the team from their competition.

This does not mean the end for this team but it does mean that new players need to be recruited ahead of entry into this coming season's Glozball CVL and any JBDA friendly matches that may be arranged. The Seniors squad re-building process has already started.

The Seniors weekly training session will be held at Ledbury Leisure Centre (at the JMHS sports hall) on Thursday evenings starting at 8:30pm and finishing at 9:30pm. As this is now a full-court session all year 10 players within the club have been invited to join and support their year 11 and 12 club-mates by attending this session.

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