Welcome to Iroquois Basketball Club
Iroquois is a community orientated basketball club, based primarily at Gravesend Grammar School, covering Gravesham & the surrounding area in North Kent. It caters for all age groups, from boys & girls in year 5 of primary school up to adults. It has a strong development programme, covering players, coaches, referees and table officials, and works closely with a number of local schools, Gravesham Borough Council & the Gravesham School Sport Partnership.
To play the game is great…
To win the game is greater…
To love the game is greatest of all!
Iroquois have won the Plate final 65 - 51 against an improving New House side. After a fairly even 1st quarter, Iroquois moved up a gear and switched to a man to man defense, producing a 10 point cushion which they were able to maintain for the rest of the game. In the end Iroquois' superior strength on the boards at both ends of the court, combined with decisive fast breaks at key moments were more than a match for New House's 3 point shooting. The team consisted of:
Matt Rosenthal (Captain)
Nick Horton
Dan Starkey
Wes Curtis
Dave Willets
Andy Grant
Dan Simpson
Sundeep Walia
Peter Cawley
Billy Doyle
Stephen Milford
Toby Lake
Derek Lewis (Coach)
With a severely depleted team and needing to rely on a number of U14 players who had just won a closely contested final against Maidstone, Iroquois Raiders lost 108-48 to New House. Team Captain Faiz Bankole put in a star performance with 40 points and strong rebounding at both ends of the court. The team consisted of:
Faiz Bankole (Captain)
Jamie Smyth
Angus Wakefield
Toby Lake
Matthew Lewis
Tadas Tiskevicius
Dominic Smyth
Coach: Derek Lewis
Assistant Coach: Sundeep Walia
Clubmark
Iroquois Basketball Club is a Sport England Clubmark accredited organisation. Clubmark is a cross-sport, nationally recognised standard for sports clubs with Junior sections. As part of the work to achieve accreditation, the Club has enhanced its practices and procedures, including such areas as child protection, health & safety etc. Iroquois is an England Basketball registered club and, as such, has the benefit of public liability insurance.
Iroquois Basketball Club has teamed up with HOSANA Sportswear for the supply of new kits for its teams.
HOSANA was selected not only for the high quality of its products, but also because HOSANA's community orientated ethos is in line with Iroquois' own approach.
www.hosana.co.uk
see attached for further details
Congratulations to Ciaran Kelleher, Lee Memmott and Joseph Denton who have been selected for the South East England U14 squad for the 2008/9 Season.
Iroquois Wolfpack beat Maidstone Warriors by 3 points in the MBA U14 Playoff Final on Saturday 14th June, withstanding some late three pointers from the Warriors that had threatened to overturn Iroquois' 10 point lead going into the final minutes. The winning team was:
Toby Lake (Captain)
Angus Wakefield
Ciaran Kelleher
Tadas Tiskevicius
Dominic Smyth
Joseph Denton
Josh Shaw
Lee Memmott
Simon Wilden
Danny Griffiths
Matthew Lewis
Oliver Leyton
Connor Gordon
Jono Hayward
Coach: Sundeep Walia
Assistant Coach: Derek Lewis
With a depleted team due to attendance by some players at Wembley to see Ebsfeet's victory, Iroquois Timberwolves narrowly lost to Sevenoaks Suns and Eltham in the Warriors Trophy U12 playoffs, despite their best defensive performances of the season.
Connor Gordon picked up the team's MVP award for his consistent performances at both ends of the court during the season.
The Club is running a trip to watch Great Britain men's basketball team take on the Czech Republic at The O2 arena on September 6 in their continuing bid to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. The trip is open to club members and their families and costs £25.00 each, including transport. Email the Secretary asap if you are interested in going.
Having gained promotion to EuroBasket Division A last summer the GB men are now focusing on reaching next year's EuroBasket finals, which would keep them on course for Olympic qualification, something no GB team has previously done.
The O2 arena will host the basketball finals at London 2012. Coach Chris Finch is calling for his players to take full advantage of their early trip to the venue.
