Welcome to Sheffield Saints Basketball
Junior Teams - Part of the City of Sheffield Basketball Club (COSBC)
Alumni
We are asking old players to contact us to see where they have ended up and if they are still active in Basketball scroll down for those that have been in touch. In the meantime here are a few that we know of (Updated Janaury 2010):
2009-2010 Season:
Devon Van Oostrum
Devon is at Caja Laboral, in Vitoria, Spain:
http://www.baskonia.com/es/
He is currently playing for the men’s second team:
http://www.baskonia.com/es/categorias_inferiores.asp?id=5
Will Hall
Deerfield Academy:
http://www.deerfield.edu/
A number of the 1986 squad now plying their trade in EBL 1: Ant Oxley and James Kidder with Sheffield Arrows. Jonny Wright with London Leopards
Others
Those below were added in November 2008 unless otherwise specified.. The websites given may or may not have references to the ex-players depending on whether their season (and themselves) are active:
Joe Ransom
Suffold University (D3), Boston
http://www.suffolk.edu/athletics/13614.html
Sam Fernley
Fairley Dickinson University (D1), New Jersey
http://fduknights.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11000&KEY=&SPID=4563&SPSID=47988
Nigel van Oostrum
Mercersburg Academy (Prep—Maple A League) , Mercersburg PA
http://www.mercersburg.edu/athletics/interscholastic_teams/Mens_Basketball/
James Anderson
Leeds Metropolitan University—Carnegie
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/carnegie/sport/index.htm
Joe Hall,
Leeds University
Ashley Chandley,
Sheffield Sharks, Sheffield Sabres
Lewis Heenan,
Sheffield Saints
Josh Wilson,
Sheffield Hallam University,
Sheffield Sabres
Ex-players who have been in contact through the website
| Name: | Jonathan Sketchley |
| Years you played for the Sharks: | 1997-2003 |
| Are you still playing, if so for who? | No recently but had a spell playing for Worcester Wolves whilst at university |
| Your most memorable time playing for the Sharks: | Every week at training was a memory, but highlights included tournament in Italy with Coach Mendoza and his team |
| What was your biggest achievement whilst playing for the Sharks: | Being selected for the England Cadet team, dominating the friday night league at Ravenshead |
| What would you say to those still playing today? | Enjoy it, take as many photos and memories as you can and try your hardest, i was cut the first season i played, i carried on training and working hard and made an England team, bursary to a university, won 3 national university championships, played at the European university games in Poland, World univserity games in Ireland and travelled all over and experienced amazing things through basketball |
| Name: | Oliver Mayman |
| Years you played for the Sharks: | 2001-2005 |
| Are you still playing, if so for who? | Not playing, but coaching in schools. |
| Your most memorable time playing for the Sharks: | Scoring five 3-pointers in the friday night league against a team two years older than mine. |
| What was your biggest achievement whilst playing for the Sharks: | Being awarded the coaches award for commitment. Being in the team that reached the final fours. |
| What would you say to those still playing today? | Love every minute of it. Stay hungry for your place. Don't take it for granted, you'll miss it when its gone. |
| Name: | Ryan Vaughan Williamson aka the g-dog |
| Years you played for the Sharks: | 6 |
| Are you still playing, if so for who? | no can't find a team |
| Your most memorable time playing for the Sharks: | when we took the 2000 trophies in all competitions |
| What was your biggest achievement whilst playing for the Sharks: | Being offered the chance to try out for a scholarship to america in london |
| What would you say to those still playing today?: | hustle hard and keep smoking mans the sensible way |
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