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23rd September 2010

Lilleshall has crept up a month early this year and is taking place this weekend. Congratulations again to Marko Backovic, George Darling, Sam Thompson and Jake Wignell. We hope that they and Yorkshire have a good tournament. We are hoping for updates via Twitter so keep tuned over the weekend.

21st September 2010

Update from John Stewart's All Star adventures in our Twitter column.

18th September 2010

A good build up to the start of the new season as after many of the U15s and other juniors supported former junior Shark Joseph Baugh make his BBL last night. The U15s then warmed up for their season by beating Solent Kestrels 69-43 before winning against Northants 97-42. Solent beat Northants 71-46 in the other match. Many thanks to the visiting teams especially for the great spirit in which the games were played and we wish you all the best with your season.

17th September 2010

Good news for a couple of ex-Junior Sharks. Will Hall signs for Reading click here for information and Joseph Baugh signs for the BBL Sharks. Well done to both and we hope you have a great future.

15th September 2010

The season's nearly with us as the U15s host Solent Kestrels and Northants in an all day 3 way tournament at All Saints this Saturday. Meanwhile the BBL Sharks first game is on Friday in the Trophy against Glasgow Rocks, tip off 7.30

8th September 2010

BBL Sharks update added, click on their logo on this page.

5th September 2010

Barnsley Leaders (last years U16s) Vs Sheffield Sharks (this years U16)

Well done to the Sheffield Sharks U16s with a convincing win against the Barnsley Leaders. The Barnsley Leaders last year Under 16s hosted our current U16s to a friendly match as part of their season ending award ceremony which took place at half time. Our Junior Sharks U16s roster consisted of the 5 Sharks returning from last year U15s team and 4 new additions. While Barnsley put up a fight the Sharks were too strong winning easily 69-40. The Sharks discovered their form early putting some distance in the first quarter play ending Sharks 22 to Barnsley 7. The Sharks managed to win all 4 quarters but did discover a few areas needing work. The Sharks U16s were missing a few from the squad in Saturdays friendly but the 9 that took the court showed promise for the coming season. (Nathan Smith (#5), Tom North (#6) 10pts, Wesley Skaines (#7) 6pts, Dennis Kaka (#8) 25pts, Najee Kamil (11) 4pts, Lemar Darien-Campbell (#12) 7pts, Tommy Price (#13) 10pts, Mateus Michalak (#14), Dale Stennet (#15) 7pts

1st September 2010

As the annual Lilleshall tournament gets nearer we would like to send our congratulations to Marko Backovic, George Darling, Sam Thompson and Jake Wignell who will be representing Yorkshire this year. Well done.

Another announcement is that the Sharks have moved. All games will now be played at All Saints. Click here for more information.

The fixtures have been cross referenced with the EB site and slight amendments have been made to bring them into line

31st August 2010

Please see out Twitter panel for yet another great honour for current U18 Sharks John Stewart and his ex team/school mate Devon Van Oostrum, as they are invited to the prestigious FIBA/NBA camp in September.

U15s training re-starts this Thursday at 6.00pm

30th August 2010

The new season is drawing near. There is important information for the U16s as their practice schedule starts this week. Dates are:

Thursday 2 September practice @ All Saints 8.00 to 9.30 pm
Friday 3 September practice @ All Saints 8.00 to 9.30 pm
 
Saturday 4 September Game vs Barnsley Away @ 1.00 pm

Also from the U14 camp, their training starts this Friday at 5pm. There is a players/parents meeting at 4pm all the team. Contact Chris Darling if you cannot attend.

22nd August 2010

For anyone who was either not up early, or whose Sky plus or similar recording device did not work, last week's GB game can be watched by clicking here.

15th August 2010

The preliminary fixtures have now been added to the site. Logistics for the club means they may get changed in the run up to the season. Everyone had a great time at the GB Internationals yesterday with the GB talisman, Luol Deng helping the team to 4 from 4 victories in the campaign so far.

11th August 2010

The attention is now on the GB teams as the build up to Saturday continues. Look out on our Twitter panel for information on tonight's match. It's then the turn of the Sharks' and Hatters' players and supporters to travel down to Birmingham for the match vs Slovak Republic (Women) and Ukraine (Men). The logo says it all.

4th August 2010

The Sharks will be hosting a seminar on 19th August about getting into College basketball in the USA and also advice on the European route All invited, click here for more info.

28th July 2010

The AGM was held last night and initially any information will be distributed via the Coach/Team Manager route. However, if any information also needs to be communicated via the website, then it will appear in the run up to next season.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL BASKETBALL COACHES:  The City of Sheffield Basketball Club (which encompasses the Sharks and Hatters) is having a coaching clinic on September 19th led by Vanessa Ellis and Laszlo Nemeth. Click on the information on the left for a flyer, information and how to apply.

Finally, don’t forget to keep checking our Twitter column we’ll shortly have more news on the England U18s

25th July 2010

There's a City of Sheffield Basketball Club pre season camp for the Sharks and Hatters this summer. It's from the 16th to 20th August. Click here to download the Word document that has more information and a booking form. Although the summer has started it's important to be ready for next season. See you there?

18th July 2010

Whilst the Shark's season is about to have a break, we will be tweaking the website to get ready for next season. You may see that the fixtures and team info has now moved to the menu at the top. All last season's reports and photos will go by the end of July, so if you wish to save any now's your chance! The top stories and items of interest will be kept in the archive section.

England basketball have already published next season's fixtures if you wish to have a look www.englandbasketball.co.uk . We'll wait until for any changes before adding them here in early August.

For a lot of Sharks it's one more week before summer starts. Have a good break and keep safe, but don't lose too much fitness!

8th July 2010

Sharks Hooked by England U18s

Current Sheffield Juniors Sharks’ player John Stewart and ex-Shark Devon Van Oostrum have now received formal notification that they are to take their places in the England U18 team for the upcoming European Championships to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel later this month. Both players who have featured in preparations during the year return from intensive training and two friendlies in Belgium this week to take part in The Future Stars Tournament that is to take place in Kingston upon Thames on July 9th, 10th and 11th. England U18s are pooled to play against Poland and Croatia on July 9th before the placement games over the following two days where they may play France and Sweden. The boys will have little time for rest after Kingston as they must return to the London area for a final training camp in Epsom just two days before boarding an early morning Heathrow flight to Tel Aviv. Devon and John will be in Israel from July 20th to August 2nd. Their Group C pool games in Division B includes competition against Israel, Denmark, Romania and Belarus. The EB website suggests that the coaches have gifted the Sheffielders with the same playing numbers that they have worn for England for the last two years.

An interview with Devon and his family about his first year abroad can also be found here,

Back British Basketball

You may have seen the banner at on the site and we ask that you click on it and find out more about the campaign to swell the support for the British Team in the lead up to the Olympics. One Shark's coach says " I confess that I was disappointed with the turnouts two summers ago for the previous qualifiers" so let's "organise the club to attend at least one game en masse". The 14th August game has been put forward as a target and there has been the offer of a mini bus. We understand individual teams are looking at their various options so players and supporters please get involved and try and get to a match. In a few years time it may be the current Shark's players who are after your support! Back British Basketball!

4th July 2010

The last action for Yorkshire was a match full of tension as eventually they were pipped to 7th place by the West Midlands and so settle for 8th. Another Basketball packed weekend and we hope that those that played both enjoyed it and displayed their abilities to the full.

3rd July 2010

A familiar scenario for the Yorkshire U17s as like the U15s last month they have a win one lose one day. This means an early start tomorrow morning to decide the 5th to 8th places starting at 9.00 am. Keep up-to-date with the day with our Twitter panel. Well done to all of the Yorkshire squad and best wishes tomorrow.

2nd July 2010

Latest Zone Press now on the site. On the eve of the U17 tournament a final all the best to Yorkshire, we'll have reports over the weekend. Next week we'll have news of the Back British Basketball campaign (see banner below).