Graham Biggs – coach of ROAR Basketball and Chair of the Herefordshire Basketball Association was elected to the Board of Basketball England in September. Reflecting on his first board meeting coach Biggs said “I’m so pleased to be at the heart of the strategic direction of basketball in this country. There is so much passion…
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Are you ready for a new season? ROAR will be starting back next week. Starting on Thursday our girls session is from 3.30 at Bishops School. The u12’s join the session at 4.45 going through to 6.00pm. It’s an early finish as it’s sign up day for all ages. The following week U11’s are back…
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Great news for our young Herefordshire basketball players. ROAR Basketball entry is now complete for the Southwest Regional League 2018/19. Southwest League We are confirmed to play in the u12 mixed league – including boys and girls in yr7 and below. Also, our girls will be competing in the u16 Regional League. Further we have…
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Fantastic news for Herefordshire. The Herefordshire Basketball Association together with West Midlands Region Junior Basketball are hosting a Girls u14 3×3 competition supported by FIBA and Basketball England. The event is being held at the Hereford Academy. Note this is a change of venue as The Bishop of Herefords Bluecoat School made a decision not…
Read more Girls u14 3×3 Basketball in Herefordshire!An exciting weekend for ROAR Basketball u12’s officially ending the season on Saturday 24th in Taunton. The final act being the playoff in the Southwest Regional u12 League with Taunton Tigers. In two previous meetings, ROAR have been well beaten by Taunton. The deficit has been reduced each time and the team put in additional…
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The next 2 weekends see the ROAR Basketball u12’s on tour facing 6 different teams in 2 different competitions. Firstly on Saturday the 17th we travel to Glouceser College, home of the Saxons for the Glozball u12 CVL. Roar are in the top team pool facing Worcester Wolves 1, Saxons 1 and the always strong Abingdon…
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ROAR Basketball welcomed Bristol Flyers and Torbay Tigers to our Southwest home, Gloucester College on Saturday 17th. Bristol were again too strong for both Tigers and ROAR. They are a well organised unit and although the first quarter score showed 6-2 to Flyers, from the second qtr they took control. The final game of the…
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Half term break is nearly here. This Thursday basketball training at Bishops School will be the last training until returning after the break. Basketball in Herefordshire will recommence from 3.15 on Monday 26th February. At that session there will be a presentation and question and answers session for players and parents from 4.00pm. All club…
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Training on Thursday from 3.30pm through to 6.00pm will continue for u12 mixed and u16 girls. Hereford Saturday morning basketball training this week has been extended from 9.00am to finish at the later time of 11.00am. This will allow increased time for team and individual tactical work. The next two weeks have two Regional U12…
Read more Saturday Basketball Training ExtendedGreat efforts from our ROAR u12’s in Dorset. With the squad reduced to 7 players the away matches in Dorset were always going to be a challenge. Pretty quickly illness reduced the team to a bare five – with injuries it became increasingly difficult. Still every player stepped up and with growing confidence having been…
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