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FACTS AND FIGURES 2020-21

schools participated 5

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extra-curricular school clubs
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1,675 young people took part

council finals

BBL and WBBL squad players deliver Hoops 4 Health roadshows

800 young people ~~0 3~~ have attended times or more

club teams compete within our junior central venue league

club teams compete have attended within our junior times 70 central venue league or more OVER OVER club or after 72 40 school sites 2,000 800 players attending competing in clubs our central every venue league 26 officiating week every week staff for CVL 114,997 more than foundation COVID-19 7 trustees vaccinations administered

foundation 7 trustees full time 19 staff part time staff 90

7,500 volunteer hours donated this season

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our clubs cater from 5 years old to senior age groups

THANKS TO OUR TRUSTEES

On behalf of the Eagles Community Foundation, thank you to all of our Board of Trustees for their commitment this year: Alan Younger, Dave Forrester, Eric Wilson, Jeff King, Malcolm Dix, Paul Blake, Rob Page, Stephen Savage and Su Cumming.

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INTRODUCTION

PAUL BLAKE[ CHAIRMAN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

The past twelve months have been in a lot of ways the most challenging to the Eagles across the history of the Foundation. The period witnessed the first change from lockdown to restrictions and the Sport England return to sport guidance. The Foundation safely returned all junior players and partner clubs back to sport, working with the young people and coaches to encourage fun play whilst getting reacquainted with being in organised sessions and mixing with other young people

on court. The Academy trials were pushed back as far as possible and took place over a period of time rather than the normal route to allow young people time with no unnecessary pressure. Over the course of the year the Foundation returned 850 basketball junior players in August 2020 and grew the playing base to 1250 weekly basketball players in Eagles junior clubs in June 2021.

The Hoops 4 Health primary schools programme delivered virtually with players delivering from the arena into school classrooms with the much needed expertise of the club helping with the transition. Both the BBL and WBBL players committed to the programme and a special station was delivered to engage the young people to discuss their experiences during the pandemic and to encourage all classmates to support each other.

Alongside the return to junior sport and Hoops 4 Health the arena faced a professional basketball season behind closed doors and a very limited return of events. Inevitably there was a financial strain upon the organisation due to lack of income, thankfully the arena loans agreed for holiday periods which left the finances to cover the monthly utility bills, running costs and annual maintenance. It was a time of unchartered territory and the need to mitigate risks, including the unfortunate but necessary decision to make redundancies, reduce running costs and operate the building on skeleton staffing with the support of Eagles volunteers who with training and specialised courses took on the responsibility of the arena during the professional club season.

Newcastle College and education delivery returned to the arena in autumn 2020 with the arena providing a safe environment for both pupils and staff on site. Military Preparation College Training moved into the arena for the academic year enabling the next generation of military forces to continue their studying. Tyne Theatre Dance School also relocated temporarily to the arena to enable their courses and sessions to be delivered across the academic year. The arena offered new homes to both organisations to continue the work on benefiting hundreds of local young people during a time when they needed as much normality as possible.

December 2020 was a turning point for Foundation. Newcastle General Practice Service (NGPS) reached out and asked if the arena would be willing to assist in the vaccination roll out. Being involved with the NHS and working alongside key workers including, NGPS, Newcastle City Council, Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade and our wonderful community volunteers was the most humbling of experiences and gave purpose back to the Foundation and arena. The building was switched to a vaccination centre on December 23rd 2020 with just under 1000 of our local over 80’s most of whom had not left the house since March came into the arena for their first vaccination. The following twelve months witnessed 114,997 local people receive their vaccinations and boosters at the arena. The Foundation cannot thank NGPS enough for the call to support, it truly was a humbling experience to work alongside such local heroes.

At the end of 2020, Newcastle City Council applied to the governments covid-19 Leisure assistance fund, this successful application provided a much-needed grant to the Foundation to help with core running costs of the arena.

The good work continued by the Foundation Officers and during early 2021 the Foundation was able to negotiate an arena naming rights deal with Vertu Motors Group, providing five years of significant income helping the charity through this difficult period and laying the foundations for future growth.

Everyone will have an individual story of 2020-21, for us it was one that started in desperation on how to survive as an organisation and changed due to our local community who picked us up and supported the Foundation when it was at its most vulnerable. The subsequent reorganization of the Foundation has enabled it to become more resilient and determined to benefit our local community. Now it’s our time to further embrace partnerships and expand our remit to those who need our support the most.

This annual report is dedicated to all of the Eagles volunteers who pulled together during our time of crisis and kept the arena open and safe. This group of local people from all different backgrounds set up the arena for all BBL and WBBL home games, contributed to the delivery of the vaccination programme, worked alongside Sky Sports TV whilst upholding the strict COVID-19 guidance to ensure the building was a safe environment. The pandemic has provided us some amazing heroes and role models, here at the Eagles we are lucky to have our own, thank you to our Eagles Wings team who enabled the legacy of the Eagles to continue.

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CONTENTS

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PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMMES CHANGE 4 LIFE

The Change 4 Life programme has historically taken place in the East End of Newcastle in 9 primary schools:

have on and will have a presence in the school yard at breaktimes.

This programme is fully funded so there are no financial barriers for any of the children to be able to access.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

The teachers are very supportive of the programme and get involved with helping with the delivery and in one case a teacher has gone on to gain their Basketball England Level 2 Coaching Award.

With the Newcastle Eagles games being played behind closed doors this season, the annual event of a pre-game and half-time competitions was unable to go ahead. Although 2 schools did not take part this year due to the pandemic and restrictions within their own schools, almost 800 children went through the programme from September – March.

The aim is to educate children living in the most deprived area of Newcastle, the importance of living an active healthy lifestyle. Our CVL coordinator puts together a delivery programme across the schools for both curriculum and non-curriculum trying to engage as many children as possible from reception class through to year 6.

Unfortunately, due to the change in funding criteria at the council, the Change 4 Life programme ended in

It is important for us that the coordinator builds up a rapport with the children so alongside delivery the March 2021. coordinator attends other events the schools might

PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMMES LITTLE DRIBBLERS ~~ee~~ The ‘Little Dribblers’ is an introductory programme that engages with children aged 5 – 9 years old. It is a great first step for children looking to get involved in NEWCASTLE •[Hilton] basketball. Whilst learning the basic elements of the sport, children also work on the key fundamental skills •[Kenton Bar] of movement, running, jumping, throwing and catching. •[St. George’s] Throughout the sessions children are encouraged to •[St. John’s] work on their fine and gross motor skills by doing •[St. Mark’s] passing and catching activities.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS 2019-20

GATESHEAD

NORTHUMBERLAND

A noticeable difference with this programme is that the equipment used is size specific to the children. Smaller basketballs and adjustable baskets enable the children to be more in control of the ball with a greater success rate at the hoop. Primary schools take part either as curriculum delivery or as extra-curricular activity.

focus on one sport at such a young age but to try other sports and activities as well.

Unfortunately, with all BBL games being played behind closed doors the normal medal presentations that would take place were not able to.

The skills the children are taught are all transferable into other sports and they are encouraged to not just

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PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMMES HOOPS 4 HEALTH

INTRODUCTION

The Hoops 4 Health programme experienced a new challenge in the 2020-21 academic year and went virtual with 31 primary and middle schools to ensure the safety of everyone’s well being.

The foundation engages over a thousand pupils across Tyne and Wear and South East Northumberland through our Hoops 4 Health programme.

The programme evolves every year to ensure the key issues are addressed in delivery through a fun and engaging, safe environment to pupils in years 4, 5 and 6.

The partners involved during the year included:

Our project partners and the schools themselves have helped us to connect with young people to encourage them to make healthier lifestyle decisions as they move into teenage years and secondary school.

Hoops 4 Health is broken down into 3 different sections however, unfortunately due to the pandemic, we were unable to provide the final part of the programme:

1. Healthy living roadshow afternoon delivered by the Newcastle Eagles Basketball Players

2. Coaching delivered by the Newcastle Eagles Community Foundation Coaches.

3. A local council tournament day

Hoops 4 Health programmes run across six local educational authorities:

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YEAR 5 PARTICIPATION

GATESHEAD

SCHOOL
Falla Park Community 30
Glynwood Community 60
TOTAL 90

NEWCASTLE

SCHOOL
Arthur's Hill Federation- Westgate Hill 115
Hawthorn PrimarySchool 60
St. Michael's RC PrimarySchool 30
St. Paul's CE PrimarySchool 30
Hilton PrimarySchool 60
Kenton Bar PrimarySchool 60
Our Lady& St Anne's RC PrimarySchool 46
Byker PrimarySchool 60
Walkergate PrimarySchool 90
Walbottle Village PrimarySchool 30
TOTAL 581

NORTH TYNESIDE

SCHOOL
Preston Grange PrimarySchool
Wellfield Middle School		 60
Wellfield Middle School 90
Wellfield Middle School
New York PrimarySchool		 31
Riverside CommunityPrimarySchool 21
Denbigh 60
TOTAL 262

NORTHUMBERLAND

SCHOOL
New Delavel Primary 30
Cragside COE Cont PrimarySchool 62
Cramlington Village Primary 30
WhytrigCommunityMiddle School 75
St Peter & Paul Primary 29
TOTAL 226

SOUTH TYNESIDE

SCHOOL
Hadrian Primary 40
Harton PrimarySchool 90
Laygate CommunitySchool 27
St Bedes RC VA 30
Stanhope Primary 60
East BoldonJuniors 57
TOTAL 304

SUNDERLAND

SCHOOL
East Herrington 62
BarnesJunior School 90
St Cuthbert's RCVA 60
TOTAL 212

Due to a difficult year of uncertainty we only reached:

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS 1,675

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PROGRAMME OUTLINE

Hoops4Health is broken down into five stages which are delivered in schools, regional venues and at the home court of the our BBL and WBBL team. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, stages 3 to 6 could not be delivered.

All stages of the programme is delivered by the Eagles Community Foundation and these will be explained in further depth in the following pages.

STAGE 1

ROADSHOWS

STAGE 2 COACHING

STAGE 3

TOURNAMENTS

DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

STAGE 4

TOURNAMENT FINALS

DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

STAGE 5

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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STAGE 1 - ROADSHOWS

VIRTUAL DELIVERY

All school received a “healthy living” virtual roadshow across the afternoon delivered by a group of Newcastle Eagles BBL and WBBL players.

The players would present from our hospitability rooms at the Vertu Motors Arena with a TV screen set up behind them to show the presentation to the children.

All schools had their own afternoon teams invite to join the players online. This could be up to four classes. The leader of the roadshow would introduce the programme and ask the children what they think it takes to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Virtual delivery was very challenging for the players however they learned and developed as they progressed and It became successful. The virtual roadshow meant teachers had to support the delivery, asking them to select the child to come up to the front and answer questions. The players would rotate the questions through the classes to keep everyone engaged during their separate classes.

WARM UP GAME

The players had a list of sports to act out over the video call for the children to guess, the aim was to write down the sports and using the first letter of each sport would spell out the word ‘basketball’.

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGLISH, MATHS)

The ‘STEM’ station consisted of science, technology and maths questions relating to basketball to combine fun and learning for the children.

The work booklets every child received matched the presentation on the screen delivered from the BBL and WBBL players. The children were asked questions about how basketballs stop bouncing, how technology can help player performance and how the children can involve it into their lifestyle for example watching videos on the techniques and video analysis.

The players asked the children how they could work out the perimeter and area of a basketball court. The children also receive a maths challenge they had to workout in their work booklets.

FOOD & WATER

The first part of the station we talked about food and asked all the children to complete their food diary in their workbook, followed by the player delivering this station discussing what they eat throughout the day and encouraging the children to eat a more balanced diet.

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The children had the opportunity to share their food diary which then brought us to talk about the food labelling system encouraging children to always check the labels before consuming the food and about portion size, exampling that your stomach is the same size as your fist.

To close the topic on food we gave the children a nutrition challenge, providing 3 meals and they had to come up with a solution to make them nutritional for example burger and fries, you could change the bun to either wholemeal bread or lettuce. The chips could be swapped for carrot sticks etc.

The second part of the station was about water and how much you should drink daily and the importance of water within our bodies and why we need it. The children learned that water makes up a lot of our body for example 83% of our blood is made of water.

and help guide one another. The players also shared with the children how they felt and how they overcame their challenges. This gave the children hope and ideas on how they can keep themselves positive and active, they were able to help one another. We were also able to share a video clip the Newcastle Eagles made with players and fans on “pass the basketball and not the virus”.

ROUND UP

At the end of the afternoon we played a clip on what our game day experiences looked like before covid with the spectators and support.

We explained that all of the BBL games had to take part behind close doors but we still needed the support from our fans and informed them they could watch online.

YOUR EXPERIENCES

This subject was linked to COVID 19 lockdown and what experiences the children had faced going through a pandemic. Everyone was able to share their feelings

Watch a video of the Hoops 4 Health Virtual delivery at www.newcastle-eagles.com/virtual

FEEDBACK

HOOPS 4 HEALTH

We all thought it was an absolutely brilliant afternoon, really really successful! Once the iPad was linked up to our system, the sound was perfect. I think Rahmon was just fantastic, he has real presence and great humour with the children.

Rahmon has a lovely rapport with them and the children loved every bit of it because of the lovely interaction they had with all three of them.

The activities worked really well, especially once we got into the routine of sending the children to crouch down at the front to speak to them directly into the camera it was fab. I think it would have been less successful if the staff had relayed the children’s answers.

The kids loved that they got a chance to speak and be listened to individually, they said that felt special (by coming to the front) They loved all of the activities, had fun and said that they felt really special as it was almost like having a one-to-one with some Eagles!

It was superb!! Please pass on my thanks to all three of the players. It really worked as a virtual afternoon, it was even better than we imagined.

Tracy Taylor, Head Teacher, Preston Grange

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STAGE 2 - COACHING

The coaching part of the programme is delivered by an Eagles community Foundation basketball coach or development officer.

Each school receives 4 hours of basketball coaching during curriculum time. The pupils learn basketball skills to play the game such as how to perform the follow, catching, passing, jumping, shooting and footwork during this they also understand basic rules including, double dribble, travelling, court boundaries and contact.

The coach the ensures that all pupils are involved and understand the importance of teamwork and communication within the sport. The pupils get the opportunity to play and put all they have learned together.

The coaching element is to prepare the children for the tournament (stage 3).

STAGE 3 - TOURNAMENTS

Unfortunately due to the pandemic we were unable to bring all the schools together in one environment to participate in their local authority round robin tournament. This was very difficult for the foundation as we love to see everyone come together within our programme but the health and safety of everyone was more important.

STAGES 4 & 5 – TOURNAMENT FINALS AND CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

The tournament finals and champion of Champions are played prior to an BBL home game and at half time but unfortunately due to no tournaments and the BBL games being behind closed doors we were unable to deliver this part of the programme.

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CLUB DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CLUBS

The 11 junior sites we run across Tyne and Wear and South East Northumberland, enable young players to transition out of the school programmes we run into a structured club site. All youngsters are welcomed into the club environment no matter what experience they have previously had. When a player joins a club the coach will help them to work on their skill levels and ability and will guide them on to which ever player pathway they are interested in.

Across all sports it is important to offer a competitive element not only within the club environment but also against other clubs. This can enhance life skills such as working in a team and problem solving but also allows players to experience winning and losing and how to deal with both outcomes. The ECF Central Venue League offers this platform for all players and there are no trials needed for wanting to take part.

With all junior basketball clubs able to restart in September after the lockdown break, measures were put in place to be able to bring players back safely. This included carrying out and implementing COVID risk assessments in each of the 11 club sites. Following the Governing Body Return to Play guidelines we ensured that the following were complied with, no spectators in sessions, hand sanitising on entry, during session and exit, temperature checks, small working groups only, limited numbers, no physical contact, amongst others. There was uncertainty as to how many players we thought might return but we were pleased that over 750 members returned in the first month alone.

The limited numbers allowed at the club also meant that we were unable to engage with as many volunteers as normal. This was a huge miss across all sites as volunteers are the backbone of any club and this was highlighted in the lack of physical presence they were able to give.

COMMUNITY CLUB SITES

When the clubs were able to return to play some of the club sites had restrictions in place and we weren’t able to access them straight away. Unfortunately, Walbottle Wizards were unable to return due to school restrictions so the players were transitioned into the Newcastle West Hoopstars and the club was closed down. Tyne Met Tigers were also unable to return to their training site for the season. After handing North Shields club over to be ran by the school a joint decision was made to bring North Shields back into the foundation. Even with all the problems getting clubs back up and running there was in excess of 1170 members registered including one club, Cardinal Hornets, exceeding 200 members and a further 3 clubs breaking the 100 member mark.

AGE GROUPS & MEMBERSHIP 2020-21

GATESHEAD

GATESHEAD
Cardinal Hornets U6-U18 209
Whickham Royals U8-U18 86
Ryton Rockets U10-U18 60

NEWCASTLE

NEWCASTLE
Gosforth Golliaths U10-U18 97
Kenton Force
Ncle East Griffins		 U12-U18 87
Ncle East Griffins U10-U18 122
Ncle East Griffins
Ncle West Hoopstars		 U10-U18 169

NORTHUMBERLAND

NORTHUMBERLAND
Cramlington Vikings U10-U18 97
NORTH TYNESIDE
North Shields U10-U18 80
SOUTH TYNESIDE
South Tyneside U8-U18 163

NORTH TYNESIDE

SOUTH TYNESIDE

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INSIDE THE NEST TAYLOR RENDLES

FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATOR

Taylor Rendles has been a key member of the Eagles Community Foundation Team for more than a decade. Here’s her story.

I was a very sporty kid at school.

I got into basketball before I’d even experienced the Eagles Community Foundation’s Hoops 4 Health programme. But I do remember Fab [Flournoy, former Eagles player-coach] coming into our school with Susan [Hunter, Foundation Chief Operating officer] and I took part in that session. From there I had the opportunity to go to John Spence Community High School in North Tyneside where the North Shields Jazz club was based. A minibus used to pick us up from the primary school and take us there and back for the sessions. I ended up staying with the club for seven years.

Basketball was always destined to be a big part of my life.

Towards the end of my time at TyneMet College I had a conversation with the Sport Development Manager, Sarah Bennett, and she told me that there was an opportunity to do an apprenticeship with the Eagles Community Foundation. I had a meeting with Sam Blake, Deirdre Hayes and Sarah to find out more. When I say find out more, I was extremely shy and I don’t think I really said too much — I just listened! Essentially, it was a coaching position that would see me take over the North Shields club. It goes without saying that I took the role!

Ian MacLeod coached me…before he coached the Eagles!

Ian [MacLeod, Newcastle Eagles Head Coach] was my apprentice tutor and he’d guide us and give us direction. I started going out to schools and watched how other coaches did their job. But after that I was encouraged to go my own way. I also started working with the girls at Westgate Hoopstars and just before the initial apprenticeship was due to end I was asked if I’d like to extend it for another 18 months. I really enjoyed the role but, ironically, I preferred the administration side of things to being out coaching. I never expected that would be the case but I realised that’s where my future lay.

I went from team sheets to spreadsheets.

If I wasn’t out coaching then I’d be given various administration roles working alongside Susan. I threw myself into that work. Admin was always meant to be a part of my role but not necessarily the main part — it just so happened I loved spreadsheets and databases! Maybe that’s why I was offered a job by the Foundation after my second apprenticeship came to an end…

Organising the organisation became my passion.

My first full-time job with the Eagles Foundation was loosely 50% coaching and 50% admin. I started looking after the players’ diaries and helping to coordinate their school visits. I was helping out more and more with Hoops 4 Health — making sure that everything was branded and then learning how the tournaments were run. I was still doing some coaching but I think everyone knew that I’d really found my place off court. I’d still jump on a bus with a bag of balls and head off to do a school session every so often. But I actually looked forward to being back in the office and organising things from there.

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Hoops 4 Health has a special place in my heart.

I still look after the coaches’ and players’ diaries and coordinate the Hoops 4 Health roadshows. It’s great to see how the players who’ve been here for a while really make an impact on the school visits and the new players settle in quickly. Of course, some of them enjoy that sort of environment more than others and as someone who’s been painfully shy in the past I know it’s not for everyone! But they all do a great job and throw themselves into it. Themba [Yabantu], Darius [Defoe] and Rahmon [Fletcher] know their way around Hoops 4 Health better than most so they tend to take the lead at the start of the season and any new players take it from there. Someone like Corey [Johnson] has only been doing it for half a season but he’s a natural. I just like watching the way that the players’ personalities change and develop as they visit more schools and meet more kids.

Moving to the Vertu Motors Arena challenged everyone.

I’ve been involved with the Foundation for 11 years now. I was appointed Administrative Officer in 2010 and the time’s just flown by. In the last three years — since we moved to the Vertu Motors Arena — it just seems like things have moved to another level. There’s always something to be done and that’s before you think about how to deal with a global pandemic.

whether there would be a job to come back to. But we’re a community arena and we realised we could make a big difference to that community. That’s when I started helping to organise the vaccine roll out — working alongside the military to jab thousands of people. Hundreds of people came through the door every day and it gave all of us a new focus and a sense of purpose. It’s not something anyone could ever have imagined but we did a fantastic job as a team in the middle of a national crisis. Good came out of bad. That’s how I look at it now.

Now it feels like we’re almost back to our pre-lockdown best.

The BBL and WBBL basketball’s back on a weekend, the school visits are up and running again and — pandemic permitting — the Hoops 4 Health tournaments start again at the end of the month. Our community groups are using the VMA again and there are so many exciting plans in the pipeline. I feel proud to be a part of the Foundation team and I can’t imagine being anywhere else.

Once An Eagle, Always An Eagle — that’s me!

I remember Newcastle Eagles first BBL match at the Vertu Motors Arena like it was yesterday.

Looking back at the first time we staged a BBL match at the Vertu Motors Arena I don’t really know how we got through it! Everything was brand new and I think it was 2am before we managed to wrap up and head home. It was very emotional in many ways. For anyone who had been involved with the Foundation as long as I had it was the culmination of years of hard work and commitment from so many people.

It was very scary at the start of the pandemic back in spring 2020.

Staff were furloughed and after working so hard to get to where we were at the VMA suddenly we wondered

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COMPETITION STRUCTURE EAGLES CENTRAL VENUE LEAGUE

The Eagles Central Venue League (CVL) brings together all the foundation club players into a competitive environment. Any player within a club is able to play for a team as the CVL is a development league so no trials take place. The leagues would normally be split into two blocks across the season allowing new teams to enter. The league in a normal year would have U12s – U18s playing on a Saturday and U10s playing on a Sunday across 3 courts at the Arena.

The U10s league is played across court and the hoops are lowered to 8ft. Instead of 5v5 this age group plays 4v4 games. Although the scores are recorded throughout the game no league tables are kept as the main emphasis is getting the players use to playing competitive games and learning the rules of the game. The games are shortened and the teams can be mixed gender.

The remaining age groups play full court games 5v5 and similarly the teams can be mixed gender. The games are played with a running clock to ensure all fixtures can be fulfilled but are closing in time to a full game as oppose to the U10s. The coach has more of an influence in these games adding specific plays both in offence and defence giving a better match experience and preparing players who may want to take a performance pathway route.

Monitoring Basketball England Return to Play guidance, we were able to run 2 small blocks of competitions throughout the season. In October a 4 week competition was played allowing 32 teams to play.

BLOCK 1 COMPETING TEAMS

UNDER 10

Cardinal Hornets (4 teams) STBC (1 team)

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Cardinal Hornets (6 teams) Gosforth Goliaths (1 team) NEG (1 team) STBC (1 team) Tyne Met Tigers (1 team)

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Cardinal Hornets (3 teams) Gosforth Goliaths (2 teams) Kenton Force (1 team) NEG (1 team) STBC (1 team)

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Cardinal Hornets (1 team) Gosforth Goliaths (1 team) Kenton Force (1 team) NEG (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (1 team) STBC (1 team)

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Kenton Force (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (1 team) STBC (1 team)

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In order for the games to take place there were very strict restrictions and guidelines that we had to follow including pausing the game after 20 minutes for players to sanitise their hands and the ball to be sanitised, no spectators, no bibs, individual chairs for each players cleaned in between games, amongst others.

By the time the second block was allowed to be ran in June there was a surge of players joining and returning to clubs and 70 teams entered into the 6 week block.

BLOCK 2 COMPETING TEAMS

UNDER 10

Cardinal Hornets (5 teams) Cramlington Vikings (2 teams) Kenton Force (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (4 teams) NEG (1 team) STBC (4 teams) Whickham Royals (3 teams)

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Cardinal Hornets (6 teams) Cramlington Vikings (2 teams) Gosforth Goliaths (2 teams) Kenton Force (1 team) NEG (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (2 teams) STBC (2 teams) Tyne Met Tigers (1 team) Whickham Royals (1 team)

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Cardinal Hornets (4 teams) Cramlington Vikings (1 team) Gosforth Goliaths (2 teams) Kenton Force (2 teams) NEG (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (2 teams) STBC (1 team) Tyne Met Tigers (1 team) Whickham Royals (1 team)

UNDER 16

Cardinal Hornets (2 teams) Cramlington Vikings (1 team) Kenton Force (2 teams) NEG (1 team) STBC (3 teams) Whickham Royals (1 team)

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Cramlington Vikings (1 team) Kenton Force (2 teams) NEG (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (2 teams) STBC (1 team)

The league doesn’t just only support developing players, but we also use this platform to be able to upskill people in both coaching and officiating.

This can be for young players who have shown an interest, players returning to the game, parents and those newly qualified. Gaining officiating awards in both table and refereeing allows people to get a better understanding of the game. Starting off at the younger age groups people will gain experience and thus confidence in progressing through to the older age groups.

The coaching pathway is really important to us as a foundation as it ensures that we have a pool of coaches to be able to deliver in the community.

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FURTHER EDUCATION ACADEMIES TYNE MET COLLEGE ——— OT

Tyne Met College run a North East Sports Academy (NESA) across a variety of sports including basketball.

The aim of the programme is to allow students to train and learn within a professional arena whilst off the court receiving academic expertise in A levels or vocational subjects, with training slots built in.

The Eagles Community Foundation have partnered up with Tyne Met College to run the NESA programme for over 10 years. The long-standing partnership with the college enhances learning, encouraging performance, determination and teamwork whilst mastering the skills for success.

NESA is committed to coaching players of all abilities and genders, in a welcoming, supportive environment that encourages confidence, performance and persoal development.

What learners have access to:

HEAD COACH

Shaun Malone continues his dual role at the Eagles Community Foundation where he is the North Tyneside Development Officer promoting and developing basketball within North Tyneside primary and secondary schools alongside his role at the NESA Academy. Shaun has himself progressed through the player pathway starting as a junior, progressing to academy and then into the NESA Basketball Academy. After successfully completing a foundation degree Shaun then joined the foundation as a community coach. Shaun’s personal experience of life as a student at Tyne Met as well as his understanding of the importance of being a student

athlete encourages him to work closely with curriculum staff to ensure that all his NESA learners are firstly achieving in their academic studies and then progressing on the basketball court.

SEASON 2020-21

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2020-21 AoC North East Regional League was suspended and all the basketball games were been cancelled in order to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of all involved.

Although the national league was cancelled, the regional competition was highly contested with the league being decided on the final day of competition in 2019-20. Tyne Met faced Middlesbrough College in the final fixture with both teams sitting at the top of the league table. In the final quarter of the game, only 2pts separated the teams. Unfortunately, due to injuries and foul trouble, it was Middlesbrough that would come out as victors with a 9pt win clinching the title for the season.

Although the 2020-21 season was cut short and the players did not get a chance to represent the Newcastle Eagles EABL side due to the ongoing pandemic, four Tyne Met players represented the EABL Squad including: Edward Boldi, Robert Dodds, James Taylor and Tyrese Nfon in 2019-20 season.

Also, Jonny Kavanagh and Joan Ducusin have qualified as coaches through the Eagles and Tyne Met partnership, developing through Shaun’s mentoring and achieving key roles within the foundation in both in the CVL and junior club programme. This season was another successful year for the off court extra curriculum qualifications for 5 of the students, achieving work placements in CVL. The past year has seen emphasis on individual player development including breakdown of video analysis with focus on individual statistics, plays and fundamental improvements.

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ELITE PERFORMANCE PATHWAY NEWCASTLE EAGLES ACADEMY

The Newcastle Eagles Academy is the next step up for the Eagles Community Foundation’s junior club players.

The teams travel across England to compete aainst the highest level of juior baskebtall teams within the Basketball England National Basketball League (NBL).

Coaching staff are volunteers within the programme deducating their time to provide an environment of further development within the sport.

Both the BBL and WBBL coaches play a role within supporting the programme. Each age group has a team manager who is normall a parent from within the prgoramme, providing the boaching team with support.

Some players go on to trial for international honours, which many previous academy players having benefied from.

The pandemic had a huge impact on the NBL across the 2020-21 season.

As retrictions lifted all players returned to club cocaching and a specific girls session at the Vertu Motors Arena was set-up.

The foundation wanted everyone to come back into the programme without the worry of trials so this route enabled young people to come reaquainted with participating in sessions within COVID-19 guidance.

OVER 55 ACTIVE AGEING INITIATIVE ~~ies~~ C9© ) 4);GEING Unfortunately the Over 55 sessions did not SINGING FOR MEMORIES return during this period as it was felt by both the The pilot twined a local primary school and a care Foundation and participants it was too soon following the affect of the pandemic. So the officer was asked home with a member of staff and singing tutor teaching the participants a song over the course of a couple of to join forces with both Northumbria Healthcare weeks via online sessions. Trust and Northumberland Public Health and trial a programme of initiatives within North Tyneside and Following the completion of the sessions an online Northumberland.

The pilot twined a local primary school and a care home with a member of staff and singing tutor teaching the participants a song over the course of a couple of weeks via online sessions.

Following the completion of the sessions an online concert took place with the school and care home performing together. The young people then asked the care home residents questions about themselves and shared memories.

SCHOOL / CARE HOME PARTICIPANTS
Preston Grange School 60
Redesdale Court Care Home 10
East Lea PrimarySchool 7
Preston Grange School 60
TOTAL 137

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BRITISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE NEWCASTLE EAGLES

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FIRST NAME SURNAME HEIGHT POSITION
0 Rex Pflueger 6'5 Guard/Forward
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# FIRST NAME SURNAME
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0 Rex Pfueger 6'5 Guard/Forward
2 Evan Maxwell 6'10 Centre
4 Themba Yabantu 5'11 Point Guard
6 Cortez Edwards 6'1 Guard
9 Sauveur Kande 6'3 Small Forward
12 Louis Sayers 6'7 Small Forward
13 Darius Defoe 6'7 Centre/Power Forward
14 Shore Adenekan 6'9 Power Forward/Centre
16 Eddie Matthew 6'3 Guard/Forward
21 Drew Lasker 6'3 Guard
22 Sean Murphy 6'4 Small Forward
24 Justin Gordon 6'6 Power Forward
44 Rahmon Fletcher 5'11 Point Guard

WOMEN’S BRITISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE NEWCASTLE EAGLES

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# FIRST NAME SURNAME HEIGHT POSITION
1 Yemisi Mefful 5'11 Guard
2 Sarah Birkett 5'7 Guard
4 Maddy McVicar 5'5 Point Guard
5 Marina Fernandez 6'0 Forward
6 Amelia Oates 5'7 Guard
7 Lisa Koop 6'6 Centre
8 Rachael Bland 5'9 Guard
9 Abby Lowe 5'11 Forward
10 Jorjah Smith 5'9 Guard
14 Orieoma Chuckwu-Etu 5'9 Guard
16 Mollie Arnold 5'7 Guard
17 Ruth Thornley 5'7 Guard
21 Mante Kvederaviciute 6'1 Forward
23 Alison Gorrell 5'11 Guard
32 Molly Taylor 5'10 Guard

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BBL & WBBL CLUB HISTORY ~~=~~

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FACTS AND FIGURES 2020-21

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1,675 young people took part

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800 young people ~~0 3~~ have attended times or more

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club teams compete have attended within our junior times 70 central venue league or more OVER OVER club or after 72 40 school sites 2,000 800 players attending competing in clubs our central every venue league 26 officiating week every week staff for CVL 114,997 more than foundation COVID-19 7 trustees vaccinations administered

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our clubs cater from 5 years old to senior age groups

THANKS TO OUR TRUSTEES

On behalf of the Eagles Community Foundation, thank you to all of our Board of Trustees for their commitment this year: Alan Younger, Dave Forrester, Eric Wilson, Jeff King, Malcolm Dix, Paul Blake, Rob Page, Stephen Savage and Su Cumming.

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INTRODUCTION

PAUL BLAKE[ CHAIRMAN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

The past twelve months have been in a lot of ways the most challenging to the Eagles across the history of the Foundation. The period witnessed the first change from lockdown to restrictions and the Sport England return to sport guidance. The Foundation safely returned all junior players and partner clubs back to sport, working with the young people and coaches to encourage fun play whilst getting reacquainted with being in organised sessions and mixing with other young people

on court. The Academy trials were pushed back as far as possible and took place over a period of time rather than the normal route to allow young people time with no unnecessary pressure. Over the course of the year the Foundation returned 850 basketball junior players in August 2020 and grew the playing base to 1250 weekly basketball players in Eagles junior clubs in June 2021.

The Hoops 4 Health primary schools programme delivered virtually with players delivering from the arena into school classrooms with the much needed expertise of the club helping with the transition. Both the BBL and WBBL players committed to the programme and a special station was delivered to engage the young people to discuss their experiences during the pandemic and to encourage all classmates to support each other.

Alongside the return to junior sport and Hoops 4 Health the arena faced a professional basketball season behind closed doors and a very limited return of events. Inevitably there was a financial strain upon the organisation due to lack of income, thankfully the arena loans agreed for holiday periods which left the finances to cover the monthly utility bills, running costs and annual maintenance. It was a time of unchartered territory and the need to mitigate risks, including the unfortunate but necessary decision to make redundancies, reduce running costs and operate the building on skeleton staffing with the support of Eagles volunteers who with training and specialised courses took on the responsibility of the arena during the professional club season.

Newcastle College and education delivery returned to the arena in autumn 2020 with the arena providing a safe environment for both pupils and staff on site. Military Preparation College Training moved into the arena for the academic year enabling the next generation of military forces to continue their studying. Tyne Theatre Dance School also relocated temporarily to the arena to enable their courses and sessions to be delivered across the academic year. The arena offered new homes to both organisations to continue the work on benefiting hundreds of local young people during a time when they needed as much normality as possible.

December 2020 was a turning point for Foundation. Newcastle General Practice Service (NGPS) reached out and asked if the arena would be willing to assist in the vaccination roll out. Being involved with the NHS and working alongside key workers including, NGPS, Newcastle City Council, Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade and our wonderful community volunteers was the most humbling of experiences and gave purpose back to the Foundation and arena. The building was switched to a vaccination centre on December 23rd 2020 with just under 1000 of our local over 80’s most of whom had not left the house since March came into the arena for their first vaccination. The following twelve months witnessed 114,997 local people receive their vaccinations and boosters at the arena. The Foundation cannot thank NGPS enough for the call to support, it truly was a humbling experience to work alongside such local heroes.

At the end of 2020, Newcastle City Council applied to the governments covid-19 Leisure assistance fund, this successful application provided a much-needed grant to the Foundation to help with core running costs of the arena.

The good work continued by the Foundation Officers and during early 2021 the Foundation was able to negotiate an arena naming rights deal with Vertu Motors Group, providing five years of significant income helping the charity through this difficult period and laying the foundations for future growth.

Everyone will have an individual story of 2020-21, for us it was one that started in desperation on how to survive as an organisation and changed due to our local community who picked us up and supported the Foundation when it was at its most vulnerable. The subsequent reorganization of the Foundation has enabled it to become more resilient and determined to benefit our local community. Now it’s our time to further embrace partnerships and expand our remit to those who need our support the most.

This annual report is dedicated to all of the Eagles volunteers who pulled together during our time of crisis and kept the arena open and safe. This group of local people from all different backgrounds set up the arena for all BBL and WBBL home games, contributed to the delivery of the vaccination programme, worked alongside Sky Sports TV whilst upholding the strict COVID-19 guidance to ensure the building was a safe environment. The pandemic has provided us some amazing heroes and role models, here at the Eagles we are lucky to have our own, thank you to our Eagles Wings team who enabled the legacy of the Eagles to continue.

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CONTENTS

Change 4 Life Little Dribblers Hoops 4 Health Community Clubs Eagles Central Venue League

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PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMMES CHANGE 4 LIFE

The Change 4 Life programme has historically taken place in the East End of Newcastle in 9 primary schools:

have on and will have a presence in the school yard at breaktimes.

This programme is fully funded so there are no financial barriers for any of the children to be able to access.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

The teachers are very supportive of the programme and get involved with helping with the delivery and in one case a teacher has gone on to gain their Basketball England Level 2 Coaching Award.

With the Newcastle Eagles games being played behind closed doors this season, the annual event of a pre-game and half-time competitions was unable to go ahead. Although 2 schools did not take part this year due to the pandemic and restrictions within their own schools, almost 800 children went through the programme from September – March.

The aim is to educate children living in the most deprived area of Newcastle, the importance of living an active healthy lifestyle. Our CVL coordinator puts together a delivery programme across the schools for both curriculum and non-curriculum trying to engage as many children as possible from reception class through to year 6.

Unfortunately, due to the change in funding criteria at the council, the Change 4 Life programme ended in

It is important for us that the coordinator builds up a rapport with the children so alongside delivery the March 2021. coordinator attends other events the schools might

PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMMES LITTLE DRIBBLERS ~~ee~~ The ‘Little Dribblers’ is an introductory programme that engages with children aged 5 – 9 years old. It is a great first step for children looking to get involved in NEWCASTLE •[Hilton] basketball. Whilst learning the basic elements of the sport, children also work on the key fundamental skills •[Kenton Bar] of movement, running, jumping, throwing and catching. •[St. George’s] Throughout the sessions children are encouraged to •[St. John’s] work on their fine and gross motor skills by doing •[St. Mark’s] passing and catching activities.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS 2019-20

GATESHEAD

NORTHUMBERLAND

A noticeable difference with this programme is that the equipment used is size specific to the children. Smaller basketballs and adjustable baskets enable the children to be more in control of the ball with a greater success rate at the hoop. Primary schools take part either as curriculum delivery or as extra-curricular activity.

focus on one sport at such a young age but to try other sports and activities as well.

Unfortunately, with all BBL games being played behind closed doors the normal medal presentations that would take place were not able to.

The skills the children are taught are all transferable into other sports and they are encouraged to not just

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PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMMES HOOPS 4 HEALTH

INTRODUCTION

The Hoops 4 Health programme experienced a new challenge in the 2020-21 academic year and went virtual with 31 primary and middle schools to ensure the safety of everyone’s well being.

The foundation engages over a thousand pupils across Tyne and Wear and South East Northumberland through our Hoops 4 Health programme.

The programme evolves every year to ensure the key issues are addressed in delivery through a fun and engaging, safe environment to pupils in years 4, 5 and 6.

The partners involved during the year included:

Our project partners and the schools themselves have helped us to connect with young people to encourage them to make healthier lifestyle decisions as they move into teenage years and secondary school.

Hoops 4 Health is broken down into 3 different sections however, unfortunately due to the pandemic, we were unable to provide the final part of the programme:

1. Healthy living roadshow afternoon delivered by the Newcastle Eagles Basketball Players

2. Coaching delivered by the Newcastle Eagles Community Foundation Coaches.

3. A local council tournament day

Hoops 4 Health programmes run across six local educational authorities:

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YEAR 5 PARTICIPATION

GATESHEAD

SCHOOL
Falla Park Community 30
Glynwood Community 60
TOTAL 90

NEWCASTLE

SCHOOL
Arthur's Hill Federation- Westgate Hill 115
Hawthorn PrimarySchool 60
St. Michael's RC PrimarySchool 30
St. Paul's CE PrimarySchool 30
Hilton PrimarySchool 60
Kenton Bar PrimarySchool 60
Our Lady& St Anne's RC PrimarySchool 46
Byker PrimarySchool 60
Walkergate PrimarySchool 90
Walbottle Village PrimarySchool 30
TOTAL 581

NORTH TYNESIDE

SCHOOL
Preston Grange PrimarySchool
Wellfield Middle School		 60
Wellfield Middle School 90
Wellfield Middle School
New York PrimarySchool		 31
Riverside CommunityPrimarySchool 21
Denbigh 60
TOTAL 262

NORTHUMBERLAND

SCHOOL
New Delavel Primary 30
Cragside COE Cont PrimarySchool 62
Cramlington Village Primary 30
WhytrigCommunityMiddle School 75
St Peter & Paul Primary 29
TOTAL 226

SOUTH TYNESIDE

SCHOOL
Hadrian Primary 40
Harton PrimarySchool 90
Laygate CommunitySchool 27
St Bedes RC VA 30
Stanhope Primary 60
East BoldonJuniors 57
TOTAL 304

SUNDERLAND

SCHOOL
East Herrington 62
BarnesJunior School 90
St Cuthbert's RCVA 60
TOTAL 212

Due to a difficult year of uncertainty we only reached:

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS 1,675

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PROGRAMME OUTLINE

Hoops4Health is broken down into five stages which are delivered in schools, regional venues and at the home court of the our BBL and WBBL team. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, stages 3 to 6 could not be delivered.

All stages of the programme is delivered by the Eagles Community Foundation and these will be explained in further depth in the following pages.

STAGE 1

ROADSHOWS

STAGE 2 COACHING

STAGE 3

TOURNAMENTS

DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

STAGE 4

TOURNAMENT FINALS

DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

STAGE 5

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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STAGE 1 - ROADSHOWS

VIRTUAL DELIVERY

All school received a “healthy living” virtual roadshow across the afternoon delivered by a group of Newcastle Eagles BBL and WBBL players.

The players would present from our hospitability rooms at the Vertu Motors Arena with a TV screen set up behind them to show the presentation to the children.

All schools had their own afternoon teams invite to join the players online. This could be up to four classes. The leader of the roadshow would introduce the programme and ask the children what they think it takes to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Virtual delivery was very challenging for the players however they learned and developed as they progressed and It became successful. The virtual roadshow meant teachers had to support the delivery, asking them to select the child to come up to the front and answer questions. The players would rotate the questions through the classes to keep everyone engaged during their separate classes.

WARM UP GAME

The players had a list of sports to act out over the video call for the children to guess, the aim was to write down the sports and using the first letter of each sport would spell out the word ‘basketball’.

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGLISH, MATHS)

The ‘STEM’ station consisted of science, technology and maths questions relating to basketball to combine fun and learning for the children.

The work booklets every child received matched the presentation on the screen delivered from the BBL and WBBL players. The children were asked questions about how basketballs stop bouncing, how technology can help player performance and how the children can involve it into their lifestyle for example watching videos on the techniques and video analysis.

The players asked the children how they could work out the perimeter and area of a basketball court. The children also receive a maths challenge they had to workout in their work booklets.

FOOD & WATER

The first part of the station we talked about food and asked all the children to complete their food diary in their workbook, followed by the player delivering this station discussing what they eat throughout the day and encouraging the children to eat a more balanced diet.

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The children had the opportunity to share their food diary which then brought us to talk about the food labelling system encouraging children to always check the labels before consuming the food and about portion size, exampling that your stomach is the same size as your fist.

To close the topic on food we gave the children a nutrition challenge, providing 3 meals and they had to come up with a solution to make them nutritional for example burger and fries, you could change the bun to either wholemeal bread or lettuce. The chips could be swapped for carrot sticks etc.

The second part of the station was about water and how much you should drink daily and the importance of water within our bodies and why we need it. The children learned that water makes up a lot of our body for example 83% of our blood is made of water.

and help guide one another. The players also shared with the children how they felt and how they overcame their challenges. This gave the children hope and ideas on how they can keep themselves positive and active, they were able to help one another. We were also able to share a video clip the Newcastle Eagles made with players and fans on “pass the basketball and not the virus”.

ROUND UP

At the end of the afternoon we played a clip on what our game day experiences looked like before covid with the spectators and support.

We explained that all of the BBL games had to take part behind close doors but we still needed the support from our fans and informed them they could watch online.

YOUR EXPERIENCES

This subject was linked to COVID 19 lockdown and what experiences the children had faced going through a pandemic. Everyone was able to share their feelings

Watch a video of the Hoops 4 Health Virtual delivery at www.newcastle-eagles.com/virtual

FEEDBACK

HOOPS 4 HEALTH

We all thought it was an absolutely brilliant afternoon, really really successful! Once the iPad was linked up to our system, the sound was perfect. I think Rahmon was just fantastic, he has real presence and great humour with the children.

Rahmon has a lovely rapport with them and the children loved every bit of it because of the lovely interaction they had with all three of them.

The activities worked really well, especially once we got into the routine of sending the children to crouch down at the front to speak to them directly into the camera it was fab. I think it would have been less successful if the staff had relayed the children’s answers.

The kids loved that they got a chance to speak and be listened to individually, they said that felt special (by coming to the front) They loved all of the activities, had fun and said that they felt really special as it was almost like having a one-to-one with some Eagles!

It was superb!! Please pass on my thanks to all three of the players. It really worked as a virtual afternoon, it was even better than we imagined.

Tracy Taylor, Head Teacher, Preston Grange

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STAGE 2 - COACHING

The coaching part of the programme is delivered by an Eagles community Foundation basketball coach or development officer.

Each school receives 4 hours of basketball coaching during curriculum time. The pupils learn basketball skills to play the game such as how to perform the follow, catching, passing, jumping, shooting and footwork during this they also understand basic rules including, double dribble, travelling, court boundaries and contact.

The coach the ensures that all pupils are involved and understand the importance of teamwork and communication within the sport. The pupils get the opportunity to play and put all they have learned together.

The coaching element is to prepare the children for the tournament (stage 3).

STAGE 3 - TOURNAMENTS

Unfortunately due to the pandemic we were unable to bring all the schools together in one environment to participate in their local authority round robin tournament. This was very difficult for the foundation as we love to see everyone come together within our programme but the health and safety of everyone was more important.

STAGES 4 & 5 – TOURNAMENT FINALS AND CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

The tournament finals and champion of Champions are played prior to an BBL home game and at half time but unfortunately due to no tournaments and the BBL games being behind closed doors we were unable to deliver this part of the programme.

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CLUB DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CLUBS

The 11 junior sites we run across Tyne and Wear and South East Northumberland, enable young players to transition out of the school programmes we run into a structured club site. All youngsters are welcomed into the club environment no matter what experience they have previously had. When a player joins a club the coach will help them to work on their skill levels and ability and will guide them on to which ever player pathway they are interested in.

Across all sports it is important to offer a competitive element not only within the club environment but also against other clubs. This can enhance life skills such as working in a team and problem solving but also allows players to experience winning and losing and how to deal with both outcomes. The ECF Central Venue League offers this platform for all players and there are no trials needed for wanting to take part.

With all junior basketball clubs able to restart in September after the lockdown break, measures were put in place to be able to bring players back safely. This included carrying out and implementing COVID risk assessments in each of the 11 club sites. Following the Governing Body Return to Play guidelines we ensured that the following were complied with, no spectators in sessions, hand sanitising on entry, during session and exit, temperature checks, small working groups only, limited numbers, no physical contact, amongst others. There was uncertainty as to how many players we thought might return but we were pleased that over 750 members returned in the first month alone.

The limited numbers allowed at the club also meant that we were unable to engage with as many volunteers as normal. This was a huge miss across all sites as volunteers are the backbone of any club and this was highlighted in the lack of physical presence they were able to give.

COMMUNITY CLUB SITES

When the clubs were able to return to play some of the club sites had restrictions in place and we weren’t able to access them straight away. Unfortunately, Walbottle Wizards were unable to return due to school restrictions so the players were transitioned into the Newcastle West Hoopstars and the club was closed down. Tyne Met Tigers were also unable to return to their training site for the season. After handing North Shields club over to be ran by the school a joint decision was made to bring North Shields back into the foundation. Even with all the problems getting clubs back up and running there was in excess of 1170 members registered including one club, Cardinal Hornets, exceeding 200 members and a further 3 clubs breaking the 100 member mark.

AGE GROUPS & MEMBERSHIP 2020-21

GATESHEAD

GATESHEAD
Cardinal Hornets U6-U18 209
Whickham Royals U8-U18 86
Ryton Rockets U10-U18 60

NEWCASTLE

NEWCASTLE
Gosforth Golliaths U10-U18 97
Kenton Force
Ncle East Griffins		 U12-U18 87
Ncle East Griffins U10-U18 122
Ncle East Griffins
Ncle West Hoopstars		 U10-U18 169

NORTHUMBERLAND

NORTHUMBERLAND
Cramlington Vikings U10-U18 97
NORTH TYNESIDE
North Shields U10-U18 80
SOUTH TYNESIDE
South Tyneside U8-U18 163

NORTH TYNESIDE

SOUTH TYNESIDE

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INSIDE THE NEST TAYLOR RENDLES

FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATOR

Taylor Rendles has been a key member of the Eagles Community Foundation Team for more than a decade. Here’s her story.

I was a very sporty kid at school.

I got into basketball before I’d even experienced the Eagles Community Foundation’s Hoops 4 Health programme. But I do remember Fab [Flournoy, former Eagles player-coach] coming into our school with Susan [Hunter, Foundation Chief Operating officer] and I took part in that session. From there I had the opportunity to go to John Spence Community High School in North Tyneside where the North Shields Jazz club was based. A minibus used to pick us up from the primary school and take us there and back for the sessions. I ended up staying with the club for seven years.

Basketball was always destined to be a big part of my life.

Towards the end of my time at TyneMet College I had a conversation with the Sport Development Manager, Sarah Bennett, and she told me that there was an opportunity to do an apprenticeship with the Eagles Community Foundation. I had a meeting with Sam Blake, Deirdre Hayes and Sarah to find out more. When I say find out more, I was extremely shy and I don’t think I really said too much — I just listened! Essentially, it was a coaching position that would see me take over the North Shields club. It goes without saying that I took the role!

Ian MacLeod coached me…before he coached the Eagles!

Ian [MacLeod, Newcastle Eagles Head Coach] was my apprentice tutor and he’d guide us and give us direction. I started going out to schools and watched how other coaches did their job. But after that I was encouraged to go my own way. I also started working with the girls at Westgate Hoopstars and just before the initial apprenticeship was due to end I was asked if I’d like to extend it for another 18 months. I really enjoyed the role but, ironically, I preferred the administration side of things to being out coaching. I never expected that would be the case but I realised that’s where my future lay.

I went from team sheets to spreadsheets.

If I wasn’t out coaching then I’d be given various administration roles working alongside Susan. I threw myself into that work. Admin was always meant to be a part of my role but not necessarily the main part — it just so happened I loved spreadsheets and databases! Maybe that’s why I was offered a job by the Foundation after my second apprenticeship came to an end…

Organising the organisation became my passion.

My first full-time job with the Eagles Foundation was loosely 50% coaching and 50% admin. I started looking after the players’ diaries and helping to coordinate their school visits. I was helping out more and more with Hoops 4 Health — making sure that everything was branded and then learning how the tournaments were run. I was still doing some coaching but I think everyone knew that I’d really found my place off court. I’d still jump on a bus with a bag of balls and head off to do a school session every so often. But I actually looked forward to being back in the office and organising things from there.

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Hoops 4 Health has a special place in my heart.

I still look after the coaches’ and players’ diaries and coordinate the Hoops 4 Health roadshows. It’s great to see how the players who’ve been here for a while really make an impact on the school visits and the new players settle in quickly. Of course, some of them enjoy that sort of environment more than others and as someone who’s been painfully shy in the past I know it’s not for everyone! But they all do a great job and throw themselves into it. Themba [Yabantu], Darius [Defoe] and Rahmon [Fletcher] know their way around Hoops 4 Health better than most so they tend to take the lead at the start of the season and any new players take it from there. Someone like Corey [Johnson] has only been doing it for half a season but he’s a natural. I just like watching the way that the players’ personalities change and develop as they visit more schools and meet more kids.

Moving to the Vertu Motors Arena challenged everyone.

I’ve been involved with the Foundation for 11 years now. I was appointed Administrative Officer in 2010 and the time’s just flown by. In the last three years — since we moved to the Vertu Motors Arena — it just seems like things have moved to another level. There’s always something to be done and that’s before you think about how to deal with a global pandemic.

whether there would be a job to come back to. But we’re a community arena and we realised we could make a big difference to that community. That’s when I started helping to organise the vaccine roll out — working alongside the military to jab thousands of people. Hundreds of people came through the door every day and it gave all of us a new focus and a sense of purpose. It’s not something anyone could ever have imagined but we did a fantastic job as a team in the middle of a national crisis. Good came out of bad. That’s how I look at it now.

Now it feels like we’re almost back to our pre-lockdown best.

The BBL and WBBL basketball’s back on a weekend, the school visits are up and running again and — pandemic permitting — the Hoops 4 Health tournaments start again at the end of the month. Our community groups are using the VMA again and there are so many exciting plans in the pipeline. I feel proud to be a part of the Foundation team and I can’t imagine being anywhere else.

Once An Eagle, Always An Eagle — that’s me!

I remember Newcastle Eagles first BBL match at the Vertu Motors Arena like it was yesterday.

Looking back at the first time we staged a BBL match at the Vertu Motors Arena I don’t really know how we got through it! Everything was brand new and I think it was 2am before we managed to wrap up and head home. It was very emotional in many ways. For anyone who had been involved with the Foundation as long as I had it was the culmination of years of hard work and commitment from so many people.

It was very scary at the start of the pandemic back in spring 2020.

Staff were furloughed and after working so hard to get to where we were at the VMA suddenly we wondered

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COMPETITION STRUCTURE EAGLES CENTRAL VENUE LEAGUE

The Eagles Central Venue League (CVL) brings together all the foundation club players into a competitive environment. Any player within a club is able to play for a team as the CVL is a development league so no trials take place. The leagues would normally be split into two blocks across the season allowing new teams to enter. The league in a normal year would have U12s – U18s playing on a Saturday and U10s playing on a Sunday across 3 courts at the Arena.

The U10s league is played across court and the hoops are lowered to 8ft. Instead of 5v5 this age group plays 4v4 games. Although the scores are recorded throughout the game no league tables are kept as the main emphasis is getting the players use to playing competitive games and learning the rules of the game. The games are shortened and the teams can be mixed gender.

The remaining age groups play full court games 5v5 and similarly the teams can be mixed gender. The games are played with a running clock to ensure all fixtures can be fulfilled but are closing in time to a full game as oppose to the U10s. The coach has more of an influence in these games adding specific plays both in offence and defence giving a better match experience and preparing players who may want to take a performance pathway route.

Monitoring Basketball England Return to Play guidance, we were able to run 2 small blocks of competitions throughout the season. In October a 4 week competition was played allowing 32 teams to play.

BLOCK 1 COMPETING TEAMS

UNDER 10

Cardinal Hornets (4 teams) STBC (1 team)

UNDER 12

Cardinal Hornets (6 teams) Gosforth Goliaths (1 team) NEG (1 team) STBC (1 team) Tyne Met Tigers (1 team)

UNDER 14

Cardinal Hornets (3 teams) Gosforth Goliaths (2 teams) Kenton Force (1 team) NEG (1 team) STBC (1 team)

UNDER 16

Cardinal Hornets (1 team) Gosforth Goliaths (1 team) Kenton Force (1 team) NEG (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (1 team) STBC (1 team)

UNDER 18

Kenton Force (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (1 team) STBC (1 team)

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In order for the games to take place there were very strict restrictions and guidelines that we had to follow including pausing the game after 20 minutes for players to sanitise their hands and the ball to be sanitised, no spectators, no bibs, individual chairs for each players cleaned in between games, amongst others.

By the time the second block was allowed to be ran in June there was a surge of players joining and returning to clubs and 70 teams entered into the 6 week block.

BLOCK 2 COMPETING TEAMS

UNDER 10

Cardinal Hornets (5 teams) Cramlington Vikings (2 teams) Kenton Force (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (4 teams) NEG (1 team) STBC (4 teams) Whickham Royals (3 teams)

UNDER 12

Cardinal Hornets (6 teams) Cramlington Vikings (2 teams) Gosforth Goliaths (2 teams) Kenton Force (1 team) NEG (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (2 teams) STBC (2 teams) Tyne Met Tigers (1 team) Whickham Royals (1 team)

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Cardinal Hornets (4 teams) Cramlington Vikings (1 team) Gosforth Goliaths (2 teams) Kenton Force (2 teams) NEG (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (2 teams) STBC (1 team) Tyne Met Tigers (1 team) Whickham Royals (1 team)

UNDER 16

Cardinal Hornets (2 teams) Cramlington Vikings (1 team) Kenton Force (2 teams) NEG (1 team) STBC (3 teams) Whickham Royals (1 team)

UNDER 18

Cramlington Vikings (1 team) Kenton Force (2 teams) NEG (1 team) Newcastle West Hoopstars (2 teams) STBC (1 team)

The league doesn’t just only support developing players, but we also use this platform to be able to upskill people in both coaching and officiating.

This can be for young players who have shown an interest, players returning to the game, parents and those newly qualified. Gaining officiating awards in both table and refereeing allows people to get a better understanding of the game. Starting off at the younger age groups people will gain experience and thus confidence in progressing through to the older age groups.

The coaching pathway is really important to us as a foundation as it ensures that we have a pool of coaches to be able to deliver in the community.

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FURTHER EDUCATION ACADEMIES TYNE MET COLLEGE ——— OT

Tyne Met College run a North East Sports Academy (NESA) across a variety of sports including basketball.

The aim of the programme is to allow students to train and learn within a professional arena whilst off the court receiving academic expertise in A levels or vocational subjects, with training slots built in.

The Eagles Community Foundation have partnered up with Tyne Met College to run the NESA programme for over 10 years. The long-standing partnership with the college enhances learning, encouraging performance, determination and teamwork whilst mastering the skills for success.

NESA is committed to coaching players of all abilities and genders, in a welcoming, supportive environment that encourages confidence, performance and persoal development.

What learners have access to:

HEAD COACH

Shaun Malone continues his dual role at the Eagles Community Foundation where he is the North Tyneside Development Officer promoting and developing basketball within North Tyneside primary and secondary schools alongside his role at the NESA Academy. Shaun has himself progressed through the player pathway starting as a junior, progressing to academy and then into the NESA Basketball Academy. After successfully completing a foundation degree Shaun then joined the foundation as a community coach. Shaun’s personal experience of life as a student at Tyne Met as well as his understanding of the importance of being a student

athlete encourages him to work closely with curriculum staff to ensure that all his NESA learners are firstly achieving in their academic studies and then progressing on the basketball court.

SEASON 2020-21

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2020-21 AoC North East Regional League was suspended and all the basketball games were been cancelled in order to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of all involved.

Although the national league was cancelled, the regional competition was highly contested with the league being decided on the final day of competition in 2019-20. Tyne Met faced Middlesbrough College in the final fixture with both teams sitting at the top of the league table. In the final quarter of the game, only 2pts separated the teams. Unfortunately, due to injuries and foul trouble, it was Middlesbrough that would come out as victors with a 9pt win clinching the title for the season.

Although the 2020-21 season was cut short and the players did not get a chance to represent the Newcastle Eagles EABL side due to the ongoing pandemic, four Tyne Met players represented the EABL Squad including: Edward Boldi, Robert Dodds, James Taylor and Tyrese Nfon in 2019-20 season.

Also, Jonny Kavanagh and Joan Ducusin have qualified as coaches through the Eagles and Tyne Met partnership, developing through Shaun’s mentoring and achieving key roles within the foundation in both in the CVL and junior club programme. This season was another successful year for the off court extra curriculum qualifications for 5 of the students, achieving work placements in CVL. The past year has seen emphasis on individual player development including breakdown of video analysis with focus on individual statistics, plays and fundamental improvements.

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ELITE PERFORMANCE PATHWAY NEWCASTLE EAGLES ACADEMY

The Newcastle Eagles Academy is the next step up for the Eagles Community Foundation’s junior club players.

The teams travel across England to compete aainst the highest level of juior baskebtall teams within the Basketball England National Basketball League (NBL).

Coaching staff are volunteers within the programme deducating their time to provide an environment of further development within the sport.

Both the BBL and WBBL coaches play a role within supporting the programme. Each age group has a team manager who is normall a parent from within the prgoramme, providing the boaching team with support.

Some players go on to trial for international honours, which many previous academy players having benefied from.

The pandemic had a huge impact on the NBL across the 2020-21 season.

As retrictions lifted all players returned to club cocaching and a specific girls session at the Vertu Motors Arena was set-up.

The foundation wanted everyone to come back into the programme without the worry of trials so this route enabled young people to come reaquainted with participating in sessions within COVID-19 guidance.

OVER 55 ACTIVE AGEING INITIATIVE ~~ies~~ C9© ) 4);GEING Unfortunately the Over 55 sessions did not SINGING FOR MEMORIES return during this period as it was felt by both the The pilot twined a local primary school and a care Foundation and participants it was too soon following the affect of the pandemic. So the officer was asked home with a member of staff and singing tutor teaching the participants a song over the course of a couple of to join forces with both Northumbria Healthcare weeks via online sessions. Trust and Northumberland Public Health and trial a programme of initiatives within North Tyneside and Following the completion of the sessions an online Northumberland.

The pilot twined a local primary school and a care home with a member of staff and singing tutor teaching the participants a song over the course of a couple of weeks via online sessions.

Following the completion of the sessions an online concert took place with the school and care home performing together. The young people then asked the care home residents questions about themselves and shared memories.

SCHOOL / CARE HOME PARTICIPANTS
Preston Grange School 60
Redesdale Court Care Home 10
East Lea PrimarySchool 7
Preston Grange School 60
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BRITISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE NEWCASTLE EAGLES

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 HEIGHT POSITION
0 Rex Pfueger 6'5 Guard/Forward
2 Evan Maxwell 6'10 Centre
4 Themba Yabantu 5'11 Point Guard
6 Cortez Edwards 6'1 Guard
9 Sauveur Kande 6'3 Small Forward
12 Louis Sayers 6'7 Small Forward
13 Darius Defoe 6'7 Centre/Power Forward
14 Shore Adenekan 6'9 Power Forward/Centre
16 Eddie Matthew 6'3 Guard/Forward
21 Drew Lasker 6'3 Guard
22 Sean Murphy 6'4 Small Forward
24 Justin Gordon 6'6 Power Forward
44 Rahmon Fletcher 5'11 Point Guard

WOMEN’S BRITISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE NEWCASTLE EAGLES

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1 Yemisi Mefful 5'11 Guard
2 Sarah Birkett 5'7 Guard
4 Maddy McVicar 5'5 Point Guard
5 Marina Fernandez 6'0 Forward
6 Amelia Oates 5'7 Guard
7 Lisa Koop 6'6 Centre
8 Rachael Bland 5'9 Guard
9 Abby Lowe 5'11 Forward
10 Jorjah Smith 5'9 Guard
14 Orieoma Chuckwu-Etu 5'9 Guard
16 Mollie Arnold 5'7 Guard
17 Ruth Thornley 5'7 Guard
21 Mante Kvederaviciute 6'1 Forward
23 Alison Gorrell 5'11 Guard
32 Molly Taylor 5'10 Guard

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BBL & WBBL CLUB HISTORY ~~=~~

SEASON
~~es~~
~~es~~		 DIV
~~es~~
~~ee~~		 POS
~~es~~
~~ee~~		 PLD W L
~~es~~
~~ee~~		 PLD W L
~~es se~~
~~ee~~		 PLD W L
~~se~~
~~ee~~		 PTS
~~se~~		 PLAY OFFS
uarter-final
~~se~~		 TROPHY CUP
Semi-final
1996–1997
~~es~~
~~es~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~es~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 7th
~~es~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 36
~~es~~
~~ee~~
~~Oe~~		 21
~~es se~~
~~ee~~
~~Oe~~		 15
~~se~~
~~ee~~
~~OO~~		 42
~~se~~
~~OO~~		 Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~se~~
~~OO~~		 1st Round
Semi-final
~~OO~~		 Semi-final
~~OO~~
1997–1998
~~es~~
~~De~~
~~se~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~se~~		 3rd
~~ee ~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 36
~~ee ~~
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 25
~~ee~~
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 11
~~ee~~
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 50
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 Semi-final
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 4th Round
Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
1998–1999
~~De ~~
~~se~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
~~se~~
~~ee~~		 5th
~~ee ~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 36
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 21
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 15
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
~~OO~~		 42
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
~~OO~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
~~OO~~		 Semi-final
Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
~~OO~~		 Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
~~OO~~
1999–2000
~~se~~
~~De~~
~~De~~		 BBL N 6th
~~se ~~
~~ee~~
~~OO~~		 BBL N 6th
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~OO~~		 36
~~Oe ~~
~~Oe~~
~~OO~~		 10
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~
~~OO~~		 26
~~eG~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~		 10
~~eG~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~		 uarter-final
DNQ
~~eG~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
~~eG~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~		 Semi-final
1st Round
uarter-final
~~eG~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~
2000–2001
~~De ~~
~~De~~
~~Pe~~		 BBL N 3rd
~~ee~~
~~OO~~
~~Pe~~		 BBL N 3rd
~~ee ~~
~~OO~~
~~ee~~		 36
~~Oe~~
~~OO~~
~~re~~		 20
~~Oe~~
~~OO~~
~~Oe~~		 16
~~OO~~
~~OO~~
~~ee~~		 40
~~OO~~
~~OO~~
~~ee~~		 1st Round
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~OO~~		 uarter-final
Runner-up
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~OO~~		 Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~OO~~
2001–2002
~~De~~
~~Pe~~
~~De~~		 BBL N 3rd
~~OO~~
~~Pe~~
~~ee~~		 BBL N 3rd
~~OO~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 32
~~OO~~
~~re~~
~~Oe~~		 17
~~OO~~
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 15
~~OO~~
~~ee~~
~~OG~~		 34
~~OO~~
~~ee~~
~~OG~~		 Quarter-final
Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~OG~~		 Quarter-final
Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~OG~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~OG~~
2002–2003
~~Pe~~
~~De~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~Pe ~~
~~ee~~		 5th
~~ee ~~
~~ee~~		 40
~~re ~~
~~Oe~~		 25
~~Oe ~~
~~Oe~~		 15
~~ee~~
~~OG~~		 50
~~ee~~
~~OG~~		 uarter-final
Semi-final
uarter-final
~~OG~~		 uarter-final
Semi-final
~~OG~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~OG~~
2003–2004
~~De ~~
~~De~~
~~se~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
~~se ee~~		 6th
~~ee ~~
~~ee~~		 36
~~Oe~~
~~ee~~		 18
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 18
~~OG~~
~~OG~~		 36
~~OG~~
~~OG~~		 Semi-final
Quarter-final
~~OG~~
~~OG~~		 Semi-final
1st Round
~~OG~~
~~OG~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
Semi-final
~~OG~~
~~OG~~
2004–2005
~~De~~
~~se~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~se ee~~
~~ee~~		 2nd
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 40
~~ee~~
~~sO~~		 31
~~Oe~~
~~sO~~		 9
~~OG~~
~~GO~~		 62
~~OG~~
~~GO~~		 uarter-final
Winners
~~OG~~
~~GO~~		 Winners
~~OG~~
~~GO~~		 uarter-final
Semi-final
~~OG~~
~~GO~~
2005–2006
~~se~~
~~De~~
~~Ds~~		 BBL
~~se ee~~
~~ee~~
~~es ee~~		 1st
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 40
~~ee~~
~~sO~~
~~ee~~		 30
~~Oe~~
~~sO~~
~~Oe~~		 10
~~OG~~
~~GO~~
~~eG~~		 60
~~OG~~
~~GO~~
~~eG~~		 Winners
~~OG~~
~~GO~~
~~eG~~		 Winners
~~OG~~
~~GO~~
~~eG~~		 Semi-final
Winners
Semi-final
~~OG~~
~~GO~~
~~eG~~
2006–2007
~~De ~~
~~Ds~~
~~eo~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
~~es ee~~		 3rd
~~ee ~~
~~ee~~		 36
~~sO~~
~~ee~~		 25
~~sO~~
~~Oe~~		 11
~~GO~~
~~eG~~		 50
~~GO~~
~~eG~~		 Winners
Semi-final
~~GO~~
~~eG~~		 Runner-up
~~GO~~
~~eG~~		 Semi-final
~~GO~~
~~eG~~
2007–2008
~~Ds~~
~~eo~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~es ee~~
~~ee~~		 1st
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 33
~~ee~~
~~Oe~~		 29
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 4
~~eG~~
~~OO~~		 58
~~eG~~
~~OO~~		 Semi-final
~~eG~~
~~OO~~		 Runner-up
~~eG~~
~~OO~~		 Semi-final
Runner-up
~~eG~~
~~OO~~
2008–2009
~~eo~~
~~De~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
 1st
~~ee~~
 33
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~
 28
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~
 5
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
 56
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
 Semi-final
Winners
Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
 Winners
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
 Runner-up
uarter-final
~~OO~~
2009–2010
~~De ~~
~~se~~
~~De~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
~~se~~
~~ee~~
 1st
~~ee ~~
~~se~~
~~ee~~
 36
~~Oe~~
~~se~~
~~Oe~~
~~Os~~
 31
~~Oe~~
~~se~~
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~
 5
~~OO~~
~~se~~
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
 62
~~OO~~
~~se~~
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
 Semi-final
Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~se~~
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
 Winners
Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~se~~
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
 Quarter-final
Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~se~~
~~GGG~~
2010–2011
~~se~~
~~De~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~se~~
~~ee~~
 2nd
~~se~~
~~ee~~
 33
~~se~~
~~Oe~~
~~Os~~
 24
~~se~~
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~
 9
~~se~~
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
 48
~~se~~
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
 Semi-final
Semi-final
~~se~~
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
 Semi-final
~~se~~
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
 uarter-final
Semi-final
~~se~~
~~GGG~~
2011–2012
~~De ~~
~~De~~
~~Pe~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
~~OO~~
~~Pe~~		 1st
~~ee~~
~~OO~~
~~ee~~		 30
~~Oe~~
~~Os~~
~~OO~~
~~re~~		 23
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~
~~OO~~
~~Oe~~		 7
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
~~OO~~
~~ee~~		 46
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
~~OO~~
~~ee~~		 Semi-final
Winners
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
~~OO~~		 Semi-final
Winners
uarter-final
~~eG~~
~~GGG~~
~~OO~~		 Semi-final
Winners
~~GGG~~
~~OO~~
2012–2013

~~De~~
~~Pe~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~ee~~

~~Pe~~
~~ee~~		 2nd
~~ee~~

~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 33
~~Os~~

~~re~~
~~Oe~~		 25
~~Oe~~

~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 8
~~GGG~~

~~ee~~
~~OG~~		 50
~~GGG~~

~~ee~~
~~OG~~		 Runner-up
~~GGG~~

~~OG~~		 Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~GGG~~

~~OG~~		 Runner-up
~~GGG~~

~~OG~~
2013–2014
~~Pe~~
~~De~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~Pe ~~
~~ee~~		 1st
~~ee ~~
~~ee~~		 33
~~re ~~
~~Oe~~		 28
~~Oe ~~
~~Oe~~		 5
~~ee~~
~~OG~~		 56
~~ee~~
~~OG~~		 Runner-up
~~OG~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
~~OG~~		 Runner-up
~~OG~~
2014–2015
~~De ~~
~~De~~
~~Rs~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
~~ere~~		 1st
~~ee ~~
~~ere~~		 36
~~Oe~~
~~ee~~		 31
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 5
~~OG~~
~~ee~~		 58
~~OG~~
~~ee~~		 Winners
~~OG~~		 uarter-final
Winners
~~OG~~		 Winners
~~OG~~
2015–2016
~~De~~
~~Rs~~
~~De~~		 BBL
~~ere~~
~~ee~~		 2nd
~~ere~~
~~ee~~		 33
~~ee~~
~~Oe~~		 28
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 5
~~ee~~
~~OO~~		 56
~~ee~~
~~OO~~		 1st Round
~~OO~~		 Runner-up
uarter final
~~OO~~		 Winners
~~OO~~
2016–2017
~~Rs~~
~~De~~
~~Ds~~		 BBL
~~ere~~
~~ee~~
~~es ee~~		 2nd
~~ere ~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 33
~~ee ~~
~~Oe~~
~~ee~~		 23
~~Oe ~~
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 10
~~ee~~
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 46
~~ee~~
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 Runner-up
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 Quarter final
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 Winners
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
2017–2018
~~De ~~
~~Ds~~		 BBL
~~ee~~
~~es ee~~		 3rd
~~ee ~~
~~ee~~		 33
~~Oe~~
~~ee~~		 22
~~Oe~~
~~Oe~~		 11
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 44
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 uarter final
Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~		 Quarter-final
Semi-final
~~OO~~
~~eG~~
2018–2019
~~Ds~~
~~ee~~
~~——_———~~		 BBL
~~es ee~~
~~ee~~		 3rd
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 33
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 21
~~Oe~~
~~ee~~		 12
~~eG~~
~~ee~~		 42
~~eG~~
~~ee~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~eG~~
~~ee~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
~~eG~~
~~ee~~		 uarter-final
Semi-final
uarter-final
~~eG~~
~~ee~~
WBBL 7th
~~ee~~
~~a ~~
~~——_———~~		 WBBL 7th
~~ee~~
~~a ~~
~~——_———~~		 22
~~ee~~
~~a~~
~~——_———~~		 10
~~ee~~
a
~~——_———~~		 12
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~——_———~~		 20
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
~~——_———~~		 uarter-final
Quarter-final
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 uarter-final
GroupStages
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 Semi-final
Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~ee~~
~~ee~~
2019–2020
~~——_———~~
~~ee~~		 BBL
~~——_———~~		 uarter-final
Season cancelled due to the COVID-19pandemic Winners
~~——_———~~		 andemic Winners uarter-final
Quarter-final
Semi-final
WBBL Season cancelled due to the COVID-19
~~——_———~~
~~a~~
 WBBL Season cancelled due to the COVID-19pandemic 1st-Round
~~——_———~~
 andemic 1st-Round
uarter-final		 uarter-final
Semi-final
2020–2021
~~——_———~~
~~ee ~~		 BBL
~~——_———~~
~~a~~
~~ee~~		 4th
~~——_———~~
~~ee~~		 30
~~——_———~~
~~ee~~		 18
~~——_———~~
~~ee~~		 12
~~——_———~~
~~ee~~		 36
~~——_———~~
~~ee~~		 Winners Quarter-final
uarter-final
~~ee~~		 Semi-final
Winners
~~ee~~
WBBL 7th
~~a~~

~~a~~		 WBBL 7th
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 Runner-up uarter-final
Quarter-final		 GroupStages

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