WELCOME TO LONDON AMATEUR BASKETBALL LEAGUE
About the League
Welcome to our website! We are the London Amateur Basketball League. Founded in 2006, we have now become one of the largest amateur leagues in the UK . From a mere handful of players and referees back in 2006, we now not only run our own basketball league, development programme for officials, appointments service in London and keep growing. The league is run by the league secretary who also attends the league financial affairs with the assistance of the treasurer. We register players, coaches and officials with Basketball England.
We follow the central venue format. This season 2017/2018 we continue to play in Bow School (Twelvetrees Crescent, E3 3QW) and continue with both men’s and women’s competitions. The league runs a regular season (league and cup tournaments) from October to April and continues in the summer with a men's summer league. The fees for this season are £1,250 per team and include payment of court bookings, officials’ fees, club registration with Basketball England , website and trophies fees. All the members of the league committee are volunteers.
We run a development programme for officials in the London area with our sister organisation the London Academy for Basketball Officials (LABO). The Academy runs courses (referees and table officials), workshops and provides tutors for our pool of officials. Our postal address is:
London Amateur Basketball League
Office 147
33 Parkway
London NW1 7PN
You can also contact us on amateurbasketball@yahoo.co.uk
In the name of the League Committee, I invite you to visit our website and find out about our competitions by visiting the site or, even better, joining one of the clubs. Or setting a club yourself!
George Velho, Chairman of the League Committee. Read more...
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| Latest News Officials' Clinic for 2017/2018
The clinic is mandatory for all officials in our pool. It will take place on Saturday 17th September.
Website Update
We are in the process of updating our website for this season.
New Fixtures/Appointments Tool
We are in the process of integrating a new tool this season. Read more...
Licensing & Registration
All clubs, players and officials need to be licensed for this season.
Basketball Officials' Courses
We are arranging a number of referees' courses this season.
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LONDON AMATEUR BASKETBALL LEAGUE SEASON 2017-2018
The captain of Mandraikos BC, Odysseas Pegkos, receives the Men's Division One play-off champions award from the Chairman of the London Amateur Basketball League, George Velho (r). The league treasurer, Ade Adeyeye (r) joins the presentation.
In the first session in the top division, Mandraikos BC has first qualified for play-offs with a third place in the regular season. They beat EY Beamers (57-58) in a physical and challenging game. EY Beamers had more experience of playing and winning finals. It was Mandraikos BC that maintained the score and finally took the cup home. Thanks to all the supporters who supported both teams to the last second.
Viesulas has won the Men's Division Two play-off final after beating London Commodores (82-74). This team started world domination last season by winning the Summer League last year. In the regular season they finished on fourth place and made it through. A well deserved win and we look forward to next season.
Both Viesulas and London Commodores have been promoted to the top league.
EY Beamers won the Cup Tournament by beating Soul (66-64) on the 21.04.18. This is one of many trophies that EY Beamers have taken with them since the creation of the league. It was a close match as the score shows. Soul could not repeat the same success as last season.
Congratulations to both teams for their sportsmanship.
TEAMS THAT ARE RECRUITING PLAYERS
The following teams are in need of players for next season. You can contact them directly; these are their contact details:
Greenwich Admirals: Contact Brian Jones on brian@greenwichbasketball.co.uk
London Commodores: Contact the coach on londoncommodores@gmail.com
Southend Titans: Contact the club secretary on ignacio.morejon@gmail.com
London Redstars: Contact the club secretary on londonredstars@yahoo.com
EY Beamers: Contact the club secretary on afotex@gmail.com
If you would like to start a new team, please let us know on amateurbasketball@yahoo.co.uk
SEASON 2018-2019
The season 2018-2019 will start in September. As last season, we plan to have two men's divisions. All clubs, players, coaches and officials must be registered with Basketball England. All games will be played at a central venue. The league will provide officials, equipment, administration and court supervisors, as we have always done. The venue is Arks All Saints Academy, 140 Wyndham Road, SE5 0UB
MEN'S DIVISION ONE
We will have eight to ten teams playing each other twice. The top eight teams will qualify for play-offs, unless the number of teams indicates a different format. We will invite the 8 teams that competed in this division last season and the two teams that were promoted from the Men's Division Two.
Teams confirmed (8): EY Beamers, Viesulas, LDN Phoenix Basketball, Greenwich Admirals, Mandraikos BCL, London Shadows, London Amazonians and London Commodores.
Teams to be confirmed (1): The Smurfs.
Budget: £1,400 fee + £8 per adult player + £15 per adult coach/official + £70 deposit
Start of the league: TBC
MEN'S DIVISION TWO
We will have eight teams playing each other twice. The top four teams will qualify for play-offs. We will invite the teams that competed in this division last season. If there are places available, we will invited the clubs competing in the Summer League 2018. Club secretaries will need to confirm their participation and make a first contribution towards the league fees before the start of the league.
Teams confirmed (5): London Jaguars, London Patriots, EY Beamers, London Redstars and London Beards
Teams to be confirmed (5): London Icons, LABAS, Ealing, Southside Titans, and LTeam.
Budget: £1,300 + £8 per adult player + £15 per adult coach/official + £70 deposit
MEN’S CUP TOURNAMENT
This competition will be mandatory for all men’s teams competing in the league, as last season. The fees will be confirmed. At present we plan a £75 per round and team paid in advance.
MEN'S SUMMER LEAGUE 2018
The Men's Summer Basketball League has come to an end today (12.08.2018). Team Trojans beat EY Beamers (59-52) in a close final. The score at half time was 42-16 which gave a false appearance of security to the ultimate winners. Team Trojans have been a recurrent giant slayer in the last few summer league competitions. We hope to have them in our regular season soon.
FRIENDLY MATCHES
We have a number of slots for friendly matches at Arks All Saints Academy, 140 Wyndham Road, SE5 0UB.
19th August
12:15 LABAS vs. London Commodores
14:00 Friendly: London Redstars vs.
26th August
12:15 Friendly:
14:00 Friendly:
Updated: 14th August 2018
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