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 m3alab@gmail.com
Southend Titans: Contact the club secretary on ignacio.morejon@gmail.com
London Redstars: Contact the club secretary on londonredstars@yahoo.com
New team in East London: TBC
If you would like to start a new team, please let us know on amateurbasketball@yahoo.co.uk
LEVEL 3 BASKETBALL REFEREE COURSE
We are running a level 3 referee course in July. The details are:
Venue: Newvic College, Prince Regent Lane, London E13 8SG
Dates: 14th & 15th July 2018.
Time: 10am to 6pm
Fee: £200
Tutor: Keith Williams
Please let us know if you have a disability and how we can assist you.
FUNDING FOR OFFICIALS
Ian Pollard Development Fund
The Ian Pollard Development Fund (IPDF) was created in honour of the excellent British FIBA referee who was passionate about the development of referees from grass roots to international levels.
The aim of the fund is to help the development of referees throughout the UK, by giving part funding of any relevant activity, course or project that improves the skills, experience and/or technical knowledge of officiating. It’s designed to be used in conjunction with your own investment into becoming a better official.
If you think you can qualify for a grant of this kind, you should download the application form and send to the below address supported by a covering letter.
All applications will be considered by the committee and awards will be allocated in January, April and August of each year.
Please forward applications to:
Ian Pollard Development Fund
18 Champions Way
South Woodham Ferrers
Chelmsford, Essex
CM3 5NJ
IPDF Trustees - Mandy Pollard, Rob Hickman, Keith Williams, Neil Wilkinson & Dale Aitcheson
MEN'S SUMMER LEAGUE 2018
The Men's Summer Basketball League will start in June 2018. As in previous years, we will accept the first 10 teams that pay the full fee. There will be 2 pools of 5 teams each that will play each other once. The top 4 teams from each pool will go to quater-finals. The bottom ones on each pool will play an extra match. Therefore there will be a minimum of 5 games to be played plus play-off games.
All games are as per FIBA regulations. The venue is St-Martins-in-the-fields School (155 Tulse Hill, London SW2 3UP).
Fees: £420 per team
There will be a £150 discount for a newly registered club that wins the Men’s Summer League and joins LABL in season 2018-2019.
Dates:
24.06; 1.07; 8.07; 15.07; 22.07; 29.07; 5.08 and 12.08
Teams confirmed:
Pool 1: London Commodores, London Redstars, London Jaguars, LTeam, LABAS
Pool 2: Greenwich Admirals, London Patriots, Tower Hamlets Trojans, Southend Titans, EY Beamers
We have slots for friendly matches, at £35.
SUMMER LEAGUE FIXTURES
24th June 2018
10:15 London Commodores vs. London Jaguars
11:35 Southside Titans vs. EY Beamers
13:00 London Redstars vs. LTeam
14:30 London Patriots vs. TH Trojans
1st July 2018
10:15 LABAS vs. LTeam
11:35 EY Beamers vs. London Patriots
13:00 London Jaguars vs. London Redstars
14:30 Greenwich Admirals vs. TH Trojans
8th July 2018
10:15 LABAS vs. London Redstars
11:35 Greenwich Admirals vs. London Patriots
13:00 London Commodores vs. LTeam
14:30 Southside Titans vs. TH Trojans
15th July 2018
10:15 EY Beamers vs. Greenwich Admirals
11:35 Southside Titans vs. London Patriots
13:00 London Commodores vs. London Redstars
14:30 London Jaguars vs. LABAS
22nd July 2018
10:15 Southside Titans vs. Greenwich Admirals
11:35 London Jaguars vs. LTeam
13:00 London Commodores vs. LABAS
14:30 EY Beamers vs. TH Trojans
29th July 2018
10:15 Quaterfinal1
11:35 Quaterfinal2
13:00 Quaterfinal3
14:30 Quaterfinal4
Day 7 5th August
10:15 Semifinal1
11:35 Semifinal2
13:00 Last5
Day 8 12th August
12:15 Friendly
14:15 Final
Updated 17th June 2018
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