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29th September 2016

The word is starting to get out about our great club. An article wriiten by the club’s Marketing and Publicity Officer, Colin Holce has been featured on the Warrington Guardian website and explains how the club has now moved to a new home venue. The article can be found by clicking on the link below….

28th September 2016

Cheshire Wire adopt Teamapp to aid club communication

As part of the committees continuing work to improve our basketball club and the way that it operates, the committee have decided that the club should adopt Teamapp as a means of improving communication between the committee. coaches, team managers, players and parents. The communication tool comes in two formats, an app that can accessed…

2nd September 2016

Get ready for Parents in Sport Week

Parents in Sport Week, organised by the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit, is taking place from 3 to 9 October 2016 and aims to focus on how parents can greatly influence a child’s experience in sport through their actions, both positive and negative. Over the coming weeks, the CPSU will be producing a number of…

1st September 2016

Cheshire Wire set to trial new venue

On Sunday 4th September, Chehsire Wire Basketball Club are holding an event to trial their new home venue at Birchwood Leisure and Tennis Complex in Warrington in preparation for the upcoming season. During the day, all of the players and teams in attendance will play in head to head matches and/or in a 3 on…

25th July 2016

New home venue for Cheshire Wire

As from next season, Cheshire Wire Basketball Club are pleased to announce that they will have a venue that they will be able to call home. After several meetings during the last 6 months, Cheshire Wire Basketball Club and the sports halls owners Birchwood Community High School have reached an agreement that will allow the Club to…

10th July 2016

Presentation Evening 2016

This years combined AGM and Presentation Evening was held on Saturday 9th July and was, once again, another resounding success. During the evening, the committee for 2016-2017 was elected and this was followed by the presentation of awards to the players for season 2015-2016. The following lists the awards and the award winners. Best Defensive…

9th July 2016

BBL and WBBL on the BBC in 2016-2017

The BBC have announced that they will broadcast 32 live men’s and women’s British Basketball League games in 2016-17. Matches will be on the BBC Red Button and BBC Sport website, and will include the British Basketball Cup finals, Trophy finals and Play-Off finals. The BBL gets under way in September and the WBBL starts…

4th July 2016

Wire well represented at U13 Regional Tournament

Last weekend saw the culmination of the basketball England 2016 Under 13 regional tournament in Sheffield and Cheshire Wire were heavily represented in the final 12 that were selected to represent the North West region. Over the weekend, the North West team competed against nine other regional teams covering all areas of England. The competition…

25th June 2016

Junior NBL Structure announced for 2016-2017

The Junior National Basketball League structure for 2016-2017 has now been announced by Basketball England. After an initial hiccup in which it was declared that there would be no Under 14 Boys North Premier League for next season because there were insufficient interested clubs, this has now been resolved and there will now be an…

14th June 2016

Three Question NBA Finals Preview

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