Glasgow Rocks
Rocks Visit 2011
The New Year got off to a great start on Sunday, 9 January when around 40 players plus Coaches and Committee members joined the Glasgow Rocks for one of their recently-resurrected Match Day Specials. Big thanks to Arriva for providing the bus to get us all to the Kelvin Hall and safely back again despite the icy conditions.
Our players were soon on court, being put through their paces in a much appreciated lengthy session which provided a varied selection of skills training. Huge thanks to Scott Russell, Glasgow Rocks Guard, who personally presided over the whole session, ably assisted by other members of the Rocks' squad.
By the time tip-off came, with the arrival of friends and relatives, the Broncos had taken over a block of almost 90 seats in the arena! The Rocks rewarded our enthusiastic support with a 88 - 81 victory over Leicester Riders in the BBL Championship to cap off another brilliant event for the Broncos!
Rocks Visit November 2011
With transport again being provided by our friends at Arriva, we travelled to the Kelvin Hall on an unusually mild November Sunday afternoon. Responding to the customary healthy number of players brought along by the Broncos (including friends from Renfrew Rocks and Johnstone High), the Glasgow Rocks training squad set up a number of stations for players to visit on rotation.
Although we've come to expect it by now, it was great to see the enthusiasm and application of our players as they grabbed this chance of a different slant to their weekly training sessions. Despite it being a pretty intense workout, there was a host of smiling (and red) faces by the end of the one and a half hours. There was just time for a welcome break to take in food and fluids before joining in with the rest of the spectators with a minute's silence for Remembrance Sunday immediately prior to the Rocks' match against Sheffield Sharks.
This was a televised event filmed by Sky Sports and you couldn't help but notice the Broncos contingent, most in Broncos kit, who, swelled by families and friends, took up a huge block of 110 seats to cheer on the home side. Once again the Rocks didn't disappoint, completing an impressive 82-64 victory despite a very close first half. And to further put the Broncos stamp firmly on the day, Liam Stevenson came away with a signed match ball after his success in the half-time shoot-out. Yet another special day for the Broncos and huge thanks go to the Committee and Coaches who gave their time to organise and staff the event.
