Streetball 2010
The best news for Streetball 2010 was that we were able to invite our primary school age enthusiasts along as we were permitted storage facilities for our equipment. This meant that we could have two courts running at the same time. An indication of the popularity of this year's series was the attendance of 43 players of all ages turning up on the first night! High attendance continued throughout the summer with some more new faces turning up to join the regulars. Once again, a tale of enthusiasm, sportsmanship, good spirits and a stubborn refusal to let a bit of rain spoil the proceedings. As a result, there were no cancelled sessions which contributed to another successful year. Special mention must go to Kirsten Blackett, Taylor Bandoni, Seona Fraser and Beth Pearce who took the chance to develop their own coaching skills by helping out with structuring many of the younger players' sessions.
Streetball 2011
Our usual fears of "I hope enough players turn up" were quickly laid aside on our first Monday session on 4 July when we were faced with around 40 players ready to make full use of this Broncos initiative (now in its 8th year!). With a mixture of some familiar and new faces, order was soon established by splitting the group into 2 courts with the younger players enjoying the freedom to develop their skills within their own age group. Despite numbers reducing in the younger age group after the first 4 sessions or so, those remaining were happy to join the big guys on the main court for the rest of the summer break. As is customary, there had to be one wet night and this year it happened big style on 12 August. Did anyone say "this is just daft"; "the rain's too heavy" or "let's stop now"? Not a bit of it. Everyone played on, absolutely soaked to the skin but happy just to be out there and watched by some incredulous parents trying to find shelter. Daft and drookit, certainly, but dedicated! So, another successful event chalked up by Bishopton Basketball Club which will be shown in the photos which should be up soon.