City of Edinburgh Basketball CLUB
At the heart of our club are young people and enabling them to grow and develop through basketball. We offer opportunities for five-year-olds up to senior playing across 21 teams.
Our aim is to introduce basketball to children and adults of all ages and abilities in a fun and dynamic way, offering all members avenues of opportunity through which they can enjoy a life-long enjoyment of sport. City of Edinburgh Basketball Club aims to deliver the very best coaching to all our members within a safe and accessible environment.
Our Club would not be where it is today if it was not for dedicated players, coaches and volunteers of past and present. In 2018 we launched the City of Edinburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame to acknowledge some of the extraordinary people who have been an integral part of the Club’s success and growth over the last thirty five
IT’S BACK! We are delighted to announce we will be hosting the third ever ‘I Played at Porty’ tournament on Saturday 3rd June. It’s been five (!) years since the last tournament but we are looking forward to seeing past and present players and coaches facing off against each other in an all day festival of
We are delighted to announce the 2022 inductees to our Club Hall of Fame. Set up in 2018, our Hall of Fame acknowledges some of the extraordinary people who have been an integral part of the Club’s success and growth over the last 34 years! The 2022 inductees nominated by the Club’s Management Committee are Ben
It is with great sadness that we bring the news that Finny Paterson, who has been part of our Club for the last two decades has passed away, aged 55, after battling a brain tumour. Finny was a founding member of our Local League women’s team “the Granny Kats” and went on to be
Huge congratulations to City of Edinburgh alumni Ross who is on his way to Pennsylvania to study and play basketball at Clark Summit University. Ross will suit up for the Defenders in NCAA Division 3. Ross’s time at the Club was short as he joined us from Dunfermline Reign for Season 2018-19 before heading to
At last the news we have all been waiting on, indoor contact basketball for under 18s returns the week beginning 26th April! Sorry if you are 18 or over you will have to wait a bit longer. Initially we will be following the same timetable as we were using before Christmas. You can find the
Edinburgh Leisure have confirmed that all school sport facilities are currently closed until the end of February. This means there will be no Club training sessions in February. In terms of Club subscriptions, we ask that all members who pay their subs by monthly standing order, if possible, to continue to do so. If you
We are delighted to announce the roster for this year’s City of Edinburgh / Edinburgh College Academy team. Daniel Quirk Eryk Najdecki Finlay Steel Fraser Tuffy (not pictured) Gabe Mcarthur Jacob Pachacz Joe Johnstone (not pictured) Jude Vanneste Luke Gardner (not pictured) Nathan Vernel Oscar Fisher Rydion Tirona Saachin Chandran Zak Stewart The Academy is
We absolutely delighted to announce that we have been given the green light to start training again. That is the good news but unfortunately for our Senior players (anyone over the age of 18 years), the guidelines still do not permit you to train indoors. So we are now open for registration for players who
From basketballscotland: The Jr. NBA have this week launched an online international camp for 8-16 year olds. The camp consists of workouts in the morning and Q&A sessions with NBA/WNBA players in the afternoon. These sessions are live but will also be available on the app to watch back for the next two weeks.
