Congratulations to Joe Pulic who was selected to represent South Region U15 boys at the weekend in Manchester. Having had a great start to the tournament The South boys faced London in the final who they had already beaten in the previous rounds. Unfortunately they couldn't repeat the same in the finals and finished as respectable runners up.

Joe is a great example of hard work pays off. Last year Joe decided he wanted to really focus and develop his basketball so he joined the Hornets Junior Basketball Academy at Aylesbury Grammar School. Two early mornings per week on top of all his other training commitments has made a huge difference to his game and one year later he is now one of the Elite players in the region. Well done Joe!! 🐝

Hornets had a good showing at the Hoop Dreams London Tournament held this weekend. Both our U16 boys and U18 men were in action taking the advantage of some early preseason fixtures. Our U16's made a slow start to the tournament but finished off the day with a convincing win. It was our U18 boys who stole the show, going undefeated on the day and swooping up an MVP award too. Well done Hornets!! 🐝

We plan to take a squad of 12x u18 players born 2001/2002 to a tournament in Valladolid this Christmas 27-30 December.

The tournament will feature some of the best youth teams in Spain as well as teams from France.

“This will be a high calibre tournament so we will be recruiting a select squad only to represent Hornets. This will be great exposure for those that do get selected”.

For more information on this contact Head Coach, Lee McCarthy.

Tel: 07713 653 990
​Email: Buckshornetsbasketball@gmail.com
 

​Our u18 boys also returned from the Hakeem Olajuwon Camp in Birmingham 30 Jul to 3rd August.

The NBA legend himself was in attendance watching over all the proceedings and had also flown in his own specialist coach from Houston, Coach Donte Mathis.

Also in attendance were current BBL coaches, former BBL legendary players and current top youth coaches from around the country. The days were long and gruelling and really pushed the players physically, mentally and technically. Our very own Filipe Cascais-Davis was presented the ultimate award of the camp “Camper of the week” for this his second year in attending the camp. 

Our u14 boys returned from their recent tour in Spain 21-29 July.

The Roberto Morentin Camp is a bilingual camp for both boys and girls. The boys got to experience some Spanish culture whilst speaking the universal language of basketball. 

Cistierna in Spain is an amazing place surrounded by mountains and the beauty of nature. Two practices per day plus evening fixtures set the tone for a full on camp which all benefited from. The boys got to experience another level of basketball that they can aspire to. 

Boys teams and training for next season...
 
*NEW* U10 / U12 Mini Basketball 
- Saturdays 10am to 12pm 
Commencing 15th September 
 
U14 NL Boys
- Monday & Wednesday 
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Commencing 3rd September 
 
U16 NL Boys 
- Monday & Wednesday 
7:30pm to 9:00pm
Commencing 3rd September 
 
U18 NL Boys 
- Tuesday & Thursday 
7:30pm to 9:00pm
Commencing 4th September 
 
All above training sessions to take place at our new venue: 
 
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
Main Sports Hall 
Oxford Road
Aylesbury 
Bucks 
HP21 8PE
 
All NL Fixtures will also take place at the above venue.

Coaches Confirmed 2018/19:

Boys

Lee McCarthy
Justas Bražas 
Chris Bart-Williams 
Darko Stojkovic 
Ben Geddes 
Radu Dade
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Girls

Peter Jenner

Back from the Christmas break the league leading side faced Herts Warriors a little less fit than they had been before the holidays. This initial rust was shown in the first quarter where Hornets led by only 1 point.

However once the team seemed to warm up and get used to playing again they started to show their dominance once more. This lead to a very convincing second and third quarter offensively. With a strong influence on the boards giving the side great opportunities for second chance points Hornets created a significant lead.

The teams strong defence also shone through despite the possible lack of fitness. The team’s chemistry was too much for Herts Warriors to deal with. Great ball movement to give the big men easy scores was seen throughout the game.

​Sam Nicholson showed great aggression starting in the point guard spot scoring 14 points. Ashton ‘splash’ Linney showed the holidays hadn’t changed his shooting form as he continued to score 3’s along with his 12 rebounds earning him a double-double. Andy also joined Ashton in a double-double along with 26 points making him top scorer.