Aspire aims to develop the basketball and life skills of talented 11-15-year-olds who have the potential to play for England and Great Britain.
A new cohort of more than 1500 players will attend a series of Skills Camps, starting this month and running until April 2023, across the 10 BE regions. They will be supported by around 80 coaches and staff selected from clubs across England.
Following the Skills Camps, selected players will progress to a series of Super Region Camps.
The programme will culminate with teams representing the North, Central, London and the South Super Regions taking part the All Star National Tournament in July, in a repeat of this year’s successful inaugural event at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester.
“We are delighted to be able to welcome another group of promising players to the Aspire Programme.
“Our aim is to develop their skills to help make them better players. We want to see as many as possible of them realise their potential and be able to be progress to the next level on our pathway and feed into England and Great Britain teams.
“We pleased to see a great range of coaches from clubs across our regions stepping up to drive the programme and the players forward.”
Dates, venues and staff for the majority of this season's Aspire Skills Camps are confirmed below.
Those not yet confirmed, or only partially confirmed, will be in the coming weeks.
This article will be as soon as possible updated with the remaining information.
All sessions at Oaklands College
24, 25, 27, 28 Oct
27 Nov
18 Dec
29 Jan
13, 14 Feb
3, 4, 5 Apr
Lead Coaches: Dan Petts, Tor Freeman
Pathway Coaches: Mitchell Timmins, Damian Mlynarczyk, Bjorn Westman, Danny Manning
Camp Director: Charlotte Redhead
Supporting Camp Director: Emerson Westerby
Volunteer Coaches: Donnie Cabrera, Dominic Ng
Our East Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
All sessions at Nottingham Wildcats Arena
24, 25, 27 Oct
29, 30 Dec
13, 14, 16 Feb
3, 4, 6 Apr
Lead Coach: Dan Watts
Pathway Coaches: Scott Burchnall, Mari Stewart, Kim Thompson, Austin Grant
Camp Director: Becky O'Neill
Our East Midlands Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
26, 27, 28 Oct, Crest Academy
27 Nov, Uxbridge College
19, 20, 21, 22 Dec, Crest Academy
29 Jan, Crystal Palace
13, 14, 15 Feb, Crest Academy
Lead Coach: Stephen Onireti, Chanel Mubeen
Pathway Coaches: Stephron Andrew, Marlan Henry, Caroline Charles, Ruth Eytle
Camp Director: Patricia Fairclough OBE
Supporting Camp Director: Ozan Ture
Volunteer Coaches: Mike Martin, Damien Plummer, Melita Emanuel-Carr, Leeroy Brazao Silva
Volunteer Admin: Joshua Cole
Our London North Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
24, 25, 26 Oct, St Bonaventure's
27 Nov, UEL
20, 21 Dec, UEL
29 Jan, Crystal Palace
14, 15 Feb Ark Putney Academy
Lead Coach: Michael Martin, Doreen St Marthe
Pathway Coaches: Nico Grassini, Charles Vuong, Jago Streete-Campbell, Jaron Thomas
Camp Director: Nikki Sealy
Supporting Camp Director: Sonia Lei
Volunteer Coaches: Alex Raymond, Fatih Karahan, Gabriela Magurean, Leeroy Brazao Silva
Our London South Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
27, 28 Oct, Unity City Academy
27 Nov, Gateshead International Stadium
18 Dec, Graham Sports Centre, Durham
22, 23 Dec, Newcastle University
29 Jan, National Basketball Performance Centre
17 Feb, All Saints Sports Centre & Newcastle University
Lead Coaches: Anthony Reed, Calvin George
Pathway Coaches: Travis Stubley, Will Hopper, Frank Thomas
Camp Director: Howard Leighton
Supporting Camp Director: Zoe Tucker
Our North East Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
24, 25 Oct, MMU Platt Lane
26, 27 Oct, Manchester Basketball Centre
18 Dec, MMU Platt Lane & Elton High School
19, 20, 21 Dec, MMU Platt Lane
29 Jan, National Basketball Performance Centre
17 Feb, All Saints Sports Centre
21, 23 Feb, MMU Platt Lane
3, 4, 6 Apr, MMU Platt Lane
Lead Coaches: Robert Park, Rheanne Bailey
Pathway Coaches: Stephen O'Donnell, Gareth Westwood, Joe Andrew, Natalie Feurtado
Camp Director: Nici Hewitt
Volunteer Coaches: Adam Digby, Kate Lewis, Lewis Scott, Stacey Foy, Nick Ibberson, Greg Mpofu, Jason Parr-Hilton, Sam Bannon
Our North West Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
24, 25, 26 Oct, Woodlands Community College, Southampton
27 Nov, Arborfield Green Leisure Centre, Reading
18 Dec, Arborfield Green Leisure Centre, Reading
19, 20 Dec, Loddon Valley Leisure Centre
29 Jan, Arborfield Green Leisure Centre, Reading
3 Apr, Aldershot
4, 5 Apr, Oaklands College
Lead Coaches: Charlie Haynes, Kiely Reed
Pathway Coaches: Robbie Connell, Florin Roman, Anna Nevison, Jack Fettes
Camp Director: Sarah Goddard
Supporting Camp Director: Abbie Goddard
Our South Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
27, 28 Oct, Sir Robert Woodard Academy, Lancing
27 Nov, Uni of Chichester
18 Dec, Uni of Chichester
29 Jan, Uni of Chichester
13, 14, 15 Feb, ACS International School Cobham
5 Mar, Uni of Kent Medway Campus
3 Apr, Uni of Kent Medway Campus
4, 5, Apr, Oaklands College
Lead Coaches: Jerry Jaranilla, Cristina Stanciuca
Pathway Coaches: Adam Sewell, Daniel Fatomide, Jamie Tong, Freddie Winton
Camp Director: Ana Baptista
Supporting Camp Director: Nik Bedwell
Volunteer Coaches: Ben Stanley, Samuel Bell, Donnie Cabrera
Volunteer Admin: Anna People, Sadie Tooley, Charlotte Curran
Our South East Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
24, 25 Oct, UWE Centre for Sport, Bristol
19, 20, 21 Dec, UWE Centre for Sport, Bristol
13, 14, 15 Feb, Backwell School
Pathway Coaches: Ehjaz Khan, Oluwamorewa Adepoju, Kie Booth, Sam Davis
Camp Director: Christian Hill
Supporting Camp Director: Emma Searle
Our South West Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
All session at Doug Ellis Sports Centre, Birmingham
24, 28 Oct
27 Nov
28, 29, 30 Dec
29 Jan
20, 24 Feb
Lead Coaches: Emanuel Jr. Bradshaw, Gemma Salmon
Pathway Coaches: Shanice Turner, Steve Dudley, Douaine Anderson, Chris Mountford
Camp Director: Stephen Barnes
Supporting Camp Director: Wayne Brooks
Volunteer Coaches: Alaina Allen, Lester Green
Our West Midlands Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
24, 25, 27, 28 Oct, York Sports Village
18, 19, 20 Dec, York Sports Centre
2 Jan, York Sports Centre
29 Jan, All Saints Sports Centre & National Basketball Performance Centre
15, 16 Feb, York Sports Centre
17 Feb, All Saints Sports Centre
4, 5 Apr, York Sports Centre
Lead Coaches: Ryan Weir, Katie Lamond
Pathway Coaches: Zachariah Gachette, Tom Morey, Vanessa Ellis, Murray Bingham
Camp Director: Jake Shuttlewood
Volunteer Coaches: Owen Norfolk
Our Yorkshire Camp Director can be reached at [email protected]
The Super Regions are made up of the the 10 BE regions as follows:
The four Super Regions will each be represented by girls and boys teams in the tournament at NBPC, Manchester from Friday 7 July 2023 – Sunday 9 July 2023.
Whether you have a Supporter Account as a fan, follower, enthusiast or advocate, or a Full Account and have paid for a licence to play, coach or officiate in competition, you can enter our prize draw.
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