Summer time launches for the remaining Birmingham 2022 legacy courts

The remaining basketball courts marked for renovation as part of the Birmingham 2022 legacy project will be launched this summer. 

In 2022, Basketball England, Birmingham City Council and Sport England announced a project to renovate and enhance 17 basketball locations across England's second biggest city. 

Part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the majority of the courts have a distinct purple and grey colourway painted to pay homage to the Birmingham 2022 court at Smithfield, where England won 3x3 gold and silver medals.

So far six courts have been finished and launched back to their local community, including:

• Chamberlain Gardens
• George's Park  
• Hamstead Playing Fields, now known as the Myles Hesson Basketball Court, named after the England and GB international, who created one of the most watched moments of the Commonwealth Games in 2022, scoring the buzzer beater to sink Australia in the 3x3 gold medal game
• Kings Heath Park 
• Perry Common Recreation Ground 
• St Paul’s Trust Children’s Centre 
• Victoria Common 

Here are the courts launched this summer: 

• Clifton Road Youth Centre - TBC
• Cotteridge Park - TBC
• Gilbertstone Recreation Ground - 5 July 
• Musgrave Road Recreation Ground - 6 July 
• Nechells Open Space (Mount Street) - 21 June 
• Nechells Wellbeing Centre - 23 June 
• Queen’s Park - 5 July
• Shenley Fields - 12 July
• Tower Street Recreation Ground - 4 July
• Woodview Pocket Park - 6 July 

Get involved - here are the timings of the activations happening at the courts across the summer

Location	Time	Day of the week	Dates of activations
Shenley Fields	11:00 - 13:00	Saturday	12-Jul	19-Jul	26-Jul	02-Aug
Queen's Park	14:00 - 16:00	Saturday	05-Jul	12-Jul	19-Jul	26-Jul
Woodview Pocket Park	10:00 - 13:00	Sunday	06-Jul	13-Jul	20-Jul	27-Jul
Tower Street Recreation Ground	17:00 - 20:00	Friday	04-Jul	11-Jul	18-Jul	25-Jul
Musgrave Road Recreation Ground	13:00 - 15:00	Sunday	06-Jul	13-Jul	20-Jul	27-Jul	03-Aug	10-Aug
Nechells Open Space (Mount Street)	1300 - 16:00	Saturday	21-Jun	28-Jun	05-Jul	12-Jul	19-Jul	26-Jul
Nechells Wellbeing Centre	16:30 - 19:30	Monday	23-Jun	30-Jun	07-Jul	14-Jul	21-Jul	28-Jul
Chamberlain Gardens	16:30 - 19:30	Tuesday	24-Jun	01-Jul	08-Jul	15-Jul	22-Jul	29-Jul

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Orlan Jackman said:

"It's has been an honour to work with our partners to get the final stage of this project over the line and deliver on 17 great spaces to play basketball.

"Winning England's first-ever basketball gold was such a brilliant achievement and I am glad that it is part of my basketball story, but the legacy of that historic moment was always going to be more important. Cities across England need basketball courts that are fit-for-purpose and safe to cater for the ever-growing population of basketball players out there - and shape British basketball stars of the future. 

"If we are to keep growing basketball success in this country, then we must provide facilities and get people active and enjoying their sport - the B2022 legacy project shows what's possible when partners come together to achieve a common goal.

"Anyone interested in seeing the courts as they are launched back to the local basketball communities around Birmingham are more than welcome to attend the activation events."

BE and its partners have made the significant financial investment to bolster the basketball infrastructure in Birmingham to increase grassroots participation opportunities in both the 3x3 and 5v5 formats of the game and so that the outdoor courts can be enjoyed for generations to come. 

The legacy will also form part of Basketball England’s #ProjectSwish campaign, which was launched in 2019 to improve and promote local spaces to play outdoors. 

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