Danny Dunne to Attend 22ft Academy in France

Stockport Spartans U18 forward Danny Dunne has landed a place at the 22ft Basketball Academy in the South of France.

Danny will be flying out of Manchester on Saturday for his 2 year stay at the Academy that is also home to fellow Spartans Tom Stansfield and Paul Cantwell.

We wish Danny well and are really pleased that yet another club player has been given the opportunity to take the next step in their basketball careers.

Good Luck Danny and keep in touch.

U18 Men ready for the Challenge

Above Picture: Jack Shepherd warming up against Sefton Stars

The U18 Men are well into their pre season schedule and have taken on over 6 teams already including Northern Premier teams Manchester Magic and Sefton Stars.

They will start their first Spartans season in September and are confident of doing well in the North West England Basketball Conference before hopefully moving into the Northern Premier League in the 2011-2012 season.

You can follow the teams news and results here at stockportspartans.co.uk

New to Basketball?

Are you new to Basketball or do you know someone that would like to start playing?

The Stockport Spartans are the new name for Basketball in Stockport and run sessions for new players to get involved in learning the game.

New players will attend one of our Basketball schools and will recieve top quality coaching from our qualified coaches or players.

Click here to find out more about our Cheadle Basketball School

Back British Basketball

Above Picture: Chicago Bulls and Great Britain star Luol Deng.

Stockport Spartans are supporting the "Back British Basketball" campaign.

Currently the GB Men's team are undefeated in their current Eurobasket Qualifying group B and next take on Bosnia & Herzegovina on Thursday 26th August at the Echo Arena, Liverpool at 7.30pm.

You can follow the campaign here on the Spartans website or by clicking on the banner below.

Acredited & Affiliated with England Basketball

Stockport Spartans Basketball Club are affiliated to the Governing Body of Basketball England Basketball and our membership number is CA3318.

Click Here for a copy of our membership certificate

The Club have just gained 2 Star Acreditation with England Basketball and are also in the final stages of completing our 3 star Clubmark Accreditation, and hope to have this complete by the start of the new National League season. We have already put into place many of the good practices and codes of conducts that Clubmark requires.

Spartans Pre Season Party - Friday 24th September

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!!

On Friday 24th September Stockport Spartans will be holding their first Pre Season Party at Stockports Guild Hall (7.30pm).

Tickets cost £10 each which will include a buffet style dinner and DJ/Karaoke. Everyone is invited, players, family and friends and to buy tickets see your team managers and coaches.

Help us Raise Funds

By using easysearch.org.uk you can help the Spartans raise much needed funds.

To find out more Click Here

Spartans & Stockport College

Stockport Spartans and Stockport College Academy of Sport are pleased to announce they will be working together again to deliver the Colleges Basketball Academy from September 2010.

The Mens Basketball team will be entering the British Colleges Elite League and Cup competition plus England Basketball's U19 Colleges competition.

For more information Click Here

Spartans Finish 3rd in Florida High School Tournament

In one of the most amazing games of Basketball seen in the Florida Tournament, Stockport Spartans beat all the odds and a hostile crowd to beat Holy Trinity High School in the quarter finals 36-30.

In a close game the Spartans showed the locals that English Basketball is good enough to take on the best in the USA. It was a staggering performance by the whole team who showed all of the key words you need to be a Spartan, Pride, Intensity, Determination and Standards. This was the biggest shock of the competition and the crowd and other teams were left in complete shock by this result as the Spartans celebrated on court like they had won the NBA Play Offs!!

Matty Sherriff was elected to the Tournament All Star team along with George Meaden.