WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF EGERTON CANUTE BASKETBALL CLUB!
Egerton Canute Basketball Club has recently been awarded England Basketball Accreditation at Level 2 and is working towards level 3 with the addition of new coaches, referees and table officials high of the clubs development agenda.
The club provides opportunities for senior basketball and junior basketball from its base in Knutsford, Cheshire. In 2008 Egerton Canute Basketball celebrated its 21st year of existance with 2 senior teams competing in the
Manchester Area Basketball League (MABL).
The club also has a junior basketball development program allied to the Big Storage Cheshire Jets BBL Club and the Egerton Youth Club in Knutsford and competes in the Cheshire East Basketball Development League.
New players of all ages and abilities are always welcome. The youth club has an inclusive policy which the basketball club fully supports.
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NEW to coaches corner!!. Check out the embedded videos on the coaches corner webpage. Phase 1 some individual skills from the Nike Skills Academy. Phase 2 will see the addition of some guidance on strength and agility training. Third phase will see the addition of team offensive and defensive principles.
BBL Championship Final Glasgow Rocks 72-80 Everton Tigers
BBL All Star Game GB 94-110 Rest of the World
Egerton Jets U-12 in first ever fixtures Sunday March 21st - Well done to the two Egerton Jets Junior teams who took part in the U-12 tournament in Macclesfield. Some good wins on the day and a narrow loss in the final was a great way to start.
Egerton Canute 2 in MABL Play-off Quarter Finals. Wednesday 5th May.
Having narrowly finished 4th Egerton Canute 2 have home advantage against GMP this week hoping to secure a place in the semi-finals on Saturday 8th May at West Leigh.
Senior Training now on Tuesdays 8:00-10:00 Egerton Youth Club
To improve the focus of both U-18 sessions and Senior Training the U-18 will now train on Wednesdays 8:00-10:00 with Seniors taking a new slot on Tuesdays at 8:00-100:00. Both sessions held at Egerton Youth Club.
After several years in the making the Cheshire East development League is finally underway. Games have been held each weekend commencing 7th February. Teams including Egerton Junior Jets are competing at U-18 and U1-14 level in a development league put together by like minded clubs including Poynton, Congleton, High Peak and Holmes Chapel (all MABL Senior Clubs) together with newly formed clubs in the Cheshire East region.
Players from the youth squads are gaining competitive experience on a bi-weekly basis with some fixtures to be held at the Canute home base of the Egerton Youth Club, some at Holmes Chapel and some at Knutsford leisure Centre.
After 2 years of fundraising the new backboards are at last in place at Egerton to enable full court training to finally take place. New floor markings were also finally completed 02-12-09. Now we are really in business at Egerton.
Holiday Hoopfest U-18 and U-16 tournament was held at @Egerton Sunday 6th December. 11 teams competed in this tournament with Poynton leading the way with some excellent performances. A pre-cursor to the new Cheshire East Development League this was a great showcase for basketball in Cheshire. Thanks to Keith Rogers and Chris Donnely for getting the ball rolling.
With building work ongoing at Egerton Youth Club at present it is still uncertain whether the club will be able to repeat last years successful fundraising quiz night. We should have news soon on whether 50 years of the Preston Bypass will be able to defend their crown. Thanks to all who supported last years event. Check out the
events page for highlights.
If you want to be involved in senior or junior basketball as a player, coach, organiser, basketball table official or club sponsor then please visit the contact form and provide as many details as possible of your interest, Alternatively just give one of the team a call via:
Basketball Club Chairman: David Price, 2 Lichfield Close, Knutsford, WA16 8AU. Tel 01565 634931 (h), 07948 562622 (mob), 01565 684941 (w)
First Team Secretary: Mitch Gilbert, Union Buildings, Stevens St, Alderley Edge, SK7 7NL, Work 01625 583168
First Team Captain: Kevin Garry, 01925 498488
Second Team Captain: Phil Rickett 07890 693636.
Egerton Jets Junior Training ages 7-13 Wednesday's 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Egerton Jets Junior Training ages 14-18
Wednesday's 8:00 - 10:00 pm
Seniors Open Training Session Tuesdays 8:00-10:00 pm
Juniors Sunday CEBF League Games 12:00-2:00 Knutsford Leisure
Centre/Holmes Chapel Leisure Centre.
We hope to see you again! Check back later for new updates to our website. Spread the word and lets make 2010 the year of Canute. While you browse the site you'll find some (mostly) basketball related music playing on each page. The default is music on - just click on pause to turn the music off.
