Essex Pirates
| Essex Pirates | |||
| Founded | 2009 | ||
| resolution | 2011 | ||
| Hall | Southend Leisure & Tennis Center (1,100 seats) |
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| Trainer | Tim Lewis | ||
| league | most recently BBL |
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| Colours | Black / white / orange | ||
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Essex Pirates Basketball Club was a short-lived Basketball - Franchise of the British Basketball League (BBL) from Southend-on-Sea in England . After there had already been a BBL franchise in Essex that existed in Brentwood between 1999 and 2003 with the Leopards, another basketball team was accepted into the closed professional league BBL at the "Soutend Campus" of South Essex College in 2009. In addition to some veterans, the British junior selection coach Tim Lewis recruited young players in particular for the professional team. If they achieved seven wins in 36 games in the first season of 2009/10, which was enough to make it to the penultimate place in the table, they broke down completely in the second season of 2010/11 and at the end of the season finished last with just one win of the season. Subsequently, the necessary financial support was withdrawn, so that the Pirates had to withdraw from the BBL.
Web links
- Essex Pirates Basketball Club basketball - team details, stats, news, roster - profile on the websites of Eurobasket.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dick Marshall: Hoop hope plan for Southend? Newsquest Media Group: www.echo-news.co.uk, June 11, 2009, accessed May 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Chris Phillips: Lewis signs Williams as the Pirates step up for hoop off. Newsquest Media Group: www.echo-news.co.uk, October 1, 2009, accessed May 25, 2013 .
- ↑ 2009-10 BBL Championship & Playoffs. British Basketball League , accessed on May 25, 2013 (English, season overview).
- ^ 2010–11 BBL Championship & Playoffs. British Basketball League , accessed on May 25, 2013 (English, season overview).
- ^ Essex Pirates withdraw from the British Basketball League. BBC , September 19, 2011, accessed May 25, 2013 .