Hi everyone,

All finals have been played and congratulations to all that played it was very exciting.

We have had our break up for the Under 17 & 19 boys and older girls, then last weekend the under 15 boys and on Sunday we had our final party for the younger children (thank you for JoyEd Academy for the gifts yesterday for the children) so that was the end of Basketball for 2021 and I hope you all had a great year with us.

To recap on top of normal training and games in 2021 we also:

# Holiday camp at the beginning of the year

# Additional training with Sidney Mines on a Thursday

# 3 x 3 Competition

# Movie Day

# Smaller children were able to play at NBL1 games with all Rockets children attending receiving free hot chips and a drink

# NBL players coaching our younger children each week - we were truely blessed to be able to get these coaches to help our children

# Holiday tournament played over 2 days

Next year will be a very exciting year for all of us, we start with everyone receiving a free “game quality” Basketball or shirt & socks when you register with us in 2022. We have engaged a Coaches coach who will design drills from each age group & then they have employed ex NBL players to help our coaches run the drills. On top of this we again plan to do a lot of additional things for our members.

If your child was U7 this season we gave all these children a participation trophy at the Christmas party as something special. If you did not make the party on Sunday, please see us on sign on day on the 22^nd January and we are happy to give it to you.

From the courts

Mark Smith

President

Runcorn Rockets Basketball