This weekend sees the arrival of a team of u18 boys from Bladel Basketball Club in the Netherlands to Ipswich. The link comes through coach and school teacher Kirk Bonas who has known Dutch basketball coach Bert en Renske for eight years now. 

Or how we got to Guildford (eventually) to help GB beat the Ukraine.

Even setting off at 3.30 wasn't good enough to get a bus full of Bobcats round the M25 in time for a 7pm tip off as GB Women faced Ukraine.  The Friday night rush hour was augmented by cars on fire and broken down lorries - with roadworks mixed in!  We eventually staggered in at half time and the scoreboard showed a low scoring first half - GB trailed 21 - 25.

The 2010/11 season is almost here and in case anyone is in doubt of the size of Ipswich Basketball Club's efforts here are the forthcoming season's amazing facts:

Ipswich Basketball Club has another huge reason to celebrate as England u16 Boys Head Coach Simon Fisher announced his squad to take to Estonia for the European Championships in August, as England have not one but two Tomcats in the team.