Oxfordshire Basketball Association

Basketball England is hosting a special conference on the women and girls’ game at the launch of the All Girls campaign later this month. And anyone interested in female basketball is invited as the All Girls campaign will be unveiled at the WBBL Trophy weekend at Essex University on September 27. Guests, including GB Women’s head coach Chema Buceta, legend of the women’s game Patricia Fairclough OBE and referees Kate Unsworth and Jess Fox, will address the conference and Bas

Coaches and Referees Meeting Tuesday 24th September Cheney School 7.00pm This is a great opportunity to bring everyone up to date on what is happening in the league, discuss rule changes and generally discuss issues and requirements for the 2019 - 2020 season The provisional Agenda will be: 1 - Update on the leagues and feedback from the AGMs 2 - Rule changes and referees update from National Conference 3 - Table Officials update 4 - Open forum - general discussion on rules,

Last weekend saw most of our Clubs back to regular training sessions in time for the new 2019/20 Season! If you are looking to play basketball this season, go to the Our Clubs page and choose the one that most suits your needs! We have Clubs for all ages and abilities. #womensbasketball #Basketball #OxfordshireBasketballAssociation

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Have a look here. Contact your local Club for what it will mean to you and your registration. #Basketball #OxfordshireBasketballAssociation #BasketballEngland

The Abingdon Eagles Masters team did Oxfordshire proud last weekend at the GB Masters Masters Basketball Tournament in Manchester last week. Formerly the OBA Masters team, our intrepid players finished a credible 4th place in the C They played 4 games: 38-35 win over Cambridge 40-27 win over Livingstone 43-27 loss to Erkenwald and 28-21 loss to Hammersmith Well done! #Basketball #OxfordshireBasketballAssociation #AbingdonEagles

Desta Rudder-Smith, ex Oxford Hoops and Reading Rockets player is running two Basketball Masterclasses at Chipping Norton Leisure Centre over the holiday break. DATES: Thursday 27th December & Sunday 6th January TIMES: 11.00am - 1.00pm (11-13 years) TIMES: 1.00pm - 3.00pm (14+) Desta is looking to set up some basketball teams in the Chipping Norton area and is looking for players of all ages and abilities. He can be contacted on 07519 631019 or email drsballfit@gmail.com #Bas

The OBA has announced an exciting series of junior basketball initiatives for the summer. Four Saturdays in June and July will be filled with the sounds of bouncing balls, the squeak of boots and the swish of the net as another basket is notched up. The fun-filled tournaments will take place at venues across Oxfordshire for boys and girls of all ages. Two teams - Abingdon Eagles and Thame Tigers - have already signed up for all four tournaments and the OBA is inviting other O

OCBL Finals Day on the 28th April saw 6 of the best teams in the area match up in the finals of 3 end of season competitions. Thame Tigers vs. Witney Wolves - OCBL Men's Plate In a closely contested game, Tigers led by Chris Skidmore (33 points) lost narrowly to Wolves 76-80 with Corbin Biddis coming off the bench for the Wolves with 23 points including 5 x 3 pointers, shooting 60% from 2 point range and 53% from 3, adding 7 rebounds 1 assist and 1 steal in an MVP performance

Regional Paper: FIBA u14 3x3 Girls Development What is it? Basketball England are passionate about bridging the gap between male and female participation and as such have attracted funding from FIBA to pilot a u14 girls 3x3 programme to begin addressing the gap. The programme will be split regionally with each region playing an important role in organising an opportunity to attract new girls to the game and further foster an interest by those who have perhaps only dipped thei