With just two years to go until the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, LOCOG have launched the London 2012 Games Maker programme.
This will start the process to recruit up to 70,000 people who will make the London 2012 Games happen. These people will be called Games Makers.
The general public will not be able to apply until 15 September, however England Basketball members are eligible to apply for basketball specific Games Maker roles from 27 July.
Every applicant will be expected to complete an application form and, if successful, attend a selection event. All applicants offered a Games Maker role must also attend three training events prior to the Games.
Eligibility criteria
All generalists and specialist Games Makers will need to fulfill the same basic criteria:
- Aged 18 or above on 1 January 2012.
- Eligible to volunteer in the UK in line with UK immigration rules.
- Willing to volunteer for at least 10 days of shifts and attend a minimum of three days of training.
- Able to find own accommodation and travel.
Whilst most of the roles require Games Makers to be 18 years old or over by 1 January 2012, LOCOG do want young people to get involved too! They will unveil the Young Games Maker programme for up to 1,500 under 18s in summer 2011.
Please refer to the website – http://www.london2012.com/volunteering – for more details.
If you are interested in applying for a basketball specialist role, please download and complete the Expression of Interest Form (Microsoft Word or PDF) and return it to Craig Costello at England Basketball, PO Box 3971, Sheffield, S9 9AZ, or Email: craig.costello@englandbasketball.co.uk
Basketball Table Official’s Level 1, 2 & 3 courses available in Dartford, Kent:
EB Course Ref: T110/038, T210/028, T310/008
Tutor: Patricia Fairclough OBE
Date: Sunday 26th September 2010
Time: 9.00 am to 3.00 pm & 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm
Venue:
The Leigh Technology Academy
Green Street Green Road
Dartford
Kent, DA1 1QE – See Google Map, click here.
Cost:
£ 20 Level 1
£ 25 Level 2
£ 40 Level 3
Contact Details: David Turner – Email: dpt2823@yahoo.com
The summer season deaf basketball training is back for deaf men and women! This will be located at the new basketball venue near London city due to a new 3-month financial support by London Development Agency.
Date: Every Sunday from 18th July to 26th September 2010
Time: 17:00 to 19:00 (2 hours)
Venue:
Academy Sport
Westminster Academy
The Naim Dangoor Centre
255 Harrow Road
London W2 5EZ
Map: Click here to view on Google Map
Direction and transport:
This venue is a 3 minute walk from Royal Oak Underground Station (Hammersmith & City Line) and a little further from Warwick Avenue Underground Station (Bakerloo Line). No. 18 and 36 buses run along Harrow Road.
Training fee: FREE
Note: Please wear appropriate basketball training gear and your own water bottle
The U21 Great Britain Deaf Men basketball team member Mitchell Graham have won two prestige trophies for being the Top Rebounds (total of 105) and the Best Defensive Player of the whole 2010 1st DIBF U21 World Deaf Basketball Championships.
The Rebound trophy was presented to Mitchell by FIBA Representative and Chief referee Mariusz Adameczek at the closing ceremony on 3rd July 2010 in Lublin, Poland.
Well done Mitchell, the world champion rebounder and defensive player! The Great Britain team and DBUK are very proud to have a great GB team of valuable and talent players.
DBUK would like to wish the elite U21 Great Britain Deaf Men team a very best of luck and to try their hardest to complete successfully in the DIBF U21 World Deaf Basketball Championships in Lublin, Poland starting from Friday 25 June to Saturday 3rd July.
2010 U21 GB Deaf Men Team list:
Jamie Chang
Rolf Choutan
Mitchell Graham
Sam Halfpenny
Aeron Mazija
Alexander Milner
Adbullah Mustafa
Calum Thompson
Yeo Russell
Head Coach – Moty Allshever
Team Support – Vadim Rechetnikov
Team Support – Dariusz Kaczmarski
There will be daily results and photo showns on World Championships website – www.dibf.org/u21
Go Great Britain!! Good Luck!
Photo: U21 GB Team departing at London airport – 23/06/10
(Click on image to enlarge )
The Great Britain Deaf Men basketball team are already touring in Israel for friendly games with U21 Israel Deaf team from 14 to 19 June 2010.
To keep our fans and supporters up-to-date, there are video clips made by GB Deaf Men team reporting from Israel in BSL.
Day 1 – 14 June
Airport and arrival
Day 2 – 15 June – Morning
7:30am Training at the Tel Aviv beach
Day 2 – Afternoon
Training at the court and visiting Jerusalem
Day 2 – Entertainment video
‘Super Stars’ Deaf Basketball Team
Day 3 – 16 June – Morning
Early morning fitness at Tel Aviv beach
Day 3 – 16 June – Game GB vs Israel
First friendly game with U21 Israel Deaf men team
Day 4 – London Lions game and the Dead Sea
A day visit to the Dead Sea and night basketball club game – London Lions vs Tel Aviv Deaf basketball club.
Day 5 – Rest day/Day off
Day 6 – The Last Day (NEW)
Social activity for the day before going to airport returning home.
The GB team played extremely well to have achieved two wins in a row which is a big achievement. The star rebounder – Mitchell Graham no.15 is currently the leading rebounder of the championships with tally of 90 rebounds while the Canadian no.13 is 2nd leading rebounder with 85 rebounds. Let hope for Mitchell to win the trophy for leading rebounder of the championships! But most importantly, GB team to win the next game!
