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Invitation to International Deaf Youth Basketball Camp in Düsseldorf, Germany
International Deaf Youth Basketball Camp in Düsseldorf, Germany With a great pleasure the Deaf International Basketball Federation together with Germany Deaf Sports Federation and Germany Deaf Basketball Association invite to DIBF International Deaf Youth Basketball Camp according to below: Countries: Northern and Eastern European DIBF member countries Dates: 10-16 August 2012 Place: Düsseldorf, Germany Number [...]
DBUK Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 11/01/12
DBUK have held the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 11th January 2012. Time: 6pm. Address of AGM venue held: DCAL Centre 49 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PD Google map > click here Nearest tube station: Euston/Euston Square
Season Greetings!
On behalf of Deaf Basketball UK, it is that time of the year again, when you are thankful for everything merry and bright. May this Christmas be a delight! Also we would like to wish you a joyous Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the 2012 brings you the success and happiness! from, [...]
Poland vs Great Britain (first leg) – Result
2012 EDBC (First leg) Qualification match: POL-GBR 95-34 (9-11, 16-9, 29-10, 41-7) Many congratulations to Poland. Great Britain must do better next match! Results page has been updated. Pictures and videos will be coming soon!
DIBF EuroCup Results
Men’s championship game:- Gestas Vilnius 87 (LTH) – Askbv de Patras (GRE) 67. Due to insufficient time, finals were not played and tournament finish was determined on overall tournament play: 3rd place – Gloria Moscow (RUS) 4th place – ASUPN Peiraias (GRE) 5th place – Beer Sheva (IRS) 6th place – ASD Sordi Pesaro (ITA) [...]
3rd DIBF EuroCup Deaf Basketball
London Lions and London Lionessess will be attending the 3rd DIBF EuroCup Deaf Basketball in Patras, Greece from 7th to 11th December 2011. On behalf of Deaf Basketball UK Committee, we wish the teams all the best for competing at the tournament, we are looking forward to seeing you bring some medals to home! It is [...]
NEWS ARTICLE: GB Deaf Basketball team complete World Championship tournament
GB Deaf Basketball team complete World Championship tournament Thursday, 13-Oct-2011 The Great Britain Deaf Men’s basketball team returned satisfied with 12th place in the 2011 World Deaf Basketball Championships held in Palermo, Italy. The Great Britain team, organised by Deaf Basketball UK, are relatively new to the international deaf basketball scene after forming in 2008. [...]
NEWS ARTICLE: Good sports
Deaf Hill Primary School pupils Published on Wednesday 19 October 2011 14:04 SCHOOLCHILDREN are proving they are good sports after picking up a prestigious award for their activities. Deaf Hill Primary School beat tough competition from across County Durham to be crowned winner during the County Durham Sports Partnership Awards. The school, based in Trimdon [...]
World Deaf Basketball Championships Report
Alex Milner The Great Britain Deaf Basketball Team flew out to Sicily for the World Deaf Basketball Championships in Palermo on 15th September 2011. The team was greeted by our delegated group leader, Roberta Caia who undertook the role of interpreter and guide throughout our stay. After a coach ride to the players hotel ‘Torre [...]
2011 WDBC Men Championship Results
World Deaf Basketball Championships Results: Venezuela v Great Britain 87:39 Poland v Great Britain 96:41 Great Britain v Greece 29:88 Great Britain v Russia 58:88 Great Britain v Japan 70:59 Poland v Great Britian 83:43 Gold: Lithuania Sliver: Venezuela Bronze: Ukraine 4th: Greece 5th: Italy 6th: Israel 7th: Turkey 8th: Slovenia 9th: Russia 10th: Chinese [...]
Great Britain Deaf team trip to the 2011 World Deaf Basketball Championships
We need to raise £10,000 toward Great Britain Deaf team trip to the 2011 World Deaf Basketball Championships in Palermo, Italy 16-24th September. Great Britain matches fixture: 16th Open Ceremony 17:30 17th Venezuela v Great Britain tip off 18:00 18th Poland v Great Britain tip off 18:00 19th Great Britain v Greece tip off 14:00 [...]
London Lions vs London Beards
Surprise, Surprise London Lion is playing again Lion Beard today making it quite an amazing game to watch. There were 5 team players on the Lion Beard while there are 6 for the other, making it difficult for Lion Beard to switch players when needed. Throughout the game, it was quite impressive to see how [...]
Summer BBQ Party (plus other special event!)
Enjoy a BBQ afternoon on our Highbury park area, followed by a superb BSB tribute act and gameshow! Please bring your own meats, bbq grills and drinks. We also provide play-zone, water pool, face paintings, art & craft and storyteller for kids! Families and Friends are more than welcome! When: Saturday 30th July 2011 Time: [...]
London Amateur Basketball League: Play-offs
London Lions Quite an interesting game the London Lions played today against the Queen Mary. The London Lions were on the roll with remarkable moves and tricks as had begun leading the game to a winning start during the first half of the game. A strong voice of the coach believed to be based on [...]
London Amateur Basketball League: London Beards
An impressive game for the London Beards their first competitive game today. The team shows enthusiastic, full power energy with sharp moves throughout the game. Despite the age range differences they work sort of well together, but can notice that the young groups stayed together passing more to each other than allowing the older range [...]
London Amateur Basketball League: Game 4
Could it possibly be the beautiful day that the team, London Lions, played a fair game? The game was another tough game between the Red Dragons especially when that team had seemed to have “must win” attitude as they were continuously determined to make sure the ball was in the basket the entire time. Interesting [...]
London Amateur Basketball League: Game 2 & 3
The first game London Lions vs. Tower Hamlets Trojans was challenging to play out a game among both teams. The Tower Hamlets Trojans had been ahead of the game as far as scoring but The London Lions were not that far behind. It seems believable that the Tower Hamlets Trojans were set to win with [...]
13th International Deaf Veteran Men Basketball Tournament
13th International Deaf Veteran Men Basketball Tournament, 2-4 June Our match report will be coming soon! The final results are: 2nd June Group A London-Riga 30:65 London-Kiev 30:56 Riga-Kaunas 30:46 Kiev-Turku 48:36 Kaunas-Turku 63:33 Group B Athens-Tallinn 52:45 Vilnius-Moscow 46:30 Athens-Moscow 51:35 Vilnius-Tallinn 38:42 3rd June Group A London-Kaunas L:W Kaunas-Kiev 43:40 London-Turku 39:47 Riga-Kiev [...]
Trip to Paris
Deaf Paris Sport Club celebrated their 100th anniversary on 7-9th June 2011. They invited us “London Lions” basketball team to play with them to honour the 100th anniversary. We left London on Friday evening with the minibus. The team enjoyed the trip. The first game we had was on Sat afternoon with the Paris team. We played [...]
Ramas and Maria 10km Marathon Successful!
Myself and the Laumets’ family did a run of 2km and 10 km as part of our fundraise for Deaf Basketball UK (DBUK). Jaan, who is the father of two sons ran with his sons the 2km marathon. I went with Maira for the 10km run. We had such a great time and experience to [...]
