27th October

U18 Training this week at Abingdon College 4.00pm to 5.45pm. No U16 Training
this week, but Saturday as normal.

New tip time for Saturdays game of 1.00pm. We will leave Abingdon at 9.00am,
location to be decided.

26th October

There is going to be a club Christmas party on 6th December at Abingdon Rugby Club. Full details to follow later.

10th June

Before the AGM the committee request that you take a few moments to look through the revised Club Constitution. The main changes include the club's name change and various grammatical and spelling errors.

The current constitution is here and the proposed one is here.

Thank you.

12th March

Following the recent committee meeting the following matters are worthy of noting;

• First of all, and the one that needs a quick decision, is that the club has been offered group rates for the Guildford Heat's upcoming home game against Newcastle Eagles. Heat are currently 3rd and Eagles top so it should be a decent spectacle.
  
  The deal is that tickets are £6 each and they have offered to get some Guildford players to meet us in a lounge pre-game for a chat etc. Anyone that wants to go needs to tell your respective team coach by Saturday 15th at the latest so that tickets can be booked.
  
  Transport will not be provided so it's on a get-yourself-there basis and the "meet and greet" will be at 2pm with the tip off at 3pm.

• Anyone who has trained at Didcot Girls' School recently needs to pay their £3 as normal for that session. Money will be collected at the next session so remember to take extra cash.
  
  The final Thursday traing session will be on March 27th.
  Saturday training will continue until the end of July.

• The Presentation Night will be held again at Abingdon Rugby Club starting at 7pm on Friday 4th April. Entry will be by ticket only and this will be enforced so, if anyone has friends that want to come, they will need a ticket. This years price is £6.50 per person and the schedule will run something like this;
  
  7.00 - start
  7.30 - buffet
  8.30 - raffle
  8.45 - presentations
  
  It is hoped that tickets will be available from this saturday or, alternatively, you can e-mail Jon Caudle and tell him how many you want and arrange payment. We want to avoid having to collect money on the night because it's a real pain for the person that has to do that.
  
  
• The club is calling an EGM for Wednesday 23rd April and we would encourage as many parents and players to turn up as possible. The reason is so that the future development of the club can be discussed.
  
  On the subject of meetings, although we don't have a date set yet, the club would encourage all parents to consider if they want to put themselves forward for a position on the committee. It really isn't an arduous job and it really would be beneficial to try to get some new personalities on board.
  Please give it some thought.
  
  
• Finally, there is an event taking place on Sunday 30th March at Dalton Barracks and the club have been invited to take part. It is part of Abingdon town recognising the efforts of the base's personnel who have taken part in tours to Iraq and Afghanistan over the last year. Bill Baker is coordinating this so, if you would like to take part, please speak to him as soon as possible.

3rd March

Quick message from Graham Bird for the U-16s

"We will finish training in enough time to get to Brookes to support the U18s in their play off 1st round game and there may be some available transport to get you there and we will talk it over nearer the time"

1st March

All Thursday training as normal

Saturday 8th March – Leisure Centre as usual

Saturday 15th March – U18 : 11.30 to 12.30
                                  U16 : 12.30 to 2.30. Both at Didcot Girls School

School has website with maps etc, but not very good. People should enter the school via Manor Crescent entrance, and walk past right hand side of main building, brand new Sports hall is to rear.

25th February

Keep checking the site this week for details on upcoming training sessions

3rd February

The proposed tour will now not being happening. Instaed, the club is exploring the possibility of going to Holland or Belgium later in the year.

27th January

It has been suggested that the club takes a team to a tournament that is being held in Finland over the Easter weekend. It is primarily aimed at the U-18 players as most will be leaving the club after this season and it would be an event to mark the occasion, but there may be scope for taking U-16 players by invitation.

Information about the tournament can be found here.

A rough idea of cost can be found on the prices page of the site but obviously this will not include the cost of the flights. It would seem that an overall total cost per person would be in the region of £200 and the club needs to register by 2nd February.

Whilst appreciating that it is rather short notice could the club ask that anyone who will definitely be going let Bill know at training this Thursday (which is back at Abingdon college).

Final details regarding travelling etc will be passed on as soon as they are known.

23rd December

Please note the following training times and places for January

3/1 - Abingdon College - U16s 1500 - 1630, U18s 1630 - 1800

WEDNESDAY 9/1 - Oxford Brookes - 2030 - 2200 ** BOTH SQUADS TOGETHER **

WEDNESDAY 16/1 - Oxford Brookes - 1900 - 2100 ** BOTH SQUADS TOGETHER **

WEDNESDAY 23 /1 - Oxford Brookes - 1900 - 2100 ** BOTH SQUADS TOGETHER **


18th December

Training dates as follows;

Thursday 20th - no training
Saturday 22nd - Leisure Centre as normal
Thursday 27th - no training
Saturday 29th - Leisure Centre as normal

There will be disruption throughout January so keep an eye on the site for the latest info.

29th November (very early)

Save the travel directions for another time as the away game for Saturday 1st is cancelled.


  28th November

If you're travelling to this weekend's U-18 away game here are the directions. Just in case we get another Bristol situation it's in the exact form of the e-mail that Jon received so, if we end up in Eastbourne, you know who to blame.....them!! Good luck.

Jon,
Just to confirm this weekend’s fixture. Saturday 1st December at Ashdown Leisure Centre (address and directions below). Tip –off is at 3pm.

Directions: From A31: follow directions to Poole> Canford Heath, straight across first roundabout, turn right at second roundabout, then first turning on your right is Ashdown Close with entrance to the school on the first turning to the right.

Ashdown Technology College
Adastral Road
Canford Heath
Poole
Dorset
BH17 8RE

Regards,
Matt Stockley
Wessex Warriors Club Secretary

18th November

Due to exams being held at Abingdon College there will be some disruption to training times over the next month or so. As soon as any alternative plans have been made they will be publicised here. Keep looking back at the scrolling news banner.

12th October

With immediate effect training times will be as follows;

U16 – 6.00pm to 7.30pm
U18 – 7.30pm to 9.00pm

1 October

Oxford Central Venue. Saturday 29th September

The U16s were invited to forward a team to play in the revitalised Oxford Central Venue League at Brookes Sport.
Summertown fielded two teams with Witney and Blackbird Leys “Young Steps” youth club making up the numbers.
Lucie took eight of the Eagles’ squad and for the first time Jack T had a runout with the team.
With only two 15 min running clock halves Lucie could only use this as a training exercise and our first match-up with Witney proved the fast break training routine very effective.
Eagles 47 Witney 12

Summertown Sonics “Black” had more physical presence in their ranks and provided the Eagles with a little more opposition but with match experience from last season’s U16s and superior height advantage from our new signings the Eagles took control of the game and the final result was never in any doubt.
Eagles 39 Sonics 18

Biggest cheers of the afternoon goes to the Young Steps youth club from Blackbird Leys, although suffering at the hands of Summertown “white” 41-16 still came back on court to drop 2 baskets in against Summertown “black” 77 - 4

Those present for the afternoon :

Mike “ Tricky Dickie ” Bird
Jake “ Casanova” Caudle
Dan “ Big Red “ Ormrod
Jack “ The Lad “ Tokelove
Pete “ Fast Break “ Hemsley
David “ Smiler ” Hyde
James “ The Defector “ Spence
Connor “ Gentle Giant “ Sugden

25th September

All under 16s contacted by Graham will be given details at Thursday training about matches at Brookes on Saturday afternoon from 1pm - 5pm.

Saturday morning's training session at Abingdon is on, as usual, 10am to 11.30am

14th September

News about a new Under 14 team can be found here

18th August

There is a Level 1 referee's course being held at Brookes in September (Wednesday 5th and 12th 20.00 – 22:00). Look here for more information. You will need to decide pretty quickly though as the application needs to be in by Tuesday. There is a possibility that the club will pay the fee which is £10.

25th June

This year's AGM will be held on Friday 13th July at Abingdon Rugby Club starting at 7.30pm. If anyone has any items that they would like putting on the agenda could they please let Jon Caudle know by 6th July at the latest. It is planned to post the minutes of last year's meeting and the agenda for this year's on the website from 7th July. Please note that there will not be an "any other business" item on the agenda.

During the meeting committee members will be elected for the coming year. The posts to be filled are as follows (present incumbents shown);

Chairman - Dave Hemsley
Secretary - Jon Caudle
Treasurer - Kate Baker
2 committee members - Elaine Hager and Neil Pugh.

Anyone who is interested in standing for any of the above posts should contact Jon Caudle prior to the AGM.

We would expect that any player wishing to represent the club next year in the National League must attend with at least one parent. Should you be unable to do so then you must contact Jon prior to the meeting. The list of players compiled at the AGM will form the basis of the squad lists that will then allow the committee to make the final decision about the entrance into the relevant leagues for next season.

Following the conclusion of the formal business we hope that as many people as possible will stay for an informal social evening and simple BBQ.

  2nd May  

Information about the Awards evening can be found here

26th April

There will not be any more Thursday training for either squad until further notice. But there will be a combined session on Saturday mornings at the Leisure Centre, running from 10.00 to 11.30. All players of both age groups are welcome to this session.

18th April 

Under 16 play off information

Game will be played on Saturday 1pm at Quilley School of Engineering, Chestnut Ave, Eastleigh Hampshire. See here or directions. The post code is SO50 5EL.

This post code will come up with Cherbourg Road which is the front entrance of Quilley but this gate will be locked so you will need to enter round the other side of the school where the sports hall is - Chestnut Ave. Directions on website take you to the correct car park.

10th April

A pre-play off training session has been arranged. It will take place at the Leisure Centre on Thursday 12th April starting at 3.30pm and running until 5.00pm.

It will be a mixed squad session so any members of either squad who is free at that time are encouraged to attend. As the session is only 90 mins long please be on court, ready to start AT 3.30.

Also, contrary to previous message on the site, the U-18s play off at TASIS is on Saturday 14th with an 11am tip off. Travel arrangements to be announced later.

2nd March

Unfortunately it has not been possible to find an alternative training location for Saturday so there won't be any training.

Sunday's team news.

Players selected are; Ben, Tom Friend, Simon, Josh, Alex Ryan, Alex Herman, Sam, Chris, Eridon, James, Liam Townsend, Jos

If anybody selected is unavailable could they please let Bill know ASAP.


18th January

It seems my guess was correct in that our account had been compromised at the host end. Hopefully things should return to normal now. Read below if you've not already done so for more explanation.

 18th January

Following several reports of "virus" problems on the website I have finally managed to see an error message for myself this evening. McAfee detected a Trojan (a file which disguises itself in an advert or a picture which, when clicked on, executes some sort of program to run on your PC) and told me that it had been removed successfully.

I searched for a description of the file and found that it was rated as low risk but obviously it is very annoying and worrying for people who are not very IT savvy. I have raised a query with the hosts to see if the files are getting in via their systems so will have to wait and see what they say. In the meantime, if you see any suspicious messages on the site don't click on any links that may appear and attempt to close down your browser.

I strongly suspect it is a host problem as no-one has yet told me that they have any problems with any other site and my PC has been working fine which leads me to believe that my system is clear.

13th December

Upcoming training times and locations can be found here

 4th December

Training this week will be as follows:

U16 Fitzharry's School Gym Thursday 6.00 to 7.30 (please note not Sports Hall, not sure how you get into it so best arrive early!)

U18 Brookes Sports Centre Wednesday 9.00 to 10.30, sorry it’s a bit late but best we could do

Any problems let Jon Caudle know

14th November

I'd like to be able to jazz up the match reports and the site in general with some photos of the lads in action. So if anyone fancies themselves as a bit of a handy snapper then please take some pictures at the games and e-mail them to me.

To fill the space taken by the U-18s exit from the cup there is a friendly game versus Wallingford Mens' Team this Sunday following the U-16s game.

9th October

The Eagles Under 16 squad got their 06/07 season off to a winning start yesterday with a 79 to 44 win over the recently renamed Bath Juniors. Top scoring for the Eagles was Lucas Aleksandravicius with 24 points including four 3 point shots. Colin Doig (17) and Mike Bird (11) were the next highest scorers.

See full report

4th October

The Under 18 squad look to have a tough game on their hands as the opposition, Northants Moulton of the Premier North, start their season with a 124 to 60 win over Stockport Falcons.

25th September

Unfortunately, Bridport Evolution have withdrawn from the U16 league. This means that the first league fixture is now at home to Team Bath Romans on October 8th.

24th September

U18 PRE SEASON FRIENDLY RESULTS

Eagles 34 City of Birmingham I 49 ( 4 x 8 min quarters)
Eagles 35 City of Birmingham II 38 (4 x 6 min quarters)
Eagles 65 Gloster Jets 43 (4 x 6 min quarters).

22nd September

UNDER 18 GAMES IN CHELTENHAM

Meeting time is 11am at the Tennis and Leisure Centre unless you are going straight there in which case you need to be at the venue by 1230.Location of venue. St Benedicts Catholic College, Arle Road, Cheltenham GL51 8LE

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15th September

UNDER 16 GAMES IN CHELTENHAM

Meeting time is 10am at the Tennis and Leisure Centre unless you have already told Graham that you are going straight there.

Some pre season friendly games have been arranged for both squads. They will be held at St Benedicts Catholic College, Arle Road, Cheltenham GL51 8LE with the Under 16s playing on Saturday 16th September and the Under 18s a week later on the 23rd.

The Under 16s will be playing Team Gloster Jets at 1230 and Black Country Bears at 1415.

Under 18s will play City of Birmingham 1 at 1320, City of Birmingham 2 at 1530 and Gloster at 1640. Further details regarding meeting times etc to follow.

7th September

TRAINING SATURDAY 9th SEPTEMBER

Calling all "Summertime Slackers" Contrary to the previous announcement there will be training this coming Saturday. It will be an outdoor general fitness session and will take place at John Mason School. Under 16 players to be there at 10am. Under 18 players to be there at 11am. Remember this is an outdoor session so bring appropriate clothing and footwear.

Please don't be too hard on us Bill

Player Registration Form

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4th September

THURSDAY TRAINING INFO

When you enter the College from Wooton Road, don't go to reception, but bear left in the car park and go around the buildings. The Sports Hall is towards the back of the site. Also we will be taking pictures for licences this week, so it is very important that all players turn up with forms and money!!

PRE-SEASON GAMES

The first activity of the 06/07 season for both squads took place yesterday in Bath with both squads playing a pre season practice game each. The Under 16s beat Team Bath Romans 64-44 and the Under 18s were victorious over a mixed aged team from Team Romans by 71 to 14.

21st August

As the new season approaches it is once again time to deal with the practical issues of running our Club. Player registrations have been sent out with the hardcopy version of this newsletter and also a copy of the fixtures. Hopefully, as you are reading this, you will have also found the fixtures (as they currently stand) elsewhere on this site! Please bear in mind that they may be liable to change so keep checking back here and on the forum which can be found here.

Saturday training commences on 26th August at the Tennis and Leisure Centre in Abingdon and will then run each week with the fee being paid, as before, to the Centre upon arrival. However, due to a prior booking, there will NOT be any training on 9th September. Thursday training commences on 7th September at the new venue, Abingdon College. If you have any issues please let Jon Caudle or your team manager know before the session.

The club has been invited by Team Bath Romans to an informal Training Tournament in Bath on the afternoon of Sunday 3rd September. Final details will be given during the first two traing sessions. Also in the hardcopy version is a player registration form. Please complete all sections and return it with your club fees of £200 to the first Thursday training session. This amount covers all registration fees, Thursday training, home match expenses and travel to long distance away games. Anyone who has an issue with paying the fees should contact Jon Caudle as soon as possible so any problem can be sorted out. It must be pointed out that payment of fees allows you to train with the Club. It does not guarantee that you will play National League Basketball but without paying the fees it does guarantee that you won't play.

All players who have not been registered to play National League previously should also provide evidence of their date of birth in the form of a copy of their Birth Certificate or passport. When providing your e-mail address please make sure that it is a working address that is regularly checked. This season may prove to be our toughest yet so it is important that all players are fully registered and available to play. Please help us to do this by giving the above matters your prompt attention.

Looking forward to an exciting season.

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