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| Sep 2nd 2008 |
Jets Swoop To Capture Big Man
Big Storage Cheshire Jets have taken another step towards the completion of their 2008/9 Roster with the signature of Shuan Stegall, a 6’7”, 15 st 10lb forward.
Shuan, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, played for the Kennesaw State Owls in America’s “Atlantic Sun” Conference, where he finished last season ranked second in the Conference in both offensive and defensive rebounds as well as overall rebounds per game. He also led the team in total points, blocked shots, field goal attempts, rebounds and field goals made – all in all he managed 13 double-doubles during the season. >>>more |
| Aug 26th 2008 |
Jets Announce Pre Season Friendlies
With four weeks until the start of the 2008-9 BBL season, the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets have announced a series of pre-season matches involving their BBL rivals Sheffield Sharks, EBL Division 1 2007/8 Champions Manchester Magic and two local National league sides.
The full programme is as follows;
Sunday 7th September v Wirral Hornets @ Woodchurch High School. Tip-off 3pm
Sunday 14th September v NEWI Nets @ NEWI, Wrexham. Tip-off 5pm
Weds 17th September v Manchester Magic @ Amaechi Basketball Centre Tip off 8.15pm
Sunday 21st September v Sheffield Sharks @ Northgate Arena Tip off 5.30pm. >>>more
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| Aug 20th 2008 |
Shawn Jets Back Again
With the start of the new BBL season only about a month away, BiG Storage Cheshire Jets have put another piece into the jigsaw that is their 2008-9 roster by re-signing long-time Northgate favourite Shawn Myers.
Myers, a 6'6" forward who hails from Trinidad and Tobago, rejoins the Jets for a fifth time, having enjoyed a third consecutive season in Australia with the Geelong Supercats, where he averaged 20 points [including 75%+ from the free throw-line] and 10 rebounds per game. He is a seven year BBL veteran, having played for the Newcastle Eagles, Scottish Rocks and Leicester Riders between his stints at the Jets. >>>more |
| July 9th 2008 |
Jets Welcome Back Alto
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets are pleased to confirm that they have secured the signature of Alto Virgil who will rejoin the Jets after a season with Yorkshire Rivals Sheffield Sharks
Alto, a 6ft2 guard made his debut for the Jets on October 6, 2006 in a home game against Scottish Rocks. The score finished 89-86 to the Jets, and Virgil claimed instant recognition and became a firm favourite with the Northgate faithful as the game-high scorer with 29 points. He played in all 36 league games during the 2006-07 season, averaging more than 36 minutes per game, and an impressive 18.36 points per game, becoming the club's second top scorer and the league's sixth highest scorer.>>>more |
| July 3rd 2008 |
Jets Seek Out Local Talent
As another part of their commitment to sport in the local community, BiG Storage Chester Jets will be holding an open trial for aspiring local basketball players in the Sports Hall on the Chester Campus of the University of Chester on Sunday 13th July from 13:00-16:00
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| June 25th 2008 |
Claire House Childrens's Hospice
The BiG Storage Cheshire Jets are happy to announce that Claire House Children’s Hospice will be their official Chester charity for 08/09 season. The club’s aim is to raise a minimum £15k for them throughout the season, by a variety of fund raising initiatives.
The Official start of the fundraising will be The September Slam 2008 - a major charity dinner to be held Chester Racecourse on Friday 12 th September with over 250 guests Attractions include, Alfresco Grill, various games, guest speakers, auction and the attendance of the entire BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 2008-9 squad. Further details will be available available over the next few weeks. >>>more
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| June 25th 2008 |
Jets Land New Playmaker
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets are pleased to be able to announce that they have been successful in obtaining the signature of 5’11” playmaker Chuck Evans for the 2008-9 Basketball Season which starts in September. Evans, who played last season for the Worcester Wolves is an American / German Dual National is a graduate of Mississippi State University. He is an experienced point guard with considerable European experience, having played for Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga first division, as well as their rivals ALBA Berlin in the 2004 season. The 13-year-pro. has also featured for CSKA Moscow, where he was a Russian league winner, and has also won the German league title and been an All-Star in Poland. >>>more |
| June 18th 2008 |
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets to Create the Stars of the Future
This week, BiG Storage Cheshire Jets have taken a major step forward in the realisation of their plans to institute an ambitious junior basketball programme through reaching an agreement with the Ellesmere Port Panthers through which they will become a part of The Jets organisation and will be known as BiG Storage Cheshire Jets from the start of the 2008/9 season. >>>more |
| June 16th 2008 |
Job Vacancy - Marketing Manager
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| June 16th 2008 |
Job Vacancies - Community Coach (2)
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| June 10th 2008 |
James to Continue with Jets
The next piece of the jigsaw designed to bring success to the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets next season has been put in place with the re-signing of long-time Northgate favourite James Hamilton, who has put pen to paper and committed himself to another season as part of Paul Smith’s squad. He will combine his playing responsibilities with those of “club ambassador”, promoting the ever increasing community and charity work of the club. >>>more |
| May 26th 2008 |
Jets Swoop to Capture Calvin Davis
Closely following on the recent confirmation of Paul Smith as chief coach of the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets for season 2008-09 comes the news of the first signing for the new squad, and it is a name that will mean a great deal to all followers of basketball around Chester. Calvin Davis has been persuaded to re-join the Jets after a single season with the Everton Tigers, their closest rivals from across the Mersey, even though the Liverpool based team are said to have made Calvin a substantially improved contract offer. >>>more |
| May 15th 2008 |
Smith Takes The Helm Again
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets are delighted to be able to confirm the appointment of Paul Smith as Chief Coach for the 2008/9 season. He will carry out his coaching duties in addition to those of Director of Basketball, a position he has held since the new structure of the club was established during summer 2007. Paul has served the club for a number of years, firstly as a player [including the famous Jetwash season] and latterly as both Chief Coach [leading the Jets to the BBL Trophy in 2204 and to the BBL league Championship in season 2004/5. He has also acted as assistant coach to Robbie Peers Mike Burton and Billy Singleton, who described him as “a master basketball strategist”. >>>more |
| May 3rd 2008 |
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets and University of Chester Launch Foundation Degree in Sports Coaching and Basketball
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets and The University of Chester, in just their first season of working together, have designed a unique foundation degree in Sports Coaching (Basketball) which will be launched at the British Basketball (BBL) finals at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham this weekend (3 rd/4 th May 2008)
Students on the programme will be given a unique opportunity to develop their coaching skills alongside professional coaches and players, and will help out with spreading basketball to schools across Cheshire.
The degree course will commence at the start of the new academic year in Autumn 2008 with up to 25 places available. Work based learning will form a key part of the degree and will be facilitated by BiG Storage Cheshire Jets as an integral part of their community projects and wider business activity. >>>more |
| April 12th 2008 |
Jets Part Company With Trey Moore
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets have released guard Trey Moore this weekend ahead of the final three games of the season. Trey felt unable to fulfil his obligations to complete his work in the community and as a result will return home to America this weekend.
Peter Hawkins, BiG Storage Cheshire Jets director commented, “ we were flattered that a player of Trey’s calibre felt able to join us for part of the season in our first year.>>>more |
| March 4th 2008 |
PA Sport Scores Multimedia Partnership With The British Basketball League
PA Sport, the global leader in sports information, has signed a deal with the British Basketball League, which lasts over four years, to become their multimedia and broadcast rights partner.
PA Sport will offer their expertise on a range of multimedia solutions covering data, TV, Internet, mobile, sponsorship and rights management. >>>more
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| March 2nd 2008 |
Shawn Heads Back Down Under
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets announced to day that fans’ favourite , Trinidadian forward Shawn Myers will be leaving to spend the summer with the Geelong Supercats in the Australian SEABL Conference.
Shawn, who is at present recuperating from a dislocated and broken finger, suffered in a game against Newcastle Eagles last month, has spent the last two Australian seasons with the Supercats and last season was named the club’s Most Valuable Player and voted the 'ResCom' Player of the Year. >>>more |
| Feb 29th 2008 |
Setanta 'Slam Sunks' Basketball Deal With The BBL
London, 29 February 2008: The British Basketball League (BBL) and Setanta Sports, in partnership with PA Sport, have announced an exclusive deal for the remainder of the 2008 BBL season. BBL games for the 2008 season will be broadcast each week exclusively live on Setanta Sports, commencing with the BBL Trophy Final between the Guildford Heat and Newcastle Eagles this Sunday, March 2, 2008.
After Sunday’s game, the new deal means Setanta’s subscribers will be able to see a live BBL Championship game every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm on Setanta Sports 2 for the remainder of the regular season. Live coverage of the post-season playoffs will include a selected BBL Championship Playoff quarter-final, and the BBL Championship Playoff Final on Sunday 4 th May 2008. >>> more |
| Feb 28th 2008 |
Hoops4Health to Hit Warrington
The BiG Storage Cheshire Jets, who play in Britain’s top pro-basketball league [the BBL] are proud to announce that they are about to expand their community programme into the Warrington area. The programme has been running in the Chester, Cheshire and Flintshire areas since the beginning of the basketball season at the beginning of October 2007.
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| Feb 15th 2008 |
BiG Storage sign B i G Four year sponsorship deal with Cheshire Jets
Incumbent sponsor of the Cheshire Jets, BiG Storage, have just signed a major four year deal to continue their sponsorship of the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets with a massive financial investment in the region of £250,000.
BiG Storage CheshireJets’ future was resurrected last year when BiG Storage stepped in initially for with a one year sponsorship deal. The new agreement for the Jets ’ longer term future will now ensure that they are financially able to establish and maintain their significant progress amongst the elite of The the British Basketball fraternity. >>>more |
| Feb 10th 2008 |
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets Easter Basketball Camp
The BiG Storage Cheshire Jets Easter Basketball Camp will be held at Christleton Sports Centre Chester on the 26th & 27th
March and Birchwood Leisure Complex Warrington on the 1st & 2nd
April. Each camp will be aimed at 7 – 16 year olds.
Full details and application form in the brochure available at all Jets games or
download the brochure (PDF format)
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| Feb 5th 2008 |
Changes On and Off Court at the Jets
Following the departure of player coach TJ Walker, the Big Storage Cheshire Jets have made changes both in the coaching and playing areas. Paul Smith , at present Director of Basketball and assistant coach, will step up to become the full time chief coach, while on the court, Trey Moore, BBL player of the year in the Jets’ last BBL Championship winning year in 2005, will fly in this week to strengthen the squad. >>>more |
| Feb 1st 2008 |
Jayson wins Molten Player of the Month award for January
After firing the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets into the BBL Trophy semi-finals, Jayson Obazuaye has won the Molten Player of the Month award for January.
The 23-year-old Nigerian international is currently the BBL’s second leading scorer so far this season with an average of 24.6 points per game, but really shone as the Jets made a last-gasp push for a Trophy semi-final spot by winning their four group games last month.
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| Jan 26th 2008 |
Jets Part Company With TJ
Following a meeting earlier this week between the directors of BiG Storage Cheshire Jets and player / coach TJ Walker, it has been decided, by mutual consent, that TJ ‘s contract of employment will be terminated at the end of January. >>>more |
| Jan 21st 2008 |
BBL Trophy Semi Final Draw Announced
With three of the four participant teams confirmed, the draw for the BBL Trophy semi-finals, taking place at the Ponds Forge ISC in Sheffield on Saturday 2nd February, was conducted this morning and is as follows:
BBL Trophy semi-final 1 (3.30pm) Worcester Wolves vs. Guildford Heat
BBL Trophy semi-final 2 (6.00pm) Newcastle Eagles vs. Group One Winner
BBL Trophy group one remains up for grabs and will be settled next weekend.
The BiG Storage Cheshire Jets can progress if the Lions lose that game and they subsequently beat the Riders in Sunday's clash at the Northgate Arena. >>>more |
| Jan 6th 2008 |
Molten Three-Point Shootout - Murph to Represent BiG Storage Cheshire Jets
BBL Cup Final Day on Sunday 13th January is one of the biggest in the British basketball calendar, and there is the possibility of glory for the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets as Richard Murphy is representing the club in the Molten Three-Point Shootout on the day. Taking place at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the main event sees the Marshall MK Lions and Newcastle Eagles clash with the coveted BBL Cup on the line.. >>>more |
| Dec 1st 2007 |
1st BiG Storage Cheshire Jets Hoops For Health Finals
Recently a number of schools from the Chester Area took part in a tournament organised by the Big Storage Cheshire Jets as part of the Hoops 4 Health Program.
The H4H Programme is designed to promote to school children healthy living and aims to make the kids more active. >>> more |
| Nov 1st 2007 |
Jets Sign Mathew Otten
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets are delighted to announce their latest signing. Matthew Otten , a 6’ 5” shooting guard, has put pen to paper, and passport formalities permitting is expected to join the roster in time for the first round of the BBL Cup against local rivals Everton Tigers at the Northgate Arena on Sunday. >>> more |
| Nov 1st 2007 |
Shawn Myers - Molten Player of the Month
Three-time BBL All-Star Shawn Myers, of the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets, has scooped the Molten Player of the Month award for October.
Myers missed the first three games of the season but since his arrival he has been instrumental in turning around his team’s fortunes and propelling them up to sixth place in the BBL Championship table. >>> more |
| Nov 1st 2007 |
First North West Derby - Jets v Tigers
There is a lot on the line in the first North-West derby between the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets and the Everton Tigers on ‘Knockout Sunday’ this weekend.
Not only is it the first time that the clubs have met in the BBL, but there is also a BBL Cup quarter-final place at stake. >>> more |
| Oct 30th 2007 |
Financial and Community Support Officer
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets are delighted to announce that Christine Adshead has been appointed as BiG Storage Cheshire Jets new Financial and Community Support Officer. We had 6 very strong applications for the role, all from passionate and long serving Jets fans thank you to all for their interest. >>> more |
| Oct 24th 2007 |
TJ Prepares For Tyneside
Former Newcastle Eagles’ legend TJ Walker returns to his old club on Friday evening as the rookie player/coach takes his BiG Storage Cheshire Jets side to the MetroRadio Arena in the BBL Championship.
Walker spent seven years as a player on Tyneside, winning six trophies, and was MVP of the 2006 BBL Cup Final >>> more
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| Oct 10th 2007 |
Shawn Myers Returns
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets are delighted to announce the re-signing of long-time Northgate favourite Shawn Myers. Player coach TJ Walker and Director of Basketball Paul Smith brought a successful end to a week of contract negotiations with the Trinidad-born 6’7” forward, who played last season with the Leicester Riders before spending the summer with the St Laurence Geelong Supercats in the Australian Basketball league, where he was judged to be the club's 2007 Most Valuable Player. >>> more |
| Oct 10th 2007 |
Hoops For Health Update
Recently, the Big Storage Cheshire Jets Hoops 4 Health programme has started, marking the start of a new era for the club as a whole. The ambitious jump from being just professional team to community club was a step into the unknown for all involved.
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| Sept 25th 2007 |
Tough Start For Coach Walker
It was a baptism of fire as four-time BBL All-Star T.J. Walker made the transition from player to player/coach over the opening weekend of the BBL season >>> more |
| Sept 14th 2007 |
Jets say Goodbye to Billy and Hello to Gianni Costantiello
Billy Singleton signs up for St Johns in NYC and 6' 7" Power Forward Gianni Costantiello joins the Jets >>> more |
| Sept 11th 2007 |
Murph Tips Off Community Programme
The community programme – bringing basketball skills, teamwork and enjoyment in sport to school children throughout Chester and Cheshire got underway last week >>> more |
| Sept 11th 2007 |
Jetwash James is Back
James Hamilton, Captain of the renowned Jetwash team in 2001/2002 is back with the Jets >>> more |
| Sept 5th 2007 |
Jets Replace Big Man & Telephone Ticket Sales Announcements
Chief Coach TJ Walker has moved fast to replace Bosnian/Canadian forward David Radlovic with 6' 7" NCAA Forward Chris Brown following a change in David Radlovic's personal circumstances >>> more |
| August 29th 2007 |
Murph is back as player and Sports Development Officer
Despite stiff competition Richard Murphy has secured the postion of Sports Development Officer for BiG Storage Cheshire Jets >>> more |
| August 23rd 2007 |
Jets Bolster Squad With Young Brit
6' 4" Londoner Marc Pratt joins the Jets from NCAA DIV1 Towson University >>> more |
| August 14th 2007 |
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets
Player Coach T.J. Walker signs 25year old 6' 7" Bosnian/Canadian forward David Radlovic. >>> more |
| August 9th 2007 |
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets
Player Coach T.J. Walker signs 23year old Nigerian International Guard Jayson Obazuaye. >>> more |
| July 10th 2007 |
The BiG Storage Cheshire Jets are delighted to have landed a legendary BBL icon as their first signing for the new season. Late on Monday night Chester-time ex-Newcastle Eagles captain and play-caller TJ Walker put pen to paper and became the Jets Player –coach for the new season. >>> more |
| July 5th 2007 |
Full BBL Fixture list announced - Jets first home game Sept 23rd v Sharks >>> full list |
| June 24th 2007 |
The Management Team of the Jets are delighted to be able to confirm officially that the
JETS WILL FLY for the 2007/8 season >>> more |
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