Hoops Weekly Vol. 29 - Norfolk Teams, 3 x 3 and our Award Winners!
WEEKLY UPDATE
U13 Inter-County Tournament Girls Tournament
Well done to Alice Sprake from our Wymondham hub who competed for Norfolk and came 2nd in the tournament which saw it go down to point difference to determine who took 1st place!
U13 Inter-County Tournament Boys Tournament
Well done to Michael Bowles (Wymondham / U14s & U16 NBL), Ryan Muphemhi (Hellesdon / U14s NBL), Oliver Leaney (Aylsham / U14 NBL) and Adnan Elzubeir (Hethersett / City Academy / U14s NBL & U16 NBL) who all competed for Norfolk and came 4th in a gruelling boys tournament.
Our Coach of the Year Honey Perrot did fantastic job of head coaching th boys team and we are really proud of how well he did.
We are so proud to see so many Hoopstars members representing the county this year!
WEEK AHEAD
Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th June - Royal Norfolk Show
We will be in the Sports Zone on both days so if you are going, make sure you come and say hello! We will be having a shoot out competition with the chance to win some Hoopstars merch!
Saturday 1st July - U15s Inter County Tournament
A huge congratulations to Arthur Apps and Dimo Varybok who have both been selected to represent Norfolk. We are so proud of them both. Good luck boys!
Honey Perrot will be Assistant Coach for the boys squad so we also wish him the best of luck!
Sunday 2nd July - 3 x 3 tournament - City Academy Norwich
Timings have been sent to our members who have already signed up - if you havent received that email then you haven’t signed up! It isn’t too late and you have until Wednesday 28th June at 5pm to sign up here.
Timings for the tournament are below:
U9s / U11s - 8.30am to 11am
U13s - 10.45am to 1.30pm
U15s / U18s Pool 1 - 1.15pm to 4pm
U15s / U18s Pool 2 - 3.45pm to 6.30pm
Fee is £6 and spectators are welcome!
HOOPSTARS AWARD WINNERS
We have been able to give out most of the awards now so wanted to publish the full list of winners of our Community Hub and our Performance Team awards. Please see below our Hub Member of Year winners:
Aylsham u9 Lenny Currie
Aylsham u11 Oliver Tuttle
Aylsham u13 Jack Gabriel & Aimee Tuttle
Aylsham u15 Rohan Panday
Aylsham u18 Oli Law
Easton u11 Kate Armstrong
Easton u18 Joshua Burch
Hethersett u11 Alex Bland
Hethersett u18 Liam Feek
Hellesdon u9 Lettie Gamman
Hellesdon u11 Cayden Gamman
Hellesdon u13 Ryan Mupemhi
Hellesdon u15 Lennan Horner
Hellesdon u18 Lachlan Hadden
City Academy u11 Youssef Hussein
City Academy u18 Quin Monaghan
North Walsham u11 PJ Beales
North Walsham u18 Ezra Queensborough
Norwich School u11 Louie Taylor
Norwich School u18 Lola Marcantonio
Stalham u9 Millie Read
Stalham u11 Isaac Foster
Stalham u13 Henry Munro
Stalham u18 Rubie Lawrence-White
Loddon u11 Nathan Bould
Loddon u18 Keiron Barmby
Taverham u9 Jeremy Davidson
Taverham u11 Ryan Thraves
Taverham u18 M Weeks
Swaffham u9 Eli Goodchild
Swaffham u11 Poppy-Mae Allen
Swaffham u13 Joshy Farmer
Swaffham u15 Charlie Pointer
Swaffham u18 Tobias Cheesbrough
Wymondham u9 Rowan Craske
Wymondham u11 Tommy Gilmour
Wymondham u13 Michael Bowles
Wymondham u15 Freddy Stevenson
Wymondham u18 Jack Evans
All Girls Wymondham Izzie Perchard
Next up are our Hoopz SEND session winners:
Hoopz Most Valuable Player of the Year - Ennio Romanelli
Hoopz Most Improved Player - Thomson Tapiwa Chakanyuka
Hoopz Best Shooter - Gytis Zilinskas
Hoopz Coaches Player of the Year - Dyllan Sannah
Finally our Performance team winners:
Most Valuable Player u12 NBL - Adnan Elzubeir & Treay Harewood
Most Improved Player u12 NBL - Lucas Gordon
u12 NBL Coaches Player of the Year - Robin Wells
Most Valuable Player u14 NBL - Arthur Apps & Dima Varybok
Most Improved Player u14 NBL - Michael Bowles
u14 Coaches Player of the Year - Riley Haysom
Most Valuable Player u12 Norfolk League - Ben Pearson
Most Improved Player u12 Norfolk League - Charlie Gilman
u12 Norfolk League Coaches Player of the Year - James De Ville Shaw
Most Valuable Player - Hoopstars Women - Jimena Cardenas
Most Improved Players - Hoopstars Women - TJ Ellwood
Hoopstars Women Coaches Player of the Year - Abbie Yorke
A huge congratulations to all of our winners on a fantastic season.
HOOPSTARS SUMMER SLAM
REMINDER TO BOOK AND PAY FOR YOUR CAMP DAYS BEFORE SUNDAY 9TH JULY AND RECEIVE THE CAMP TSHIRT FOR FREE
We are so excited to inform you of our wonderful programme of summer camp days. We have 5 whole weeks of camps for everyone!
Dates are in the image below and on our website here.
Our camp days will be a mixture of our existing Y1 to Y6 and Y7 to Y13 days with some additional days for our All Girls camp days and our brand new SEND camp days.
We are also so proud to announce that we are once again working with the Big Norfolk Holiday Fun (BNHF). This programme provides holiday activities for children and young people aged 5-16 (or 4 if your child is slightly younger but in school) in Norfolk.
Children eligible for means-tested free school meals can claim free spaces on the activities - find out more about this in the FAQ section here.
Online booking for those who are eligible will be avaiable tomorrow via Every Move. Please feel free to share this with anyone outside of our club who you feel could be eligible.
The price for each camp day for those who aren’t eligible for the free spaces, will be £25 per day. This doesn’t include a camp tshirt which can be purchasd for an additional £5. We are running a special offer whereby if you book and pay for your camp dates by Sunday 9th July we will provide a tshirt FOC. *1 tshirt per child, not per day*
If you have any qustions please do not hesitate to contact us.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
As we develop Norfolk Hoopstars and continue to create more opportunities for people in Norfolk to access basketball at all levels, we are continously looking for Sponsors to be part of our organisation. If anyone would be interested in finding out more about what this would look like, please visit the Sponsorship page on our website here or email Ken here.
Best wishes,
The Harper-Blacks