London Greenhouse Pioneers B.C.

The London Greenhouse Pioneers are an English basketball club, based in the north west area of London.

London Greenhouse Pioneers
LeagueNBL D2 South
Established2002 (2002)
HistoryLondon Greenhouse Pioneers
(2002–present)
LocationNorth West London
Team colours         
OwnershipGreenhouse Sports
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The Pioneers are a community basketball club run by the charity Greenhouse Sports. [1] The club was originally founded as the London Pioneers, a Sport England Clubmark club to whom Greenhouse sent young people from its school programmes to broaden their basketball experience. Following a successful partnership, the club merged into the wider Greenhouse Sports group in 2013.

The Greenhouse Sports charity was founded in 2002 as a multi-sports pilot project to engage young people in northwest London. Greenhouse now runs 41 programmes across 9 of the 11 most disadvantaged boroughs in London, working with around 7,000 young people each week. The charity employs over 150 full and part-time staff and works with a further 120 volunteers. [2]

The Pioneers entered the National Basketball League in 2010. In 2015, the club partnered with London South Bank University allowing access to their newly refurbished facilities. [3] [4]

Honours
National League Men's Division 3 Playoff Champions (1) : 2013-14 [5]
National League U-14 Boys Championship (1): 2015–16 [6]
National League U-18 Men Championship (1): 2014-15 [7]

Teams

The Pioneers enter the following teams into National Basketball League competitions:[8]

Notable former players
William Hall; played professionally for Leeds Force, Glasgow Rocks and London Lions in the British Basketball League.
Charles Yassi-Pepin; played professionally for Lanzarote Conejeros in Spain.
RJ Eytle Rock; currently playing in NCAA Division 1 for UMBC.

Men's season-by-season records
Season Division Tier Regular Season Post-Season National Cup
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
London Greenhouse Pioneers
2010–11 D4 SE 5 4th 18 12 6 24 0.667 Did Not Qualify 1st Round
2011–12 D3 Sou 4 4th 20 13 7 26 0.650 Quarter Finals 1st Round
2012–13 D3 Sou 4 5th 18 10 8 20 0.556 Did Not Qualify 1st Round
2013–14 D3 Sou 4 2nd 20 16 4 32 0.800 Winners 3rd Round
2014–15 D2 3 5th 22 12 10 22 0.545 Quarter Finals 2nd Round
2015–16 D2 3 3rd 22 16 6 32 0.727 Semi Finals 2nd Round
2016–17 D2 3 9th 22 8 14 16 0.364 Did Not Qualify 2nd Round
2017–18 D2 3 7th 22 7 15 14 0.318 Quarter Finals 3rd Round
2018–19 D2 3 6th 20 10 10 20 0.500 Quarter Finals 3rd Round
2019–20 D2 Sou 3 6th 16 8 8 18 0.500 Did Not Qualify 3rd Round

References
  1. https://fisd.westminster.gov.uk/kb5/westminster/fis/service.page?id=Zn_CS2TJaP0&familychannel=0
  2. http://www.appgbasketball.org.uk/resources/Evidence+from+London+Greenhouse.pdf
  3. http://lsbu.staging.squizedge.net/about-us/news/lsbu-partners-with-greenhouse-sports
  4. https://universitybusiness.co.uk/Article/lsbu-and-greenhouse-sports-team-up/
  5. https://www.hoopsfix.com/2014/04/ebl-d3-d4-finals-liverpool-remain-undefeated-lituanica-finally-lose-in-bad-fashion/
  6. https://www.hoopsfix.com/2016/05/u14-junior-final-fours-recap/
  7. https://www.hoopsfix.com/2015/05/london-greenhouse-pioneers-crowned-u18-national-champs-junior-final-fours-recap/
  8. https://www.greenhousesports.org/what-we-do/our-programmes/london-greenhouse-pioneers/
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