Myerscough Basketball Academy

The Myerscough Basketball Academy is an elite English 16-19 basketball academy, based at Myerscough College near Preston in the northwest of England.

Myerscough College
Established2013 (2013)
HistoryMyerscough
(2013–present)
ArenaMyerscough College
LocationPreston, England
Head coach Neal Hopkins
WebsiteOfficial website

History

After 18 months of preparation, the academy was launched in 2013 by coach Neal Hopkins, attracting twenty four players in its first cohort. [1] [2] In its inaugural season the club would compete in the Elite Academy Basketball League and partnered with BBL side Manchester Giants to offer playing opportunities in the country's top league.

The academy won its first national title just one season later, lifting the 2015 EABL National Championship. [3]

For the 2018-19 season, Myerscough entered the FIBA-endorsed European Youth Basketball League. [4] In their first season, the team came within the narrowest of margins of winning the Championship, losing in the Superfinal. In the 2019-20 season, the team were champions of the regular season with a 14-1 record, qualifying for the Superfinal as top seeds and becoming the first-ever British team at any level to be crowned European champions. [5] [6]

Arena

The Academy is housed in the £3.2 million state-of-the-art Pure Leisure High Performance Centre for Sport, which opened on the Myerscough College campus in 2016. [7]

Staff
Position Name
Men's Head Coach / Programme Lead Neal Hopkins
Women's Head Coach Mike Bernard
Academy Coach Troy Culley
Academy Coach Lewis Scott
Sports Therapist / Sports Medic Tom Khan

Men's season-by-season records

Elite Academy Basketball League
Season League Conference Regular Season National Championship
Finish Played Wins Losses Win %
Myerscough
2013-14 EABL North Sea 1st 12 10 2 0.833 Elite 8
2014-15 EABL North 1st 16 15 1 0.938 Winners
2015-16 EABL West 1st 11 11 0 1.000 Runners Up
2016-17 EABL West 2nd 12 8 4 0.667 Final 4
2017-18 EABL West 1st 12 11 1 0.917 Runners Up
2018-19 EABL North
2019-20 EABL North 1st 14 14 0 1.000 Co-Champions [8]

National Basketball League
Season Division Tier Regular Season Post-Season National Cup
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
Myerscough College
2014-15 D4 Nor 5 2nd 20 18 2 36 0.900 Quarter-finals 1st Round
2015-16 D3 Nor 4 8th 20 7 13 14 0.350 Did Not Qualify 2nd Round
2016-17 D3 Nor 4 7th 20 9 11 18 0.450 Did Not Qualify 3rd Round
2017-18 D3 Nor 4 1st 18 15 3 30 0.833 Winners Did Not Compete
2018-19 D2 3 5th 20 10 10 20 0.500 Semi-finals 3rd Round
2019-20 D2 Nor 3 2nd 17 14 3 31 0.824 No Playoffs [N 1] Semi-finals

Notes
  1. Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "2013 review: Myerscough College Basketball Academy".
  2. "Myerscough College - EABL".
  3. "Myerscough College Defeat SGS College to Win 2015 EABL Championship".
  4. "Myerscough to Participate in European Youth Basketball League".
  5. "Myerscough students are European basketball kings".
  6. "Myerscough top EYBL regular season standings - now for SuperFinal!".
  7. https://myerscoughbasketball.co.uk/the-academy/facilities
  8. "Barking Abbey & Myerscough crowned co-EABL champions as academy finals cancelled".
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