Boroughmuir Blaze Basketball Club
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| Boroughmuir Blaze B.C. | |
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| League | SBC Division 1 |
| Established | 1961 |
| History | Boroughmuir 1961-2004 Boroughmuir Blaze 2004-present |
| Arena | The Crags Centre |
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Team colours | |
| Website | Official website |
Boroughmuir Blaze Basketball Club is a basketball club based in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.
History
[edit]Boroughmuir (1961-2004)
[edit]The club was founded in 1961 with an initial nucleus of players from Edinburgh's Boroughmuir High School. The club's heyday came in the late 1960s when players like Tony Wilson, Mel Capaldi, John Tunnah, Brian Carmichael and Bill McInnes went on to form the backbone of the Scotland national basketball team.[1] A highlight of this period came in 1967 when Boroughmuir became the first British team to participate in a European cup competition. They were drawn against the mighty Real Madrid and played their home tie at Murrayfield Ice Rink before a crowd of nearly 1,000.
Blaze (2004-present)
[edit]The Blaze moniker was introduced in 2004 and in recent years the club has rejuvenated its development program with the club now having over 100 members with teams at every age group from Under 12 through to Over 50s. The club's growth is reflected by entry in the U16 National League since 2005/06 and the U18 National League from 2006/07. The Senior Men's team re-entered the National League in 2011 after 3 years away, and won their first National League title in 38 years, and completed the league-playoffs double, in 2016. In season 2022/23 Blaze senior men won the domestic treble - league, cup and post season play-offs.
Teams
[edit]Men's Squads
[edit]- Senior Men 2 teams (National League Division 1, National League Division 2)
- U18 Men 2 teams (National League Division 1, National League Division 2)
- U16 Men 3 teams (National League Divisions 1, 2 & 3)
- U14 Boys 2 teams (East/Central Regional Development League)
- U12 Boys 2 teams (East/Central Regional Development League)
Women's Squads
[edit]- Senior Women (National League Division 1)
- U18 Women (National League Division 1)
- U16 Women (National League Division 1)
- U14 Girls (East/Central Regional Development League)
- U12 Girls (East/Central Regional Development League)
- U10 Girls (East/Central Regional Development League)
Season-by-season records
[edit]Prior to the 1997–98 season, Boroughmuir competed in every National League season since its formation in 1969, winning 9 of their 10 league titles to date consecutively (1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78).
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pld. | W | L | Pts. | Play Offs | Scottish Cup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boroughmuir | |||||||||
| 1997–1998 | SNBL | 7th | 24 | 6 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 1998–1999 | SNBL | 8th | 27 | 7 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 1999–2000 | SNBL | 10th | 18 | 2 | 16 | 20 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2000–2001 | SNBL | 8th | |||||||
| 2001–2002 | SNBL | 8th | 17 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 2002–2003 | SNBL | 8th | 18 | 4 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 2003–2004 | SNBL | 7th | 18 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 2004–2005 | SNBL | 8th | |||||||
| Boroughmuir Blaze | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | SNBL | Semi-finals | |||||||
| 2006–2007 | SNBL | 4th | 16 | 10 | 6 | 26 | Semi-finals | ||
| 2007–2008 | SNBL | 8th | 16 | 2 | 14 | 18 | |||
| Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Post-Season | Scottish Cup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Points | Win % | |||||||
| Boroughmuir Blaze | ||||||||||||
| 2011-12 | SNBL | 2 | 7th | 18 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 0.389 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | ||
| 2012-13 | SNBL | 2 | 6th | 18 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 0.444 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | ||
| 2013-14 | SNBL | 2 | 4th | 18 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 0.556 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2014-15 | SNBL | 2 | 2nd | 22 | 17 | 5 | 39 | 0.773 | Runners Up | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2015–16 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 1st | 18 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 0.833 | Winners | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2016–17 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 3rd | 18 | 14 | 4 | 32 | 0.778 | Runners Up | Runners Up | ||
| 2017–18 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 4th | 18 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 0.722 | Semi-finals | Runners Up | ||
| 2018–19 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 5th | 18 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 0.611 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2019–20 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 4th | 16 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 0.625 | Quarter-finals | Winners | ||
| 2020–21 | SBC D1 | 2 | No season | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | SBC D1 | 2 | 4th | 16 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 0.688 | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2022–23 | SBC D1 | 2 | 1st | 20 | 18 | 2 | 56 | 0.900 | Winners | Winners | ||
| 2023–24 | SBC D1 | 2 | 2nd | 21 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 0.957 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | ||
Record in European competition
[edit]| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967-68 | FIBA European Champions Cup | First round |  Real Madrid
|
69-108 | 43-126 | 112-234 |
| 1968-69 | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | First round |  Anderlecht
|
52-103 | 75-109 | 127-212 |
| 1969-70 | FIBA European Champions Cup | First round | Racing Mechelen
|
84-123 | 120-144 | 204-267 |
| 1970-71 | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Juventud
|
64-106 | 77-92 | 141-198 |
| 1973-74 | FIBA European Champions Cup | First round |  Haarlem
|
74-129 | 70-126 | 144-255 |
| 1976-77 | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Juventud
|
66-111 | 64-126 | 130-237 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lothian basketball Association". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
External links
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