Tynemet Basketball League

North East Area Women’s Summer League

We are proud to present the first North East Area Women’s Summer League to take place this summer at John Spence Community High School in North Tyneside.  We are currently looking for 5 teams for this first competition.  The cost will be £100 per team for the 6 week league.  Each team will need to [...]

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Play-offs – how will it work?

The top-4 placed teams in each Division will play a 2-legged elimination round (home and away) according to the following draw: 1st plays 4th 2nd plays 3rd The winners from each of these contests will then play each other in a 2-legged final (home and away) to determine the Divisional Play-off Champions for the season. [...]

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All Star Sunday + 3-point contest

Sunday 10th June at Churchill Community College sees this year’s TyneMet League All Star games, and for the first time a 3-point shoot-out between the most successful outside shooters in the League this season. Doors open at Churchill at 12pm and the 3-point shooting contest begins promptly at 1pm.  Each of the outside assassins (the [...]

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3 point leaders

The current Division 1 leaders in 3 point makes are – Top Ten or have made in double figures, league games only Boldon – A Hopper (40) Churchill Hornets – S Graham (36) Westgate Hoopstars – R Copeland (32) Norpol – P Smailes (30) Newcastle East Griffins – A Nielsen (29) Newcastle East Griffins – [...]

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KO Cup Finals – the results!

The TyneMet KO Cup Finals were played today – Sunday 11 December – at Tyne Metropolitan College.  In a series of tightly-fought, and occasionally frought games, the eventual winners emerged as: Div 1 – Churchill Hornets beat Newcastle East Griffins [89:69] Div 2 – Phoenix Knights beat Benfield Lions [74:66] Div 3 – Morpeth Magic [...]

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Knock Out Cup semi-finals

The semi-final games in the divisional Knock Out Cup competition are all now fixed, and referees have been appointed to the games.  The fixtures and appointments were circulated on Sunday.  These games do not appear on the website. The Finals are due to be played during the afternoon and early evening of Sunday 11 December, [...]

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Latest Level 3 official

Lee Norton recently received his Level 3 Referee Award and Level 3 Table Official Award from England Basketball. Congratulations to Lee on achieving these awards!

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TyneMet League 2011-12 season – registration meeting

The registration meeting for TyneMet League teams for the 2011-12 season will be held on Sunday 11 September, beginning at 5.00 pm at Churchill Community College. The League’s registrar – Susan Hunter - will be emailing team contacts during August to clarify arrangements for registering players, coaches and officials for the 2011-12 season.

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KO Cup Finals – The Results!

The results of the Knock-Out Cup Finals for 2010 are – Div 4: Newcastle College Griffins  66; Sunderland City Colts 92 Div 3: Phoenix Flames 44; South Tyneside Basketball Club 76 Div 2: Benfield Lions 65; All Saints Sabres 67 Div 1: Westgate Hoopstars 40; Churchill Hornets 73 Well done to all participants, an especially [...]

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