The Thames Valley Kings return to the court on Saturday, October 28th to begin their new season in British Wheelchair Basketball’s Division Three South West League.
The Club who picked up the Queen’s Award earlier in the year have had an action-packed summer preparing for the new season with some members representing the club at two major Junior competitions but it will be the senior’s teams first league match since early June.
Wokingham based Kings Division Three Coach, Grant Barker says
“We can’t wait for the season to start, we have been training extra hard this year and we hope to improve on our 4th place finish from last year”.
Club Captain Wayne Burton adds
“Looking forward to this season with some new teams to face making it more interesting. Can’t wait to see how we work as a team with a few new members of the team, it’s been a tough pre-season but I know we are all strong… Let’s go, KINGS”
Fixtures in full:
Date Venue Time Opponent
Oct 28th 2017 Home 12.30 Swansea Storm
Nov 11th 2017 Home 12.30 West Coast Warriors
Nov 19th 2017 Away 11.20 Hampshire Harriers 2
Dec 2th 2017 Home 12.30 Gloucester Blazers
Jan 21st 2018 Away 11.30 Swansea Storm
Jan 28th 2018 Home 15.20 Hampshire Harriers 2
Feb 10th 2018 Away 13.00 Gloucester Blazers
Feb 25th 2018 Away 13.20 Plymouth Raiders
Mar 4th 2018 Away 12.00 West Coast Warriors
Mar 18th 2018 Home 15.20 Worcester Wolves
May 6th 2018 Home 15.20 Plymouth Raiders
May 12th 2018 Away 12.00 Worcester Wolves
Photograph Attached: Kings Peter Rapley lines up the shot against Hampshire Harriers 2 Last Season
(credit: Pat Cruise, Thatcham Photography Club)
