The BBL TV cameras will be focused on a BBL Championship title battle in the North East this Friday, but on the same night another game with title implications takes place as One Health Sharks Sheffield play host to the London Lions.

Tomorrow night in Manchester as many people as possible who worked on the programme Open Air, will gather for a celebration to mark 25 years since the programme was on the air. I am truly looking forward to this event. Hopefully there will be a report and some photos. But for now, this is the story of Open Air and my part in it.

A significant amount of pride will be on the line when the bottom two clubs in the BBL Championship meet each other for the first time in their history this weekend.