11th March 2018

Last Monday saw the first game of the new Vitality Superleague Season, and Manchester Thunder got off to a flying start in front of a full house at the glorious Belle Vue Sports Village. The Thunder ran out winners over UWS Sirens 60-43.

And so it was that the battles for the first trophies of 2018 were fought out at Arena Birmingham on Sunday the 28th of January. The day was an absolute joy and congratulations must go to Nottingham Wildcats and Cheshire Phoenix who walked away with the Silverware.

BBL Cup Final Worcester Wolves 88-99 Cheshire Phoenix (25-21, 40-41, 62-73)

28th January 2018

6th December 2017 and we headed for the Builders Conference Live Awards 2017 at the fabulous Savoy Hotel in London. And what an afternoon it was! A full house enjoyed a wonderful meal and also great entertainment presented by the one and only Gerald Ratner who told us his wonderful, if a little bit scary, story. And then it was on to the Awards. Congratulations to all the winners!

Two weeks ago, Kevin Cadle, one of British Basketball's greatest coaches was laid to rest. Back in September of 1998 two colleagues, Deno Tofalos (now deceased), Chris Tofalos and me Mike Shaft published the magazine SHOOTtheHOOP. In that first issue we paid a full tribute to the man himself. It took some time but I finally managed to track down that copy of the magazine. This is the final part of that article. Some of the photos are from that original article but others are from more recent times.

I think I should start off this piece with an apology. This is going to be a long story with many many people to thank so don't be surprised if this turns out to be just the first part of the Sunday Breakfast story.

Welcome to year 5 of the Capture The Cathedral Photographic Competition. And what a joy it was, once again, to join the judging panel of this wonderful competition. There were over 300 entries, and after much deliberations we, the judges, were able to come up with out 4 winners.

On Sunday the 23rd of July 2017, hundreds gathered in Manchester Cathedral to celebrate diversity in song, dance, food, fun and fellowship. This was another truly wonderful event with many many highlights.