Our Men’s First Team make the journey south to Bristol tomorrow as we take on Bristol Hurricanes, tip-off 16:00. Last weekend we recorded a crucial home victory in the context of our season and in doing so ensured that we would finish the season with home and away wins against Bristol Academy Flyers. Coach Douglas’…
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Match Preview: City of Birmingham Rockets Women vs Manchester Mystics
Our Women’s First Team return to Nechells Wellbeing Centre tomorrow afternoon to face second place Manchester Mystics, tip-off 17:00. After recording their first win in the middle of January, our women’s side came close to repeating the feat against Tees Valley Mohawks before pushing table-topping Stockport Lapwings all the way at the start of February.…
Matchday Gallery: City of Birmingham Rockets vs Bristol Academy Flyers
Take a look at some of the best images to come out of Saturday’s massive home victory – courtesy of Anthony Fulcher Photography.
Matchday Gallery: City of Birmingham Rockets Women vs Derby Trailblazers
Take a look at some of the best pictures to come out of our Women’s First Team’s game on Saturday afternoon – courtesy of Lauren Newham!
Match Preview: City of Birmingham Rockets vs Bristol Academy Flyers
City of Birmingham Rockets Men’s First Team host Bristol Academy Flyers in a huge game for both sides at Nechells Wellbeing Centre tomorrow, tip-off 6pm. Both sides are looking to cement their places in Division 2 for next season, with a win enough to take Rockets onto seven for the season ahead of a tough…
Match Preview: Derby Trailblazers vs City of Birmingham Rockets Women
Our Women’s First Team make the journey to Derby tomorrow as they prepare to face off against high-flying Derby Trailblazers at Clarence Wiggins Sports Centre, tip-off 16:45. Coach Peter Mintoft’s side did not play last weekend as Team Birmingham Elite were unable to fulfil the fixture, so they will be looking forward to getting back…
Four Games For Our Juniors This Weekend Including Back-To-Back Away Games At Nottingham
Our Junior Rockets have four games this weekend with both our Under-18 Boys and Under-16 Girls heading to Nottingham on Sunday afternoon. The weekend’s action starts at Nechells Wellbeing Centre tomorrow, as our Under-14 Boys Conference host Bromsgrove Bears at 12:20. This game is followed by our Under-14 Boys Premier side who face York Eagles…
Match Report: City of Birmingham Rockets 70-89 Manchester Magic
City of Birmingham Rockets Men’s First Team fell to a home defeat at the hands of table topping Manchester Magic at Nechells Wellbeing Centre on Saturday evening. Rockets pulled the game back to within two midway through the second after Manchester had established a commanding early lead, but our visitors fought back to take the…
Strong Weekend Of Results From Junior Rockets As Under-16 Boys Conference Record First Win
A strong weekend from our Junior Rockets saw us record 3 wins out of 4 with our Under-16 Boys Conference recording their first victory of the season. The win came against Worcester Wolves Academy with 81-70 the score as they recorded an impressive road victory which will hopefully set them up for the remainder of…
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Take a look at our digital matchday programme for this evening’s game at home to Manchester Magic!
Match Preview: City of Birmingham Rockets vs Manchester Magic
Our Men’s First Team host table-topping Manchester Magic tomorrow evening at Nechells Wellbeing Centre, tip-off 19:30. Rockets will be looking to surprise the league leaders for the second time in three weeks after upsetting the previously unbeaten Northamptonshire Titans at Utilita Arena Birmingham at the end of January. The Opposition Manchester faces a back-to-back weekend,…
Four Games For Our Junior Rockets This Weekend As Under-18 Women Look To Maintain 100% Record
There are four games for our juniors this weekend, three of which are set to take place around the country. Our Under-18 Men get the weekend’s action underway as they tip-off against Cardiff Met Archers at 12:30 at Archers Arena. Our Under-16 Boys Conference make the short journey down to Worcester to face Worcester Wolves’…
Match Gallery: City of Birmingham Rockets vs Northamptonshire Titans
Sunday’s victory over Northamptonshire Titans at Utilita Arena Birmingham saw us return to winning ways on what was a fantastic occasion for everyone associated with Rockets basketball. Take a look back at the pictures from the day below!
Match Gallery: City of Birmingham Rockets Women vs Tees Valley Mohawks
Our Women’s First Team fell to a narrow 57-55 home defeat to Tees Valley Mohawks on Saturday at Nechells Wellbeing Centre. Take a look at some of the pictures to come out of the game in the gallery below!
Junior Rockets Gallery 29/01/22
Take a look at some of the best images to come out of our Under-16s and Under-18 games and Saturday! Our Under-16 Boys beat Edinburgh 89-53, our Under-18 Boys overcame Reading Rockets 76-71 whilst our Under-18 Girls thrashed Northamptonshire Titans 72-33.
Match Report: City of Birmingham Rockets Women 55-57 Tees Valley Mohawks
City of Birmingham Rockets Women’s First Team fell to a narrow defeat at home to Tees Valley Mohawks as their fourth quarter comeback came up just short at Nechells Wellbeing Centre on Saturday afternoon. An impressive fourth quarter display saw us record 24 points whilst limiting our visitors to just seven; but the damage had…
Akol Ring Joins Up With Rockets Men’s First Team
City of Birmingham Rockets are delighted to announce the addition of Akol Ring to our Men’s First Team roster for the remainder of the season. Akol joins us after a spell at Northeast Community College in the USA, having previously impressed during his time at Aston Manor in the ABL. The 6’7 Forward is no…
Club Statement
As reported across various platforms this morning, City of Birmingham Rockets Basketball Club can confirm we are in discussions with investors regarding a potential BBL franchise in Birmingham. This is clearly an exciting time and a fantastic opportunity for the Club, the game, Birmingham and our many stakeholders across the region. We can confirm that…
Hometown Hero Ricardo D’Alva Meets Prince Edward Ahead Of 2022 Commonwealth Games
City of Birmingham Rockets’ Ricardo D’Alva and his fellow Hometown Heroes from across the city met with Prince Edward, the CEO of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the Mayor of Birmingham at Birmingham Library yesterday. Ricardo has been recognised as one of Birmingham’s key players in encouraging participation and promoting mental and physical wellbeing within…
Match Report: Doncaster Eagles 76-58 City of Birmingham Rockets
City of Birmingham Rockets’ Men’s First Team fell to defeat against high-flying Doncaster Eagles on Saturday afternoon despite a strong first half showing from Coach Douglas’ side. Rockets competed for large periods in the opening exchanges, pegging Doncaster back on more than one occasion before eventually edging ahead to take a half time lead. A…
Match Preview: Doncaster Eagles vs City of Birmingham Rockets
City of Birmingham Rockets Men’s First Team make the journey to Doncaster tomorrow afternoon as we take on high-flying Doncaster Eagles at New College Doncaster, tip-off 14:00. The game will be our men’s first outing since our defeat to Encon Derbyshire Arrows a fortnight ago, with Doncaster set to pose yet another stern challenge to…
Rockets Launch ‘Inside Rockets’ Podcast
City of Birmingham Rockets are pleased to announce that we are starting a new podcast, Inside Rockets, to bring you closer to the Club. Starting later this week with Managing Director Robert Palmer, we go behind the scenes to discover more about his journey and what led to the formation of the Club back in…
First Team Gallery: 8th January 2022
Take a look at some of the best images to come out of the weekend’s action!
Match Report: City of Birmingham Rockets Women 49-57 Bromsgrove Bears
City of Birmingham Rockets Women’s First Team fell to a narrow defeat on Saturday evening despite an inspired third-quarter comeback pushing Bromsgrove Bears to the wire at Nechells Wellbeing Centre. The returning Antionette Torgbi provided a valuable rebounding presence throughout the game which contributed massively to our third quarter streak as Bromsgrove were unable to…
Match Report: City of Birmingham Rockets 53-87 University of Chester
A heavily depleted City of Birmingham Rockets side fell to defeat at Nechells Wellbeing Centre on Saturday evening. Jordan Dawes, Mike Price, Stephanos Kontopyrgos, Akim Nweke, Vasile Pirvu, Mike Thiep, Elvis Zeiluks and Matt Gaskell were all out for Rockets, with Sebastian Drysdale and Theo Reinarz both being called up from the under-16s and under-18s…
Match Preview: City of Birmingham Rockets vs University of Chester
City of Birmingham Rockets’ Men’s First Team are back at Nechells Wellbeing Centre for their first game of 2022 on Saturday evening as they prepare to face off against University of Chester, tip-off 19:30. The Rockets will be looking pull away from the middle of the pack with victory against the side we recorded out…
Last Time Out: University of Chester (A)
As we prepare to face off against University of Chester this Saturday at Nechells Wellbeing Centre, we reflect on our last meeting against this weekend’s opponent back at the beginning of October. It proved to be a memorable afternoon for Coach Douglas’ side as we recorded our first league win of the season in commanding…
Rockets In Focus: Faaris Mughal
In this series of articles, we take a look at some of the players who have come through the setup here at Rockets. In this latest instalment, we focus on Men’s First Team player, Faaris Mughal. Faaris has been a regular feature for our Men’s First Team this season after making the step up from…
Secure Your Half Season Ticket Ahead Of Saturday!
We are pleased to be able to offer half season tickets which will be valid for our remaining five fixtures at Nechells Wellbeing Centre this season! Priced at just £20 for adults and £10 for concessions they provide excellent value and are valid through to the end of our 2021/22 season. The games included in…
Match Report: Team Birmingham Elite 94-70 City of Birmingham Rockets
City of Birmingham Rockets fell to defeat in our final fixture of 2021 away at Team Birmingham Elite on Saturday evening. Our hosts established a controlling lead early on and despite a couple of Rockets runs, Team Birmingham claimed the victory their play on the night merited. On a positive note for Rockets, the game…
Rockets In Focus: Ethan Woodward
In this series of articles, we take a look at some of the players who have come through the setup at Rockets, starting with Men’s First Team player and Rockets Community Coach, Ethan Woodward. Ethan has been with the club for a number of years, joining our under-18 side after representing Birmingham Mets in college.…
Match Preview: Team Birmingham Elite vs City of Birmingham Rockets
City of Birmingham Rockets’ Men’s First Team make the journey to Longbridge tomorrow evening to face Team Birmingham Elite, tip-off 8pm. Due to the closure of the Doug Ellis Sports Centre, the game will now take place at The Factory (B31 2TS). Spectators are required to wear masks with the cost of entry being £3…