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Chairmans Statement

Chairmans Statement

Welcome to the new Nottingham Wildcats website which has been designed by Wildcats’ volunteer Gareth Cleland, to whom I would like to express my gratitude for the work done. As the Nottingham Wildcats Trust moves forward it was felt a new and vibrant website was required to enable us to keep members up-to-date with news and events and to provide potential customers better information about who we are and what we do.

The Trust was formed in December 2000 with the aim of building and operating a leisure facility to aid the development of female basketball in Nottingham.  The Nottingham Wildcats Arena opened to the public in October 2001; also giving the local community access to leisure facilities at a low cost.  

Whilst predominantly a basketball venue, the Arena has facilities to host a wide range of leisure and sporting activities, all of which are detailed on the website.

The Trust also supports the Nottingham Wildcats Women’s Basketball Club that provides opportunities for girls and boys to learn basketball from 5 years of age.  At 12 the boys join the Nottingham Hoods programme with the girls’ pathway being through the Wildcats age group programme. The pinnacle for female players is the Wildcats professional WBBL team.

One of the Trust‘s more recent initiatives is its partnership with Nottingham Academy to deliver a student athlete basketball programme. The aim is to provide quality academics combined with Perform Level basketball that will enable student athletes to move into Higher Education or the professional game. 

There is also a participation strand to the programme which will see the Nottingham Academy Wildcats staff reach out to local schools and institutions to champion the positive attributes of playing basketball and sport in general.

The Trust have numerous other initiatives in the pipeline including increasing the seating capacity at the Arena to 1000 and the construction of an education suite.  Progress of these initiatives and other developments will be available on the website.

I hope you enjoy your visit to the website and find it informative and that you come back soon.

Here’s to a successful season for all of our basketball teams and looking to a bright future.

Chris Prior

Chairperson to the Trust

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