Hackney White Heat

Hackney White Heat
League EBL Division 3 (South)
Established 1996
History London Towers B
1996-1998
London Towers A
1998-1999
Islington White Heat
1999-2000
InterBasket London
2000-2002
Hackney White Heat
2002-present
Arena The SPACe Centre, Hackney Community College
Location Hackney, London
Team colours White / Black
Head coach James Hoyle
Uniforms
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Hackney White Heat is an English basketball team from the district of Hackney in London, currently competing in the English Basketball League, Division 3 (South). The club were members of the top tier of the former National Basketball League before the competition was reformatted into the current English Basketball League.[1]

Club History

The team originally began as the "B" team of the London Towers, largely consisting of the Towers' under-23 players. The club joined NBL Division 2 in 1996, and quickly earned promotion to Division 1 in 1998 by claiming 3rd place in the league and the runner-up position in the playoffs. After a single season in Division 1, they were forced to break away from their link to the Towers, following a ruling banning 'reserve' teams from the division. The newly independent team competed for a year as the Islington White Heat, and were almost removed again when the NBL rebranded their upper rank as the NBL Conference. Following an appeal, the team were allowed to continue in the new league, and took the name Inter-Basket London to try and appeal to a wider community.

The club's time in the short-lived NBL Conference saw little return for their efforts, never finishing above the bottom three. By the time the English Basketball League was formed in 2003, the club had rebranded themselves again, becoming the Hackney White Heat. The new league saw new, tougher rules for their upper tier, leaving Hackney no choice but to drop from the new EBL Division 1 into EBL Division 2 before a single game had tipped off. Further decline was to follow, as they finished next to bottom in Division 2 in 2005, leading to relegation to Division 3, where the club has remained ever since.[2]

Season-by-season records

Season[3][4] Division Played Won Lost Points League Playoffs National Cup National Trophy Patron's Cup National Shield
London Towers 'B'
1996-97NBL Division 226224442ndSemi-final1st RoundDNEDNE
1997-98NBL Division 224195383rdRunner-upQuarter-finalDNEDNE
London Towers 'A'
1998-99NBL Division 126179345thQuarter-final3rd RoundDNEDNE
Islington White Heat
1999-2000NBL Division 1241212246thQuarter-finalQuarter-finalDNEDNE
InterBasket London
2000-01NBL Conference21714146thQuarter-finalRunner-upDNEDNE
2001-02NBL Conference18513108thQuarter-final1st RoundDNEDNE
Hackney White Heat
2002-03NBL Conference22319611thDNQQuarter-finalDNEDNE
2003-04EBL Division 220128245thSemi-final1st RoundDNERunner-upDNE
2004-05EBL Division 2195141010thDNQ3rd RoundDNE1st RoundDNE
2005-06EBL Division 3 (South East)1697185thDNQ2nd RoundDNEDNE1st Round
2006-07EBL Division 3 (South)1697184thSemi-final1st RoundDNEDNE2nd Round
2007-08EBL Division 3 (South)221012207thDNQ2nd RoundDNEDNE3rd Round
2008–09EBL Division 3 (South)22913188thDNQ1st RoundDNEDNE2nd Round
2009–10EBL Division 3 (South)17512108thDNQ2nd RoundDNEDNE2nd Round
2010–11EBL Division 3 (South)205151011thDNQ2nd RoundDNEDNE2nd Round
2011–12EBL Division 3 (South)20119186thDNQ1st RoundDNEDNE2nd Round
2012–13EBL Division 3 (South)1789166thDNQ1st RoundDNEDNE3rd Round
2013–14EBL Division 3 (South)20128244thSemi-final1st RoundDNEDNE2nd Round

Notes:

Notable Former Players

References

  1. ↑ "EuroBasket Team Profile". EuroBasket.com.
  2. ↑ "Hackney White Heat History". pawprint75.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Hackney White Heat History". pawprint75.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "League Table History". Basketball England.
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