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Ipswich Basketball Centre of Excellence

The IBA Centre of Excellence is aimed at gifted and talented youngsters identified through the basketball sessions delivered in primary schools in Ipswich through the South Suffolk School Sports Partnership. The aim of the Centre of Excellence is to provide the youngsters with a basic level of skill that will enable them to make the transition to National League Basketball, with Ipswich Basketball Club, at as young an age as possible. In 2008/2009 the Ipswich Tomcats were crowned National Champions with many of the team's players benefitting from coaching through sessions in primary schools, holiday activities and elite development centres prior to their National League debut. The IBA Centre of Excellence will enable talented young basketball players to develop their skills at a younger age than almost anywhere else in the UK - providing a pathway from primary school right the way through to National League Basketball and the Ipswich Basketball Academy at Copleston Sports College.

The IBA Centre of Excellence currently runs sessions on a Saturday between 10am and 2pm. For more information email info@basketballacademy.co.uk