2023 Summer Basketball

The summer of 2023 was a massive success. Along with continuing our weekly community basketball sessions all summer, our coaching staff, and volunteers, being proactive as ever. They planned and delivered skills camps alongside 3x3 tournaments, engaging and inspiring over 100 local basketballers. A big thank you to GAVO, for supporting us, this successful summer was possible because of your support. We look forward to partnering with you in the future.

We ran two whole weeks of basketball skills camps, engaging players of all ages and abilities, from minis to our u16’s. Camps included fundamental skill and jump shot development, drinks, snacks, and competitive games.

All the players that attended, had fun, met new friends, improved their fitness, boosted their confidence, and got better at the game of basketball. We interviewed some of the players that attended about what they enjoyed about the camps.

George – Newport Aces U10 player said, “I really enjoyed the games”.

Izaiah – Newport Aces U14 player said, “I really liked the shooting and passing drills”.

Other players said they enjoyed the competitiveness of the Olympic shooting drill as it helped improve teamwork and shooting. At the end of each camp, we gave each player sweets and medals, for engaging and working hard.

For the remainder of the summer, we hosted 3x3 tournaments for U10’s, U12’s, U14’s and U16’s. To our delight, we had twice as many teams enter, from across south Wales and the southwest of England. Each tournament had a great atmosphere, there were mixed abilities and experiences and we saw every player grow in confidence and find success. As we did with the skills camps, we rewarded players with sweets, snacks, and medals.

Keep an eye out for more basketball events throughout the 2023-2024 season. Our annual 3v3 event will be back next year for even more basketball fun.

Check out our summer videos in the gallery of our website or on our social media: @newport_aces_bc