NULC Ladies Basketball Squad finish undefeated!!

Undefeated all season, NULC’s ladies basketball team set the standard of playing high from when the league first started. Beating Birmingham Met’s at home would seal the title for the team who was only put together this year.

Following on and keeping the basketball name in credit, the newly formed ladies team had a lot of pressure on them in regards to maintaining training standards and playing. Through pre-season training, the newly formed team learned the basic fundamentals of play and had to work their way from the very bottom, this would prove hard but by patient coaching and team work they pulled through.

The team would face a tough challenge in the first match ever as they found themselves up against Birmingham Met’s, the title holders and dominators of basketball. This would soon change and NULC would push them to their limits, putting themselves in the lead for the first quarter. During the second and third quarter, NULC would drop the heat allowing Birmingham to bring back points and eventually take the lead. With only the fourth quarter left NULC did not want to lose! They fought hard as a team and with the final minutes to go it was nail biting for the coaches to watch. Hard work paid off as NULC would take the lead by only 2 baskets. From this moment on NULC’s bond was stronger than ever and they knew that they could achieve success in this forthcoming season.

With a strong start and stating of presence in the basketball league, NULC ladies would go on to win every other game in the league, and before they knew it they had to face Birmingham Mets again to seal the league title. Getting this far for the ladies had been a rocky ride, however they always pulled through. With goals set and the strive for success the ladies were not giving in until the league title was theirs. With the home court advantage and the fans behind them what better way to win, they didn’t only win by a couple of baskets, they defeated the former champions and won 42:28.

“NULC ladies now have to train harder than ever to create even more success. Nothing could stop the ladies winning the league as they were in front by goal difference by a staggering 62 points. However now they need to push themselves to climb up the basketball ladder.”

Every player should be proud of themselves for their achievement, and for them to do this all in their first year of playing together as a team, and for the first year ladies basketball has ran at NULC, this has to show for something.

All they can do is develop further as players and a team, and see what they can do in the forthcoming season, they will always put up a fight in any oncoming challenge they have to face!!

Winners of BCS West Midlands Division 1 Ladies Basketball.