London Westside

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London Westside
League NBL D2 South
Established2000;23 years ago (2000)
HistoryLondon Westside
(2000–present)
Arena Kensington Leisure Centre
Capacity500
Location Kensington, West London
Team colours   
Website Official website

London Westside B.C. are an English basketball club, based in the North Kensington area of West London, England.

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History

The club was founded in 2000, with strong links to the local community and to provide opportunity for talented local players to develop. [1] [2]

Westside had much early success in the regional leagues, and entered the English Basketball League for the first time in 2004. [3]

The club was severely disrupted by the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, with their main home venue out of action for a considerable period as a hub for the relief effort. The club were later awarded funds from the Grenfell Young People's Fund, raised by readers who donated to the London Evening Standard's Dispossessed Fund Grenfell Appeal, to support their youth development work. [4]

Honours

Men's National League Division 3 South League Champions: 2010-11 [5]
Men's National League Division 3 Playoffs Champions: 2010-11
Men's National Founders Cup: 2002-03 [6]

Academy

The club is partnered with St Charles College, who compete in the Academies Basketball League. The ABL is the second-tier under 19's competition in the United Kingdom. St Charles were runners-up in the competition in 2019. [7]

Teams

For the 2019–20 season, Westside will field the following teams: [8]

Home Venue

Westside are based at Kensington Leisure Centre and St Paul's School, London. [9]

Season-by-season records

SeasonDivisionTierRegular SeasonPost-SeasonNational Cup
FinishPlayedWinsLossesPointsWin %
London Westside
2011–12 D2 37th20911180.450Runners-Up2nd round
2012–13 D2 39th22715140.318Did not qualify2nd round
2013–14 D2 39th20812160.400Did not qualify2nd round
2014–15 D2 38th22814160.364Quarter-finals3rd round
2015–16 D2 310th22517100.227Did not qualify1st round
2016–17 D2 35th221111220.500Quarter-finals4th round
2017–18 D2 311th22616120.273Did not qualify2nd round
2018–19 D2 38th20713140.350Quarter-finals3rd round
2019–20 D2 Sou 32nd16115240.688No playoffs3rd round

[10]

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References

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  2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/london-westside-25556994/?originalSubdomain=uk [ self-published source ]
  3. <https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLondonWestsideBC%2Fposts%2F2191331770897244%3A0&
  4. "Grenfell youth group first to get £45k from Standard's Young People's fund". 20 December 2018.
  5. <https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLondonWestsideBC%2Fposts%2F2189638134399941%3A0&
  6. <https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLondonWestsideBC%2Fposts%2F2188367107860377%3A0&
  7. "Haringey use strong 4th quarter to pull away to 2018/19 ABL title". 3 April 2019.
  8. "Scores and Schedules. | Basketball England".
  9. http://archive.stpaulsschool.org.uk/community-partnerships/extra-curricular-partnerships/westside-basketball
  10. "Scores and Schedules. | Basketball England".