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Leicester & District Special Olympics Basketball Club

It's for People with learning difficulties Special Needs For new players to join with learning disabillites ring Head Coach Roger Sharpe 01455 823458 for more details The basketball club was first formed on Monday January 9th 1989 at Gurthlaxton Community College Wigston where they spent 18 Years until they leave on Monday July 9th 2007 two of longest serving members Roger Sharpe & Athletic Mark Richards still at the club

Sharpe Joined the Basketball Club from King Richard 3rd iii secondary school Ellesmere Road Leicester where he spent 8 Years as a PE teacher from August 26th 1974-July 9th 1982

Current venues

• Gurthlaxton Community College Wigston January 9th 1989- July 9th 2007 18 Years 6 Months 6755 Days
• Bosworth Community College Desford September 3rd 2007-April 6th 2015 7 Years 7 Months 2772 Days
• Ellesmere Community College Leicester April 27th 2015-Present

Honours Special Olympics National Summer Games

• 1st Portsmouth Cardiff 1997-2001
• 2nd Leicester Sheffield Glasgow 1989 1993 & 2005-2009

Honours Winners

• South East Regional Tournament November 2010
• Rutland Conquers Regional Tournament November 2013 2014
• City of Birmingham Regional Tourament May 1999 May 2000 May 2002

The Tranagler Basketball Tourament Winners

• Rutland Conqures April 20th 2013 they won at Bosworth Acdameny Desford
• Desford Demond's November 24th 2013 they won at Catmose College Oakham
• Desford Demond's November 15th 2014 they won at Parklands Leisure Centre Oadby

Current Squad Female

• Julie Freestone
• Fatima Omjari
• Nina Lees
• Gemma Buswell
• Alyshia Pye
• Alissa Irvine
• Pryia Patel

Total 7 Girls

Current Squad Male

• Lee Penfold
• Mark Richards
• Manny Singh
• Andrew Mugginson
• Andrew Bevin
• Robert Gray
• Nielsh Solanki
• Shaun Pickering
• Stuart Blackwell
• Chris King
• David Hay
• Daniel Smith
• Umar Padesi
• Alex Whitmore
• Jason Pike
• Owen Billington
• Tom Smith Player
• Jamie new player
• Frankie new player
• Ben new player

Total 20 Boys

Volunteer team

• Roger Sharpe
• Sandra Sharpe
• Jonathon Sharpe
• Stewart Pawley

Past Players Male

• Kevin Simms
• Antonio Defante
• John Tully
• Dominic Leahy
• David Waterfield
• Simon Nurse
• Thomas Goacher
• Lee Luckman
• Wayne Kemp
• Ben Jones
• Thomas Taylor
• Sean Measom
• Chris Bramley
• Jack Chilton

Total 14 boys

Past Players Female

• Rachel Jarvis
• Marie Hall
• Amy Mace
• Kate Siseman
• Naomi Bramley
• Amy Jackson
• Ellie Simons

Total 7 Girls