The City Academy Bristol Storm are a British basketball team based in Bristol. They currently play in the England Basketball Women's National League Division 2 South.
The club has a strong development programme with its development women playing in the WEBBA local league, and will be running a summer league during June, July and August to help further develop other local players. It is coached and managed by Steve Brocklehurst. On March 24, 2007 Brocklehurst announced confirmation of the plans to launch a post sixteen boys Academy in partnership with The City Academy Bristol.
In addition to this the club will be branching out into Men's, under 14s and under 16s presuming the number of players continue to keep increasing during the summer months. As well as the partnership with City Academy, Storm have partnerships with St Mary Redcliffe and over forty two primary schools in the central Bristol area including St Patricks and Hannah Moore. A community programme is also underway with the New Deal Communities covering OBI, Midnight Madness, Youth Clubs etc.
Read more about Bristol Storm: 2006-2007 Season, History
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