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| League Record | Honours | Venue | Facilities | History | Competition Record | Roster |
| LEAGUE RECORD: | ||||||
| EBL3: | 2005-2008 | P. 54 | W. 38 | L. 16 | Runners-up, EBL3 South, 2006, 2007 | |
| HONOURS: | |||
| EBL3 Championship Final | 2007 | ||
| Runners-up, EBL3 South | 2006, 2007 | ||
| U-20 Cup Finalists: | 2002; 2005 | ||
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Chessington Sports Centre, Chessington Community College, Garrison Lane, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2JJ. Tel.: 0208 974 2277 M25 to Junction 9. Head towards Chessington World of Adventure. Pass theme park car park on left. Garrison lane is next turning on right. College is then 50 yards on left. Chessington South rail Station is also right next to College.
CRYSTAL PALACE NATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE,
Ledrington
Road, Upper Norwood, London SE19 2BL. From North: M1 to Junction 1, left on A406 then right onto A41 as far as Swiss Cottage. In one-way system go straight on, to Regents Park, then left onto A5205 as far as Camden. Follow A4200 (Camden High St.) past Euston Station; cross Euston Road onto A420. Cross Waterloo Bridge and follow A301 to Elephant & Castle; A3 then A23 through Brixton to Streatham. Turn left into Streatham Common and follow A214 through to Crystal Palace. From South: M23 then A23 towards Croydon. A232 to Croydon, and A212 to Crystal Palace. |
The very successful London Towers BBL franchise had an earlier "nursery" team in the NBL, back in the 1990s, which had separated from the parent club, and gone on to achieve success in its own right, as Hackney White Heat.
Towers continued their own excellent Junior development programme, and when, in 2005, their Under-18s were Final Four runners-up and their Under-20s were U-20 Cup Finalists for the second time, they entered a second team into the new EBL Division 3, as the Under-20 competition was discontinued.
The Team competed well in the division and due to a narrow loss early in the season, finished 2nd in the EBL3 (South East) in their first season.
When Towers I took their "sabbatical", in 2006, the division 3 team effectively became the first team. With a second place finish again, and an appearance in the Championship Final, there was a chance that they might have been promoted, but, with their home court at the National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, due to close for refurbishment for much of the 2007-8 season, they remained in Division 3 for a third year.
By this time it was clear that Towers "1" were unlikely to re-emerge (though they had, apparently considered entering European competition, until realising that all such contestants must also be playing in domestic competition), and so the erstwhile second-team can now be considered as the club's first string.
Having played at Fusion Leisure during the 2007-8 season, the team relocated to Chessington in 2008, as CPNSC's closure was extended to the end of 2008.
Towers have a team at all age groups boys, girls, women’s and men playing County and National league. Over the years the programme has produced many players for area, regional and National squads representing both England and Wales, competing in European Championships. Three Towers Juniors attend, or have attended, High School in the US, while another plays for an academy team in Spain.
ALL-TIME COMPETITION RECORD
| SEASON | LEAGUE | CUP | CHAMPS. | SHIELD | NAME | |||||
| Div. | Pos. | / | P. | W. | L. | |||||
| 2005-06 | EBL3 South-East | 2 | / 9 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2nd Round | 1/4 Final | 2nd Round | London Towers II |
| 2006-07 | EBL3 South | 2 | / 9 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3rd Round | Final | 3rd Round | London Towers |
| 2007-08 | EBL3 South | 3 | /12 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1st Round | 1/4 Final | Semi-Final | London Towers |
| 2008-09 | EBL3 South | /13 | London Towers | |||||||
2008-9 Roster:
Names in bold have signed or re-signed for new season.
Names in red have departed.
Names in green are new to the team.
| PLAYER | Height | |||
| 15 | Tom ADORIAN | 2007 | ||
| 11 | Ade AKINYOOYE | 2007 | ||
| 12 | Max CURLE | Forward | 6' 2" | |
| 9 | Isaac DAVIES | |||
| 8 | Lucas GRINKEVICIUS | |||
| 4 | Akinyemi HASSAN-OLADELE | |||
| 6 | Gary LYTTLE | Coach | ||
| 13 | James McKEOWN | |||
| 5 | Kola ODENIYI | Guard | 5' 11" | 2006. Ex-C Palace Jrs. Coached at London Utd; player/coach at Thames Valley Uni. |
| 20 | Edwin SAAYENG | Guard | 5' 11" | |
| 10 | Seb SPRINGALL | Guard | 5' 10" | |
| Jarome LONGVILLE | Forward | 6' 4" | Ex-Towers U-20. From Towers I | |
| Armand ANEBO | Forward | 6' 4" | Ex-Towers U-18/U-20 | |
| Mantas DRUNGYS | 2007 | |||
| Ashley MARTINS | 2007 | |||
| Tijan MOHAMMED | Forward/Centre | 6' 7" | ||
| Karolis STEPANAVICIUS | Forward | 6' 4" | Lithuanian. Ex-Towers U-18/U-20 | |
| Oscar WILKINS | 2007 | |||
| A SAKUROVAS | 2007 | |||
| Avelino ANTONIO | Forward | 6' 3" | Ex-Towers U-18/U-20 | |
| Ian BERRY | Guard | 6' 0" | From Brighton Bears U18’s, 2006 | |
| Theo BLOSSOM (Capt.) | Forward | 6' 3" | ||
| Lee HARRIS | Forward | 6' 2" | ||
| Joe LAWLOR | Forward | 6' 3" | Ex-Towers U-18/U-20 | |
| Ben LAWMANN | Forward | 6' 5" | 2006 | |
| Raimondas PRANCKUS | Lithuanian. From Towers' U-18s, 2006 | |||
| Carl WILLIAMS | Forward | 6' 5" | Kingston Univ. 2006 | |
| Tayo OGEDEGEBE | Forward | 6' 4" | 2006. To PAWs, 2007 | |
| Gary LYTTLE | Coach | |||
| Warren BOBB | Ass Coach | |||