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SHEFFIELD ARROWS |
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| League Record | Honours | Venue | Facilities | History | Competition Record | Roster |
| LEAGUE RECORD: | ||||||
| EBL Div. 1: | 2003-2008 | P. 110 | W. 70 | L. 40 | Champions: 2005 | |
| NBL Div. 1: | 2001-2002 | P. 38 | W. 34 | L. 4 | Champions: 2002; 2003 | |
| NBL Div. 3/2: | 1998-2001 | P. 69 | W. 38 | L. 30 | Champions: 2001 | |
| HONOURS: | ||
| EBL Div. 1 Champions: | 2005 | |
| EBL Div. 1 Championship Winners: | 2005 | |
| National Trophy Winners: | 2005 | |
| National Cup Finalists: | 2005 | |
| NBL Div. 1 Champions: | 2002; 2003. | |
| NBL Div. 1 Championship Winners: | 2002; 2003. | |
| NBL Div. 2 Champions: | 2001. | |
| Div. 2 Championship Finalists: | 2001. | |
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ENGLISH
INSTITUTE OF SPORT,
Coleridge Road, Sheffield, S9 5DA Tel: 0114 223 5600 Leave M1 at junction 34 (Sheffield Meadowhall). At the roundabout follow signs A6178 City Centre and Attercliffe. Go past Meadowhall Shopping Centre on your right. Keep straight on this road. Pick up signs to Attercliffe and Don Valley Stadium / Sheffield Arena. Go past the Sheffield Arena on your left. Keep straight on this road (Attercliffe Road). The English Institute of Sport is on your left between Sheffield Ice Stadium and Don Valley Stadium on Coleridge Road. |
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Brand new building (2003). Excellent court and seating. |
Derbyshire Arrows took over Sheffield Forgers’ franchise in the old Division 3, in 1998, running a squad based firmly on their junior development programme.
They had mixed success in the first two seasons, despite playing highly competitive basketball, but then an amazing transformation took place, which has turned a club which was rooted at the foot of the League into one which mounted a serious challenge for major honours.
There were two key factors in this turn-around – the recruitment of BBL veteran Garnet Gayle as player/coach, and the promotion to Division Two in the EBBA’s clean-sheet reorganisation.
Garnet put together a talented and highly competitive team, which took the division by storm in 2001, ending as Champions without a single defeat. The only disappointment that year was their defeat in the Final of the Division 2 Championship, played on their home court as part of a promotion which included the Division 3 Final.
The next season the team moved on to another level, and won the Division One title, with just two defeats, and this time added the divisional Championship, in the NBL Finals at Coventry. Promotion to the Conference was, however, denied on the basis that their court was not of a suitably high standard.
A second consecutive Division One League and Championship "double" was achieved in 2003, and this was followed by promotion to the Conference (renamed EBL Division One), to play as "City of Sheffield" at the newly built English Institute of Sport, close to Sheffield Arena.
In their second season in the top flight of EBL, the Arrows completed their remarkable rise, as they achieved the League, Championship and Trophy "treble", only losing out on a clean-sweep with a single-point defeat in the National Cup Final.
ALL-TIME COMPETITION RECORD
| SEASON | LEAGUE | CUP | CHAMPS. | TROPHY | TEAM NAME | |||||
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| 1998-99 | NBL 3 | 7 | / 11 | 20 | 9 | 11 | x | 1/4 Final | 1st Round | Derbyshire Arrows |
| 1999-2000 | NBL 3 | 11 | / 13 | 24 | 5 | 19 | x | x | 3rd Round | Derbyshire Arrows |
| 2000-01 | NBL 2 | 1 | /13 | 24 | 24 | 0 | x | Final | x | Derbyshire Torlane Arrows |
| 2001-02 | NBL 1 | 1 | /12 | 22 | 20 | 2 | x | Winners | 1/4 Final | Torlane Arrows Derbyshire |
| 2002-03 | NBL 1 | 1 | / 9 | 16 | 14 | 2 | x | Winners | Semi Final | Derbyshire Arrows |
| 2003-04 | EBL 1 | 7 | /12 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1st Round | 1/4 Final | Semi Final | City of Sheffield Arrows |
| 2004-05 | EBL 1 | 1 | /12 | 22 | 21 | 1 | Final | Winners | Winners | City of Sheffield Arrows |
| 2005-06 | EBL 1 | 3 | /14 | 26 | 20 | 6 | Semi Final | Semi Final | Final | City of Sheffield Arrows |
| 2006-07 | EBL 1 | 7 | /12 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1/4 Final | 1/4 Final | 4 of 5 Pool | City of Sheffield Arrows |
| 2007-08 | EBL 1 | 7 | /10 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2nd Round | 1/4 Final | Semi Final | City of Sheffield Arrows |
2007-8 Roster:
Names in bold have re-signed for new season.
Names in green are new signings.
Names in red have departed.
| PLAYER | Height | |||
| Ambokile BELL | Guard | 5' 4" | From Manchester II, 2006 | |
| Dustin BEVARD | Jan. 2008 | |||
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Steve HASTINGS |
Forward |
6' 6" |
Australian/British. From Manchester, Jan. 2008 |
| James KELLY | Guard | 5' 11" | 20 y o. Also Arrows II | |
| Rob MARSDEN | From Doncaster Danum Eagles U-18 | |||
| Anthony MARTIN | ||||
| Brennon MARTIN | Guard | USA. Uni. of Mass. | ||
| Andre RANKINE | Guard | 6' 4" | From Sharks, 2006 | |
| SIDDALL | ||||
| Joe SWABY | Guard | |||
| Kieran FORSYTH | 6' 1" | From Liverpool, 2006 | ||
| Marcus ROBERTS | Guard | From Leeds. Ex-Arrows Junior | ||
| Steve TOWELL | Guard | 6' 6" | From Manchester, 2006 | |
| Laurie WAHLBURG | 6' 9" | |||
| Rhys WILLIAMS | ||||
| Clinton DEAS | Power Forward | 6' 8" | Appalachian State University- Boone, North Carolina. To Reading, 2007 | |
| Ayodeji JEGEDE | Guard | 6' 1" | From Kings Lynn, 2006 | |
| Chris McFARLAND | Forward | 6' 5" | Appalachian State University- Boone, North Carolina | |
| Pawel SZAFRANIEC | Forward | 6' 5" | Poland. From Arrows II, 2006. To Sheffield Saints, 2007 | |
| Harry VEYSEY | To Portsmouth - Master's Degree, 2007 | |||
| Pete KELLY | Coach | |||
| Craig HOPPER | Ass Coach | |||
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| LEAGUE RECORD: | ||||||
| EBL Div. 3: | 2003-2007 | P. 76 | W. 26 | L. 50 | 4th, EBL3 Midlands, 2006 | |
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VENUE: DRONFIELD S.C.,
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FACILITIES:
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Arrows entered a "nursery" team, "University of Sheffield Arrows" into NBL Division 3 North in 2003, renaming it "City of Sheffield Arrows II" a year later.
The team appears to provide an opportunity for first team players to enhance their court time, and for promising youngsters to improve their game in a competitive environment, and stake their claim for a first team place.
2007-8 Roster:
Names in bold have re-signed for new season.
Names in green are new signings.
Names in red have departed.
| PLAYER | Height | |||
| Vito BERZANSKIS | ||||
| Nathan DENNIS | Guard | 5' 11" | ||
| Steve JEFFRIES | ||||
| James KELLY | Guard | 5' 11" | 19 y o. Third senior season | |
| Jonathan KELLY | Point guard | 16 | ||
| Jamie LOFTUS | Centre | 6' 7" | ||
| Joe MEEKS | ||||
| Joel MILLS | From Worcester "B" | |||
| Andrew PURNELL | Returns after injury to shoulder blade | |||
| Ross STAFFORD | ||||
| Rhys WILLIAMS | ||||
| Shaun MEAKIN | Coach | |||
| Andrew PURNELL | Ass. Coach | |||
| Eugene ANDREWS | Guard | 5' 11" | ||
| James COULSON | Ex-Hull | |||
| Andrew MENDEZ | Forward | 6' 3" | ||
| Andrew BROUGHTON | Forward | 6' 3" | ||
| Joseph MORRIS | ||||
| Graham SMURTHWAITE | Joined from Hull, during 04/05 | |||
| Andy TURNER | Forward | 6' 4" | ||
| Daniel TURNER | Forward | 6' 2" | ||
| Richard FOOKS | Forward | 6' 2" | To Sheffield Saints, 2006 | |
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Chris HACKETT |
Forward | 6' 3" | To Sheffield Saints, 2006 | |
| Chris LAW | 6' 0" | To Sheffield Saints, 2006 | ||
| Peter OLUSOGA | Guard | 5' 11" | To Sheffield Saints, 2006 | |
| Rhys PLATTEN | Guard | 6' 0" | From Sheffield Sabres, 2005. To NEWI, 2006 | |
| Peter OLUSOGA | Coach | Player/coach, 2005. To Sheffield Saints, 2006 |