December 14th, 2016

The South Lanarkshire Colliers U14 boys hosted Glasgow Rens at St Andrews & St Brides High School in the first meeting between the 2 clubs in the under 14 Strathclyde Basketball league. 

December 13th, 2016

The U16 Colliers Girls travelled to Renfrewshire to take on the St Mirren Saints in their first away game of the season in the Strathclyde League.

November 16th, 2016

The South Lanarkshire Colliers under 14 boys opened their season by hosting their Lanarkshire rivals North Lanarkshire Chiefs in the SLBA.

November 8th, 2016

The Colliers hosted their first race night in late October at the Miners Welfare in Blantyre.

November 6th, 2016

The Colliers u16 men got their second win in the Strathclyde league to remain undefeated. With a poor first quarter the Colliers saw themselves trailing Renfrew 15–10 due to poor defence and early foul trouble which saw starting centre Stuart Barton sit on the bench for the remainder of the half. 

October 30th, 2016

The Under 18 South Lanarkshire Colliers squad hosted the Highland Bears from Inverness with both teams unable to bring a large squad.

October 6th, 2016

We will be hosting our first race night at Blantyre Miners Welfare on Friday the 28th of October from 7pm until midnight.

August 11th, 2016

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June 21st, 2016

Colliers Summer Skill Sessions will take place once again at Uddingston Sports Centre. With 5 weeks of summer basketball to help you improve your fitness and fundamentals, you’ll be more than ready to start pre-season basketball in August. 

June 11th, 2016

In December 2015 the South Lanarkshire Colliers Basketball Club were awarded £1,858 by the Coalfield Regeneration Trust after a successful pitch at Coalfields Community Challenge Dragons Den event by club Chairman Graham Hunter.

April 30th, 2016

The annual Colliers awards night is always a fantastic event and one which brings the whole club together to celebrate success. 

April 4th, 2016

A close and competitive game became a blowout in the fourth quarter as Colliers player James Wright put on an incredible shooting display to close out the game.

March 28th, 2016

The Colliers started off strong with dominant scoring from Michael Lynn, Graham Hunter and Ross Rankin and great defensive commitment from Chris Davidson. 

March 22nd, 2016

In the run up to this game, the Colliers hadn’t lost a game and Rocks only one (to the Colliers back in October) so it was clear the two best teams in the country were in for a battle. 

March 22nd, 2016

The Colliers knew they were in for a tough game after previously losing to St Mirren 79-50 however were determined to make a better showing this time around. 

March 17th, 2016

Find out whats been going with the Colliers over the last month.

March 17th, 2016

Fantastic news as 4 young Colliers are selected for the National Team. We caught up with each of them regarding this major achievement, here’s what they had to say below.

March 15th, 2016

FIND out who is in contention to lift the various awards on offer at EK Sports Council's prize night on April 23.

March 15th, 2016

With six games in four weeks over February and March to close out the season, and with only 8 players from the original squad of fifteen now available, it was always going to be a tricky run in for the Colliers Division 3 team to close out the season. 

March 11th, 2016

It has been a long season for this group of girls who have competed in the U16 National League division 1, the SLBA U16 local league and the west U14 RDL. 

March 10th, 2016

The under 18 girls continued their strong performance in the Strathclyde League, despite initially struggling against a Fever team that has really improved since the teams last met in November. 

March 4th, 2016

The Colliers started off taking the momentum of the game from the start with Alex Dobbie opening the scoring with an aggressive layup. 

March 3rd, 2016

The senior women ended their national league season on a high, beating the Glasgow Rocks who are fourth in the league.  

February 26th, 2016

The Colliers faced the Ayrshire Tornadoes on Wednesday night for the third time of the season and just after putting them out of the Anderson Cup 3 days previous.

February 23rd, 2016

the Colliers under 14 boys welcomed the Clyde Cavaliers for their final home game of the group with the aim to be focus on having fun whilst on the court. 

February, 23rd, 2016

The Colliers showed up to Dalry Primary on Sunday afternoon ready to go after two weeks of training preparation for the game.

February, 20th, 2016

The Div 1 men faced Glasgow City for the second time of the season at Eastbank Academy tonight. 

February, 17th, 2016

the U18 Colliers faced a tough opponent on their home court in the Grampian Flyers side who had handed the Colliers a big loss in the previous encounter in Aberdeen. This match however, played out with a different ending.

February, 15th, 2016

Catch up on the latest updates here.

February, 11th 2016

The Colliers under 14 boys hosted a tough Ayr Storm team in their second home game of the season. 

February, 3rd 2016

The Colliers under 14 girls added another win to their undefeated record (25-0) on Sunday as they advanced to the semi finals of the Scottish Cup with a win over Fraserburgh Storm.

January 29th, 2016

the Colliers had to face the second strongest team of the league on Saturday. 

January 27th, 2016

the game started off with Oatlands opening the scoring and building a small lead with the visiting Colliers unable to get going offensively or defensively. 

January 27th, 2016

The Colliers under 14 boys made their second 40 mile trip of the season to face the Clyde Cavaliers in Gourock.

January 21st, 2016

The Colliers got on court with a lot of energy and creativity and 7 quick points that forced Blaze to a time out. 

January 19th, 2016

the U14 Boys made took a 40 mile trip to Ayr for their first game of the new year. The Colliers anticipated a tough game going by both team’s previous results

January 5th, 2016

After recent poor starts to matches the Colliers came out right from the start fired up for the match and were determined in gaining another win.

December 22nd, 2015

Find out whats been going on with the Colliers in our latest newsletter. 

December 17th, 2015

For the final game for any Colliers team in 2015, the U16 girls travelled to the Lagoon in Paisley to take on league leaders St Mirren. 

December 12th, 2015

The Colliers have been successful with a funding proposal to the Scottish Coalfield Regeneration Fund with their Coalfields Community Challenge securing £1,858.

December 7th, 2015

The Div 1 men travelled to Dalry Primary School in Ayrshire over the weekend to face the newly formed Ayrshire Tornadoes which brought together Troon Tornadoes and Stevenson Sabres to form a very strong squad.

November 25th, 2015

November 20th, 2015 - the under 18 girls continued their strong performance in the Strathclyde League in their second game, despite initially struggling with Fever’s pace and ending the first quarter down 13-11.  

November 21st, 2015

Find out whats been going on and information on upcoming events.

November 20th, 2015

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November 20th, 2015

The Colliers came out with a convincing start running the floor well complimented with three 3-pointers by Ross Rankin. City found it difficult to keep up with the pace as the Colliers as they finished the quarter up 24-13.

November 13th, 2015

November 8th, 2015 – the Colliers Division 3 team had been making good progress in games and in training but hadn’t been able to win a game until this Sunday at the Ian Nicolson Centre in Chryston.

November 12th, 2015

The Colliers took to the floor at the Alistair McCoist Complex in East Kilbride on Wednesday night to face the Renfrew Rocks in the second round of the Strathclyde Anderson Cup after a bye in the first round.

November 11th, 2015

November 9th, 2015 - The Colliers senior started really strong defensively in the game, creating frustration for the Glasgow University team and used all that energy to convert to points. Rhona Mitchell was leading the score in the first quarter with 10 points, finishing the quarter 22-7.

November 11th, 2015

07/11/2015 – the Colliers senior women had a good start against the Falkirk Fury and were working hard on defence to keep Fury’s score low ending the first quarter 9-11 to Fury.

November 9th, 2015

The under 18 girls travelled to Renfrew on Friday night for their first game in the Strathclyde League. The girls were in control of the game from the tip off showing that their hard work from the last season is paying off. 

November 7th, 2015

Colliers started the game by scoring 8 quick points from Ali McCusker and Rhona Mitchell. Rocks responded with stronger defence and making scoring hard for the Colliers. 

November 3rd, 2015

The game started off with aggressive play by both teams trying to get the edge, however the Colliers struggled offensively to get going with only Graham Hunter scoring two 3 pointers followed by an and 1 by Jay Runga; the Colliers trailed the first quarter 16-9.

November 2nd, 2015

The Colliers got off to their usual blistering start as Paterson and Palli connected to take a quick 6-0 lead and immediately coach Hutton asked his players to fall back from their usual full court pressure.

November 1st, 2015

After a strong performance against Lockerbie Tornadoes in their last game, Colliers were looking to play to their best to get a win against another strong opponent.

November 5th, 2015

Both teams last met on the 5th of October and the Colliers took the game 72-57. This time it wouldn’t be as easy for the South Lanarkshire based team as St Mirren looked ready for a battle right from the start.

November 5th, 2015

Colliers started strong in the first quarter and showed their intentions from the first few minutes with Mitchell, Semple and McCusker being unstoppable. The first quarter finished 23-13. 

October 29th, 2015

The Colliers U16 girls got their first win in division one at the weekend and took one step closer to staying in the league for next season

October 29th, 2015

The first quarter looked very positive for the Colliers as they came out firing with three consecutive scores from player/head coach Graham Hunter followed by scoring from new signings Aarron Mitchinson and Alex Dobbie.

October 26th, 2015

 The Colliers Under 14 Boys hosted a strong St Mirren team in their first game of their season. Missing a couple of players, the Colliers weren't at full strength but that didn’t deter them. 

October 26th, 2015

The Colliers made the long trip south to Lockerbie in what was thought to be their toughest game of the season so far. 

October 26th, 2015

Add News Story hereHaving had a convincing start to the season, the home side were the favourites going in to the game against National League newcomers, South Lanarkshire Colliers.

October 20th, 2015

The Colliers U14 girls started their campaign with an impressive undefeated pre-season record of 14-0 and had made good progress with their national league outings. The visiting team from Cumbernauld (Gladiator Rocks) started out the stronger of the two teams with their aggressive defence and up tempo offence. 

October 18th, 2015

Colliers travelled to the Crags centre in Edinburgh to play against Boroughmuir Blaze hoping to beat a tough squad on their home patch.

October 17th, 2015

Colliers knew they were going to face a very strong team and the challenge was to make sure we take something positive from the game. 

October 10th, 2015

On Saturday morning the Colliers were heading to Boroughmuir to face Blaze for the first round of the Scottish cup. The game started with both teams being very nervous and struggling to find the way to the basket. 

October 9th, 2015

The team started strong in the first five minutes of the game leading the score 8-2. Kats reacted quickly and the quarter finished on a close lead for them 16-13. 

October 9th, 2015

Colliers showed up in Ayr with only six players, two of them stepping up from the under 18 squad and they were also ready to play their third game in 5 days. 

October 9th, 2015

 The Colliers girls had their first home game of the regular season as they took on St Mirren in the Strathclyde Cup. A tenacious start on defence and great execution on offence gave the Colliers the momentum and quickly built up a 10-0 lead. 

October 6th, 2015

After a disappointing performance against Glasgow Fever in the season opener, Colliers Div 3 Men looked to show signs of improvement in their first home fixture of the season playing Dumbarton Dodgers.

October 6th, 2015

With a couple of players missing from the U18 girls team, it was always going to be tough as they faced up to a strong Kats team. 

October 6th, 2015

 The Colliers made their second trip to Edinburgh in a week this time to take on City of Edinburgh Kats at Portobello High School. 

October 1st, 2015

 A rocky start allowed Ayr Storm to form a solid 11-2 lead however the Colliers battled back with strong defensive sets which allowed for quick counter attacks and easy points. 

September 27th, 2015

For the majority of the U14 Colliers girls, they were back on the court within 16 hours of finishing their last game in the National League, but all were up bright and early to make it to the Lagoon in Paisley for six games.

September 27th, 2015

GAME 1

 The Colliers Under 14 Boys travelled to their second pre-season tournament in 2 weeks with a massive 15-man squad buoyant on the confidence gained at the last outing. 

September 26th, 2015

The Colliers U16 girls travelled through to Edinburgh for their first National League game of the season and their first in division 1. 

September 23rd, 2015

The Colliers started the game strong, showing composure in offense and showing how far they had come defensively since last year by holding Ayr Storm to only 8 points in the quarter.  

September 23rd, 2015

Colliers Div3 Men played their first fixture of the new season, an away game against Glasgow Fever.

September 23rd, 2015

Being the first game of the new campaign, the team were full of excitement to be back on the court after the summer break. 

September 18th, 2015

With their second tournament in the space of a week, the Colliers U14 girls were ready to go for all four games on Sunday at Notre Dame High in Glasgow. 

September 15th, 2015

The game started off well for the Colliers with a 3 pointer from Rachael Tonnar as well as some strong inside play from Rochelle Maclean.  Valentina Palli was a spark to the team’s offense in the second quarter, scoring 9 points in that quarter alone.  

Septmeber 14th, 2015

The Colliers division 3 men played in the annual S.L.B.A. preseason tournament as a warm up for the season ahead.

September 13th, 2015

The under 14 boy's travelled to Notre Dame Secondary in Glasgow's West End for to take part at Glasgow Fever's Under 14 pre season tournament. The boys were nervous on arrival, as for some of them it was there first competitive game of Basketball.

September 9th, 2015

The Collier’s u14 girls had their first test of the year competing in the West Lothian Wolves under 14 Basketball tournament.

September 2nd, 2015

The Colliers have launched a new club fundraising event that will take place throughout the coming season. 

September 2nd, 2015

 The Colliers got off to a blistering start and set the tempo of the game at a fast pace. 

August 29th, 2015

The senior women’s team are looking for more players for this season. 

August 25th, 2015

Several Colliers players, parents and coaches took part in a bag pack at Tesco in Rutherglen at the weekend.

July 24th, 2015

Despite a fantastic effort by every player, the Colliers U16 girls lost by 4 points in a thrilling game against Ayr Storm and therefore will not be promoted this season to division 1.

July 14th, 2015

The South Lanarkshire Colliers girls began their competitive basketball career with several big losses against bigger, stronger and more experienced teams. 

July 3rd, 2015

Colliers founder and club Chair Graham Hunter will appear as a guest on Saturday the 4th of July at 5pm on Camglen Radio.

June 25th, 2015

Over the summer break we will be running 8 skill sessions for 12-17 year olds (girls and boys) which will focus on different aspects of the game.

June 17th, 2015

The second Colliers annual awards night took place at the Blantyre Miners Welfare on Saturday the 13th of June with a full capacity of 180 people attending. 

April 30th, 2015

The Lagoon Leisure Centre was the venue for the SLBA Cup Finals weekend and the final game of the season for the Colliers against Glasgow Fever. 

April 12th, 2015

Katie Burn from Hamilton has been selected to play for the under 13s squad who prepare to travel to the TIM Pirineus Tournament in Andorra taking place from the 1st to the 3rd May 2015.

April 11th, 2015

Laura Thomson from East Kilbride has been selected to play for the under 13s squad who prepare to travel to the TIM Pirineus Tournament in Andorra taking place from the 1st to the 3rd May 2015.

April 10th, 2014

Carla Crowther from Hamilton has been selected to play for the under 13s squad who prepare to travel to the TIM Pirineus Tournament in Andorra taking place from the 1st to the 3rd May 2015.

April 7th, 2014

Lewis “LJ” Milligan from Cambuslang has been selected to play for the under 11s squad who prepare to travel to the Surrey Basketball Festival in England on the 6th & 7th June.

April 6th, 2015

A strong performance from the Colliers saw them gain a victory in their last game of the season over the Chryston Cougars at the Alistair McCoist Complex on Sunday.

March 20th, 2015

4 of our Colliers players have been selected to play for the Scotland squad, if anyone can help with sponsorship to assist their financial requirements.

March 16th, 2015

With the league secured the Colliers now looked to go unbeaten for the season, which is a huge achievement for a team that only formed 2 years ago. 

March 15th, 2015

The girls travelled to Grangemouth to play the number 1 seed in the division 1 of the Scottish national league, Tayside Musketeers.  The teams had met twice in the league previously and showed progression again in this game, despite being without Niamh Shannon, who last week dropped 20 points on the Edinburgh Kool Kats.

March 13th, 2015

Glasgow University travelled to Duncanrig Sports Centre in East Kilbride to take on the Colliers senior women in the semi final of the SLBA League Cup after a convincing win against Glasgow Eagles in the round 1.

March 13th, 2015

After 9 weeks off from 6 game cancellations the Colliers senior men looked eager and happy to be back on the court also with new addition to the squad Alistair Kerr.

March 10th, 2015

From the start to the finish the Colliers were in front, the first quarter saw some tenacious defence from the team, which took the Flyers by surprise. It allowed the team to open up an 8-point lead going into the 2nd quarter.

March 7th, 2015

The Colliers senior woman had yet to play Glasgow Fever 1 this season and they looked to be the Colliers main contenders for the league title as they have been a force to be reckoned with over the past few season in the Strathclyde Basketball League as they had won the league and cup last season.

March 3rd, 2015

The South Lanarkshire Colliers U16 and U14 girls programme are now looking to be a force to be reckoned with. 

January 25th, 2015

The under 10s showed up early at the Lagoon centre in Paisley eager to get on the court however the day started with a forfeit win due to Troon Tornadoes absence. 

January 11th, 2015

The Collier’s first game of 2015 started with an amazing performance from Cadet Men. They achieved a 25 point win over a team that they lost to at the beginning of the season by 13. 

On Sunday 7th of December the Colliers Women's team took on SPRA for their final game of 2014. They were looking to go into the Christmas break with an unbeaten record, however SPRA would prove to be a tough side to beat as they had only lost one game so far.

December 1st, 2014

The Colliers cadette women got their local league season underway with a trip to play Ayr Storm. The two teams met 3 weeks ago in the National League with Storm coming out on top 50-24, so the Colliers girls were determined to improve on that score.

November 30th, 2014

After a by in the first round of the Anderson Cup the Colliers faced another East Kilbride based team Calderglen Spartans in the second round.

The game was instantly controlled by the Colliers from the jump ball, seeing 5 out of the 6 Colliers make there way onto the score sheet in the first quarter.

November 20th, 2014

The Colliers senior woman travelled to Trinity High School in Renfrewshire on Thursday 20th of November to play the Renfrew Rocks. It was the first away game of the season and due to other commitments the Colliers travelled with only 6 players. However the Colliers were focused looking to continue their unbeaten run

November 14th, 2014

After a slow start to the season for the Colliers they came out slow as expected with Glasgow City starting off hot from the three-point line. It wasn’t until the end of the quarter the Colliers started to show they were there to win trailing at the end of the first 29-17 to Glasgow.

November 13th, 2014

The Colliers senior women were on good form after convincing first win against the Glasgow Eagles, the Colliers therefore looked to end Glasgow Fevers unbeaten run and go 2-0. 

November 11th, 2014

After a very impressive player coach role last season with the Colliers senior woman’s team Rhona has focused her attention to also developing and coaching this seasons under 18 woman’s team.

We caught up with Rhona for a short interview and here is what she had to say:

November 5th, 2014

Colliers started a bit nervous offensively but very strong defensively leading the opponent to turnovers. 

October 10th, 2014

We caught up with Maria for a short interview and here is what he had to say:

Maria first of all welcome to the club! How do you feel about the coaching role?

I’m very happy to be part of the club. It’s a great challenge to play NL with a young team, but looking forward to it.

October 8th, 2014

Colliers club Vice Chair and men’s division 1 player/assistant coach Ross Rankin has stepped up to yet again take on another role in the Colliers family as the newly appointed woman’s head coach.

We caught up with Ross for a short interview and here is what he had to say:

October 5th, 2014

The Colliers Senior Women's team hosted the Glasgow Eagles for their season opener on Sunday. Putting their pre-season work into practice the women got off to a fast and aggressive start in the first quarter with good defensive pressure which lead to easy transition points and a comfortable 18-3 lead by the end of the quarter.

October 1st, 2014

The Colliers Div 1 men travelled to Langside College for their season opener against the Glasgow Rocks. The Colliers got off to sluggish start unable to score and poor defensively. 

September 28th, 2014

The Colliers travelled to Renfrew sports centre on Sunday for their season debute and the clubs first ever national league game. Colliers started strong and opened the scoring with a 3 pointer from Calum Alexander.

September 18th, 2014

Ross Hutton has now been involved in the development of Scottish Basketball for 21 years from coaching primary school children to professional with Glasgow Rocks. We therefore are very fortunate at the Colliers to have such an experienced and driven Club Development Officer and Coach.

August 28th, 2014

Training starting from Monday the 1st of September, all welcome.

August 20th, 2014

The new season is fast approaching and we are looking for new players to compete in the Strathclyde Baskebtall League Division 1.

July 11th, 2014

Collier Founder/Chair Graham Hunter commented: "this is a great opportunity to get a head start on the season, there is a wide range of coaches and professionals invovled with different outlooks on the game and conditioning, its a great way to get ready and I for one am excited to get started."

July 10th, 2014

• To coordinate and deliver high quality basketball coaching to ensure the players within the club improve.

July 10th, 2014

Details about the position:

• To coordinate and deliver high quality basketball coaching to ensure the players within the club improve.

July 3rd, 2014

The summer is no time to relax if you want to improve your basketball skills, and that’s why we have scheduled skill development sessions for boys and girls between 10 and 18 years throughout the summer.

June 11th, 2014

After successful sponsorship with Rising Wear clothing the Colliers were able to secure Sportsmatch funding from sportscotland to run a primary school basketball programme.

This involved 6 hours coaching for 5 schools, which covered all the basic fundamentals of the game and would culminate with a central venue tournament bringing all the schools together.

June 12th, 2014

1. How are you feeling about the signing for the new season?

Excited.Hungry.Focused. It’s a fantastic oppurtuinty to come and play for the Colliers and I’m very grateful to Graham and the rest of the coaching staff for giving me the chance to prove myself which is exactly what  I intend to do. I watched and played against these guys last season and I think they’ve got great potential and more importantly great chemistry. 

June 7th, 2014

Coach Milligan is a very active and keen coach who has done a fantastic job his first year with the Collier’s, and with that said it give’s us the pleasure of announcing he will be returning to again coach the team for the 2014-15 season.

June 5th, 2014

Over 270 boys and girls from across Scotland competed in the under 12s National Basketball Challenge at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley on May 17th and 18th. The action packed weekend saw 16 boys teams from Tayside & Fife, Grampian, Highlands, West, East and Central competing for victory on Saturday and a further 11 girls teams took to the court for action on the Sunday.

May 14th, 2014

South Lanarkshire Colliers Basketball Club was recently awarded £9,194 from Awards for All Scotland to assist with the overall development of the club. The funding secured offers support for the clubs youth development to senior level contributing to the Awards for All outcome of ‘people and communities are healthier.’

May 12th, 2014

Highlights from Div 1 Men's SLBA 2013-14 Season.

May 7th, 2014

The Collier’s community partner Reach for the Sky Basketball have developed a great working partnership for the last 4 years with England based clothing distributer Rising Ballers. Therefore this was an easy link for the Collier’s to make. 

May 4th, 2014

After a successful application to basketballscotland’s Future Clubz programme the Collier’s got straight to work launching in January 2014 in 7 primary schools within East Kilbride.

April 30th, 2014

Starting on Wednesday the 30th of April we begin our Men's Open Run to ensure our players have the opportunity to continue playing during the off-season.

April 27th, 2014

The 27th of April saw the Colliers division 1 men and club as a whole reach their first Cup Final at Bellahouston sports centre, Glasgow against Glasgow Storm. The game was due to be a great clash with each team winning a game each against each other in the regular season.

April 24th, 2014

For any club, having players selected to represent their country is an outstanding achievement and one which they will remember their whole life. Five Colliers under 12 players (Katie Burn, Carla Crowther, Laura Thompson, Tom Milligan and Shaun Thomas) successfully booked their place in their respective national team development squad earlier this year.

April 14th, 2014

The build up to the game became intense with the semi final bringing in the biggest crowd of the year so far. Colliers won the tip off and immediately went to work playing great team offence getting everyone involved leading to a winning first quarter 18-11.