http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs Coaching and Mentoring Our Young People for Tomorrow Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:56:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CIA are delighted to announce that Christian Lacsina will become the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach for the forthcoming 2010/11 season alongside Player/Head Coach Tony Brown. Born in the Philippines, where basketball has been the national sport for well over 100 years, Christian joined CIA 3 years ago and soon joined the ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/07/assist-for-coach-lacsina/ CIA first team Point Guard Luke Bowler believes keeping the team united throughout the summer period will be essential to their success as they return to Premier Division competition next season. "We had a really difficult year 2 seasons ago that led to our demotion - last season a lot of ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/06/go-hard-or-go-home/ There was a surprise in store at this year's Family Festival 2010 at Canons Leisure Centre in Mitcham as CIA Basketball were honoured to present the 'Outstanding Contribution to the Community Award' to Patricia Fairclough OBE. After being asked to present the award, the unsuspecting Patricia was surprised to be greeted ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/06/patricia-fairclough-honoured/ CIA today launched the first of several videos commemorating their prestigious 15th Year Anniversary. The short viral was filmed and produced by Brighthand Pictures and features Director Tony Brown alongside HOOPS coach Christian Lacsina and several CIA juniors. The video delves into CIA Basketball's current coaching and mentoring activities ahead of ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/06/815/ On Saturday 15 May, 25 players met at Canons Leisure Centre in Mitcham South London) with a score to settle and bragging rights to gain. With the past few years dominated by the future stars of the New School, a bolstered Old School squad took the young guns back to ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/06/watch-famfest-2010/ We are delighted to announce that Arek Deng, a Great Britain International and sister of NBA superstar Luol Deng (Chicago Bulls) will take the reigns as guest coach of the New School at this year's Family Festival. The 6'3" Centre made her national team debut in 2007 in a campaign that ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/05/arek-takes-reigns/ In front of a jubilant home crowd CIA were crowned champions of the LMBL Division 1 after an epic battle against a physical Euston Power team that came right down to the wire. Player/Coach Tony Brown led by example, recording a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds and adding ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/05/cia-crowned-champions/ CIA will hold open workouts starting from Saturday 22 May at Canons Leisure Centre in Mitcham, for both A and B team squads for the 2010/11 season. Workouts will take place over two courts from 5-7pm and begin with an open scrimmage during the early summer months. Pre-season will start officially ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/05/join-the-team/ With CIA's annual showcase 'Family Festival' less than 2 weeks away, fever is mounting for an epic showdown between the Old School and the New School. Last year the New School became victors for the second straight year but the Old School return stronger than ever, with a line up littered ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/05/festival-fever/ With a convincing 86-67 win over the visiting London Capitals in CIA's penultimate game of the 2009/2010 season, CIA are on the brink of becoming league champions. Everything will be decided when CIA face off against second place Euston Power on Saturday 8 May. After a turbulent start to the season ... http://www.ciabasketball.com/blogs/2010/05/do-cia-have-the-power/