Basketball

Basketball at City of London School is available to all boys in the Second Form and above. The basketball season runs from September through to March and CLS competes with great success in the London Independent Schools Basketball League (LISBA).Each year we compete in LISBA at four different age groups: u14, u15, u16, u19, with some friendly fixtures at u13 level. We are also entered in the LISBA Cup competitions at u15 and u19 level and are set to make our first endeavour into National competitions in 2010/2011.  We are a successful member of the LISBA league and over the years we have won the League and Cup competitions at all levels. In 2009/2010 CLS won the u15 LISBA League and Cup and the u16 LISBA League, as well as finishing runners-up in the u19 LISBA League and 3rd place at u14. We are gaining a reputation as a strong, competitive basketball school within the independent sector and basketball at school is thriving. 

There are many opportunities to get involved and develop your basketball skills at CLS. Basketball is a games option available to all students in the Fourth Form and above and specialist coaching is given. The Forth, Fifth Form and Sixth Form have the opportunity to train and play at SCORE Leisure Centre on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons, where there is team and recreational basketball on offer. Basketball is also a popular sport recreationally with boys regularly playing in their spare time on the number of purpose built basketball nets.Basketball is also an integral part of the Physical Education programme and the fundamentals are taught and reinforced in the Autumn Term for all age groups. This leads onto the form and House competitions where boys have a chance to represent their form or House in competitive basketball. For those boys who wish to play in school teams, there is opportunity to train either before, after or during lunchtime, as well as on their games afternoon from Forth Form and above. The school also has links with university and coaching camps, which aim to extend basketball outside the school environment. There are a wide range of ways to participate in basketball at City.