Taunton Tigers
Encyclopedia
The Taunton Tigers are a charity-funded basketball
team competing in the English Basketball League
(EBL) Division 3 South League. The team is based in Taunton
, Somerset
and play all their home games at Wellsprings Leisure Centre, which has a capacity of 500 seats. Formerly a Division One side, the Tigers were forced to drop down the divisions after going into debt. They are currently coached by former player Matt Nolan.
. They won back to back promotions in 2005–06 and 2006–07 to propel them from Division Three, to the top division of the EBL, Division One. The club finished eighth in the league in their maiden season, avoiding relegation. The following season brought disappointment, just two wins were recorded in the league, and they finished bottom, missing out on the post-season. Despite this, they remained in the top division for the following season which was expanded to twelve teams. The team won twelve league matches and seventeen overall, and enjoyed their greatest success in Division One. At the club's annual general meeting
, it was revealed that the club was heavily in debt. The club's committee resigned, and combined with a number of key players announcing their retirement, the club were forced to withdraw from Division One. England Basketball
would not let the club drop to Division Two, and instead the club had to move to Division Four.
The team won their first season in Division Four, recording seven wins in the league and thirteen overall, and are competing in Division Three South in the 2011–12 season.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team competing in the English Basketball League
English Basketball League
The English Basketball League is a semi-professional and amateur basketball league in England. It forms the second-tier of competition below the professional British Basketball League....
(EBL) Division 3 South League. The team is based in Taunton
Taunton
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
and play all their home games at Wellsprings Leisure Centre, which has a capacity of 500 seats. Formerly a Division One side, the Tigers were forced to drop down the divisions after going into debt. They are currently coached by former player Matt Nolan.
History
The Taunton Tigers compete in the English Basketball LeagueEnglish Basketball League
The English Basketball League is a semi-professional and amateur basketball league in England. It forms the second-tier of competition below the professional British Basketball League....
. They won back to back promotions in 2005–06 and 2006–07 to propel them from Division Three, to the top division of the EBL, Division One. The club finished eighth in the league in their maiden season, avoiding relegation. The following season brought disappointment, just two wins were recorded in the league, and they finished bottom, missing out on the post-season. Despite this, they remained in the top division for the following season which was expanded to twelve teams. The team won twelve league matches and seventeen overall, and enjoyed their greatest success in Division One. At the club's annual general meeting
Annual general meeting
An annual general meeting is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public , are often required by law to hold...
, it was revealed that the club was heavily in debt. The club's committee resigned, and combined with a number of key players announcing their retirement, the club were forced to withdraw from Division One. England Basketball
England Basketball
England Basketball is the governing body of the sport of basketball for England. The organisation operates the English Basketball League for both Men and Women, as well as the England national team...
would not let the club drop to Division Two, and instead the club had to move to Division Four.
The team won their first season in Division Four, recording seven wins in the league and thirteen overall, and are competing in Division Three South in the 2011–12 season.