About the club

Welcome to the website of Brighton Cougars Basketball Club. Cougars is a community basketball club with a ‘Sport for All’ philosophy.

We play at Dorothy Stringer School and attract a broad-based membership of boys and girls from 5 years old through to adult Men and Women. We are currently CLUBMARK accredited by Sport England/England Basketball.

Cougars are dependent on the support of a small, but ever-growing dedicated group of volunteers. Funding is provided mostly through individual membership and subscription fees, with additional funds raised through events, camps and sales of merchandise.

We have sessions running all week for different ages. Our our court timetable is here Court times above. Please note the men's and women's Wednesday night sessions are not currently running.

Depending on what sessions players attend the cost changes. The first session is free and then the next two will be £5.00 after that we like palyers to sign up and become members.
The membership fee is added to subs all of which can be paid yearly, quarterly or monthly. Some players pay as they go along but this works out more expensive.

Some of the sessions are self explanatory others are based on school years.

All Star from age 5
U11s Mixed, school year six and below (Sussex local league)
U12s Mixed, School Year seven (Sussex local league)
U14s Boys, School year nine (includes year eight) (Sussex local league)
U16s Boys, School year 11 (includes year 10) (Sussex local league)
U18s Boys, School year 13 (includes 12).This team is currently entered into the National League and play games at the weekend normally Saturday

Girls on a Friday night is generally 14 and under.

Women's team session is on a Tuesday and they play in the local Sussex League. This is a very young Women's team and is currently made of a successful Girls team that Cougars wanted to see stick with basketball and develop. This team includes other players who can support the team as it develops.

Friday's 'Power Circuits’ is open to all players and parents. A fun and challenging session specifically designed for the explosive needs of Basketball players. Focusing on core strength and stability, biomechanics, posture, speed, coordination, balance and much more to keep each player and supporter at the top of their game. The session will also be open to non Brighton Cougar members.

This session runs from 6:30 - 7.40 in Dorothy Stringer sports hall and wil lrestart later in 2012.

Cost is £3.00 to Cougars members (this includes any adult with a child at the club - we really want to make this for everyone involved with Cougars) and Dorothy Stringer pupils and staff. Anyone else £4.00

Paul McKeown, CoreSport's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach will be running the session. Paul currently delivers strength and speed programs to athletes ranging from development school level to international sporting professionals. For more information on CoreSport please visit www.coresport.eu.

Please contact us for more details on all this.