Club News
New signing imminent
Their is a strong possibility that we will be adding to the senior men squad over the next week. We have 2 players from the Academy who are making a strong case for thier inclusion in the side and a further 2 players on trial this week.
JB "It's great to see that the hard work we've done at junior level and with the College of West Anglia is now starting to pay dividends. We've got a young ambitious Head Coach in place who also came through the Fury system, a strong Nucleus of players at senior level all under 22 who'v been with the club since as young as 14 and with another strong goup of freshman at the college this year. The future seems bright...."
Fury suffer narrow loss in Norfolk cup V Division 1 opposition
It was always likely to be a tough ask but the squad was optimistic heading into their home clash with last years division 1 champions Notre Dame. Fury struggled to find their rythm early and a more experienced Notre Dame squad moved into a double figure lead. Several Fury players where rather over enthuasiastic on defence and committed silly fouls which led to easy free throws. At the Half Coach Smith rallied his troups and with nothing to lose the young squad started to use excellent zone defence and improved ball movement to make inroads into the lead. The young side grew in confidence and great outside shooting form Daryl Watson allowed the Fury to take a 4 point lead. It wasn't to be though as the Notre dame squad held their nerve slightly better down the stretch to take a 4 point win.
Dan Smith "I'm very proud of the squad today and we have several great things to take forward to next week. We can take great confidence from the fact that we can play like this against division 1 opposition."
Senior Men 3 wins 1 loss in Norfolk League
The senior men squad have started well in the Norfolk league competition under new Head Coach Dan Smith. The side has a very different look this year with a strong nucleus from the British Colleges winning side.
Dan Smith New Head Coach
Fury Basketball Club are delighted to announce that Dan Smith has been appointed as Head Coach for the 20011/12 season. Dan has been a part of the Fury since he was 14 and has been part of every step of our development pathway. Attending the CWA Academy before going on to play senior mens basketball in both EBL 1 and 4. Dan passed his level 2 coach award in 2007 and has been coaching childrens sport over the past 2 years. Dan promises to bring a new enthuasiasm to the post and has high aspirations to put the Fury back in the local spotlight.
Pictures and Interview with Dan to follow soon........