Seniors

As a club, we aim to provide healthy competition, a family atmosphere and opportunity for all to play the game of basketball. Our seniors programme caters for all abilities and experience whilst still pushing high expectations and development for all our players. With top quality coaches on hand, you can be sure to be put through your paces at every session, whilst still enjoying being back on the court. Our long term aim is to have a highly competitive men's team playing in North West competition.

Sessions

All of our seniors sessions are aimed at varied experience levels and cater for all abilities. The sessions contain team building exercises, drills to push improvement and development and scrimmages to put what you learn into practice. More information is below. 

 

Congleton High School Sports Centre

Mondays

8pm until 10pm - u18s/Seniors

 

Booking In System and Payments

We use a booking system called GymCatch. Please ensure you download the GymCatch app to book onto one of our sessions. Once you have the GymCatch app, you need to create an account for free, search for Congleton Grizzlies and then click on the calendar button. From the calendar, click the correct date and session then follow the instructions! 

If there are any issues with booking into a session, please message us via our social pages or email and we can sort it in person at the session. You can download the app by clicking the link below. 

https://gymcatch.com/static/download.html

Congleton High School Sports Centre

Eaton Bank Academy

What ages can join the practice sessions?

For our senior sessions, we only allow 16+ players to join due to safety reasons. As of 16 years, BE consider players eligible to play in senior competition, so we combine our u18s and seniors sessions to start the young adults off early. 

How do I pay for the sessions?

At the club, we have a try before you buy policy. Your first session is always free, so you can see what the sessions are like, check out the venue and meet the coaches. We believe you get a real sense of the club after 4 sessions however, so we also allow every newcomer to try out 4 sessions before requiring a membership. Your first session is free, however sessions 2, 3 and 4 are all paid for using GymCatch, our booking in system. 

What is GymCatch?

GymCatch is our booking in system. It controls our sessions, registers and online payments. It allows us as a club to run multiple venues at once without the need to collect any cash. Simply download the app, create and account, link your payment method and search for Congleton Grizzlies! Four easy steps and you are well on your way to being a pro!

How much is the membership?

Our club membership for this season is £25 for the year. The basketball year runs from September 1st 2023 until July 31st 2024. If you are registering after Christmas In 2023, the price drops to a half-season membership of just £15. These are one-off payments to join the club as a member, and covers your insurance with the club, grants you a vote in any club staff elections and also gains you entry to our Annual General Meeting and awards night that takes place at the end of the season!

What do I need to bring?

For your first session, you only need to wear correct attire for sporting activity and ensure you bring a water bottle. The club provides the balls and the bibs in the sessions. 

I've noticed other players with kits, how do I get one?

As it stands, the reversible kits are no longer for sale as we obtained this via an old manufacturing sponsor. We are working with a new company from this season to provide merchandise that substitutes for this kit.

What about competitive teams?

We as a club aim to provide competition for all ages and abilties within our sessions that leads to competition in leagues and official fixtures. We offer regular friendlies against other clubs to maintain match sharnpess, with a longer term goal of competing in North West competitions.