Derby Trailblazers

Derby Trailblazers Basketball Club
League	EBL Division One
Established	2000
History	Derby Trailblazers 2000-present
Arena	Noel-Baker Sports Hall (Capacity: 500)
Location	Derby, Derbyshire
Team colours	Black and Blue
Head coach	Matt Shaw
Ownership	Charlie Wright
Website	DerbyTrailblazers.com
Uniforms
Home Away

The Derby Trailblazers are a basketball club from Derby, which operates several men's teams in the English Basketball League, not and women's and junior teams at a variety of levels. Their semi-professional Men's First Team compete in English Basketball League Division One, with a Second and Third team in Division Three (North) and Four (Midlands) respectively. The club were founded as a feeder club for the now-defunct Derby Storm, and wear the same blue and white colours as their predecessor. The Trailblazers play their home games at the Noel-Baker Sports Hall.

History

The Trailblazers were founded in 2000 to give local players access to competitive women's and junior basketball teams after the town's professional outfit, Derby Storm, ended their equivalent programmes to focus on their professional team, which was then competing in the British Basketball League.^[1] After the Storm closed down in 2002, the Trailblazers added men's basketball to their offering, and started to gradually work their way up the English Basketball League. Only a few years after entering a Mmen's team in the National League, the Trailblazers were crowned Champions of Division Two in 2007, and were promoted to Division One for the 2007/2008 season, along with the Taunton Tigers and Bristol Academy Flyers.

The team were successful in the second tier of British basketball, with the Trailblazers crowned Champions of Division One in 2010 with a 17-5 record, and winning the EBL Men's Trophy in 2012, beating Bristol Academy Flyers 87-60 in the final.^[2] This success was hard to sustain though, with the team winning only six league games in the 2012/2013 season, and suffering demotion back to Division Two as a result. However, 2013/2014 saw the Trailblazers win promotion back to Division One at the first attempt, winning Division Two with a game to spare.^[3]

Honours

Season-by-season records

Logo history

Derby Trailblazers club logo V2

Derby Trailblazers club logo V3

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
• Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

See also

• Derby Storm

External links

• Official Derby Trailblazers website
• Derby Trailblazers Basketball Academy website
• Derby Wheelblazers Basketball Club website

References

English Basketball League
Division One
Bradford Dragons Derby Trailblazers Essex Leopards Hemel Storm Kent Crusaders Lancashire Spinners Leicester Warriors London Lituanica Manchester Magic Reading Rockets Team Northumbria Tees Valley Mohawks Westminster Warriors Worthing Thunder
Division Two Brixton TopCats Derbyshire Arrows East London All-Stars Eastside Eagles London Ipswich Liverpool London Greenhouse Pioneers London Westside Loughborough Students Riders Nottingham Hoods Solent Kestrels Worcester Wolves II
Competitions	League Championship (Play-off Finals) National Cup National Trophy Patrons Cup National Shield National Founders Cup
Other	English Women's Basketball League Scottish Men's National League British Basketball League National Basketball League (defunct)