The Northumberland Knightflyers now deliver a unique training programme for all young people in Northumberland which increases morale and participation whilst simultaneously focusing on fun.
Last summer the Northumberland Knightflyers coaches, Alan Hoyle and Isobelle Gibson, travelled to London on a very special journey, to not only watch the Chicago Bulls take on the Utah Jazz, but to actually learn first hand how the Chicago Bulls train, by the Chicago Bulls coaching staff. Alan and Isobelle were two of only fifty coaches from around the world to attend a special NBA coaches clinic with the Six Time World Champion Chicago Bulls.
The Northumberland Knightflyers Basketball Club is open to people of all ages and abilities, our junior team has an age range of 5 - 15 years old, while our senior team has no upper age limit. We also welcome casual players who just wish to improve their game.
Currently both the senior and junior clubs train each Friday, 7pm till 9pm at Coquet High School in Amble (Acklington Road, Amble, NE65 0NG), each session costs £5.
Starting Saturday 6th March, the Northumberland Knightflyers will be starting basketball sessions at Blyth Sportscentre (Bolam Park, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 5BT) at 11am till 12pm, each session will cost £3.
He's back doing what he does best after being given a helping hand from a confessed gangster.
The 10ft figurehead of Admiral Boscawen is officially standing guard again overlooking the youngsters of Northumberland.
The wooden sculpture has been restored to its former glory with help of cash from infamous hard-man Wilf Pine and his pals, and on Saturday was formally back with the Ashington Sea Cadets.
Caring bikers are riding to the rescue of a popular North East charity event which nearly reached the end of the road after almost two decades.
Every year since 1991, scores of leather-clad motorcyclists have taken part in the annual Easter Egg run organised by the Northumberland Bikers' club.
They collected thousands of chocolate eggs donated by customers at various pubs and clubs and then set off in a huge motorbike convoy to deliver them to children and elderly people in hospitals and homes across Northumberland and Tyneside.
Four community groups in south-east Northumberland have received financial support from a special fund set up by housing management agency Homes for Northumberland.
Cash has gone to the Concorde House sheltered housing scheme in Seaton Delaval, Seghill Institute Community Association's Newsletter Group and residents' associations in Newsham and New Delaval and Cowpen Farm and Isabella in Blyth.
A new scheme aiming to help people in Northumberland detect cancer early urgently needs volunteers.
The community-based initiative, the Healthy Communities Collaborative (HCC), has been set up to help people living mainly in the Blyth, Wansbeck and Morpeth areas.
It aims to raise awareness of the disease so people can spot the early signs of breast, bowel and lung cancer.
Voluntary and community groups in Northumberland have been warned they are facing a reduction in funding for their work - because of the recession and tough budget savings required by the county council.
However, County Hall bosses have reassured the sector that a funding package of £1.3m will still be available next year. Budget proposals recommend more money for charities directly supporting those people worst affected by the recession.
These will include services such as credit unions and the Citizens' Advice Bureau.
Blyth ladies' lifeboat guild has raised £936 for the town's RNLI station in the annual Christmas draw at the Watch House this week.
An arts project has been recognised with a regional award.
Blyth-based Headway Theatre Company scooped the 'Most Exciting Project' gong at the recent Stars of the Voluntary Sector awards.
Chief executive Frances Castle and creative director Alison Walton-Robson received The North East Voluntary and Community Sector trophy from Penny Wilkinson of the Northern Rock Foundation.
Community groups in Northumberland are being urged by their MP not to get left behind in the race for lottery cash.
Blyth Valley's Ronnie Campbell is encouraging local organisations to check out the Big Lottery Fund's rules and conditions to see whether it can give their projects and community services a helping hand.
He is among many MPs all over the country who have been asked to spell out the potential benefits of bidding for lottery cash.
Judo starlets Rachelle Falloon and Nicholas Johnson added to their impressive medal tally with podium places at a competition in Dublin.
Rachelle, (16), from Blyth, and 15-year-old Nicholas, who hails from Wallsend, claimed bronze medals as part of the British Judo Council squad at the event.
The team competed against fighters from Russia, Austria, Ireland and Norway.
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