Bristol Hurricanes

The Bristol Hurricanes are a British-Lithuanian basketball club, based in the city of Bristol in the south-west of England.

Bristol Hurricanes B.C.
LeagueNBL D2 North
Established2017 (2017)
HistoryHengrove Park
(2017–2018)
Bristol Hurricanes
(2018–present)
LocationBristol, England
Head coachLithuania K Trakelis
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The club was founded in 2017 as Hengrove Park, playing at the city's sports centre of the same name and entering into the local West of England League. Hengrove were immediately successful, winning Division 1 and the West of England Cup in their first season. [1] Following from this success, the club entered the English Basketball League the following season and rebranded as the Bristol Hurricanes. The new name did not hinder the club's continued success, sweeping the South West League with a perfect 14-0 record, and finishing as runners-up in the National Playoffs. Following the reorganisation of the league in 2019, the Hurricanes were placed in Division 2 North, effectively being promoted 2 levels after just one season in the national system. [2]

Honours
  • Men's Division 4 South West Champions (1): 2018-19 [3]
  • West of England Cup (2): 2017-18, 2018-19
  • European Amateur Basketball League Bristol Grand Prix (1): 2018-19 [4]

Players
Bristol Hurricanes roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
2 Lithuania Minkus, Dovydas
4 England Smith, Casey
7 Lithuania Tamulevicius, Martynas
8 Lithuania Andriekus, Benas
22 England Allen, Joshua
24 Poland Kulig, Jakub
F 32 England Ranklin, Jordan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
50 Lithuania Berzonskas, Mantas (C)
55 Lithuania Romanovskij, Tomas
69 Lithuania Kosarevas, Zygimantas
Head coach
  • Lithuania K Trakelis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

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Season-by-season records
Season Division Tier Regular Season Post-Season National Cup
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
Bristol Hurricanes
2018–19 D4 SW 5 1st 14 14 0 28 1.000 Runners Up 3rd round
2019–20 D2 N 3 10th 17 6 11 15 0.353 Did not qualify 3rd round

References
  1. "WEBBA - West of England Basketball Association". www.webba-basketball.org.uk.
  2. "Senior NBL structures announced for 2019/20 season | Basketball England". www.basketballengland.co.uk.
  3. "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  4. "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  5. "FIBA LiveStats". www.fibalivestats.com.
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