The Westminster Warriors are a basketball club based in the Westminster area of the City of Westminster. The club currently has a senior Men's team competing in the English Basketball League (EBL) Division 1, in addition to a senior Women's team playing in the local London league and junior teams at Under-14, Under-16 and Under-18 levels. The club are based at Moberly Sports Centre, and take pride in having developed 5 Senior Men's England Internationals from within a radius of their home venue.
History The club were originally formed in 1987 as a community basketball programme, focusing on using basketball as the core of a wider personal development mission, and developing a proud tradition of positively impacting the lives of young people from the local community. The club soon put out a competitive senior Men's team, and enjoyed a long and successful period in the former National Basketball League, working their way up to the pinnacle of Division One before the senior teams were disbanded in 2005 in order to focus on youth development.
The senior Men's team was reinstated in 2007, and began the slow process of working their way back to the heights reached by the former team. Starting in English Basketball League (EBL) Division 4 (Midlands / South), the Warriors won the Division Four title at the first attempt and then followed this up with a victory in the Division 3 playoffs the following year, clinching back-to-back promotions in their first two seasons back in the league. While Division Two proved a sterner test, the Warriors claimed second place in the 2011 Division Two playoffs to claim a further promotion back to Division One, claiming a place once again among the elite of English basketball.
Season-by-season records SeasonDivisionTierRegular SeasonPost-SeasonNational Cup Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win % Westminster Warriors1994-95D21995-96D21996-97D126th261511410.5781997-98D129th22616120.273Did not qualify1998-99D129th26917180.346Did not qualify1999-00D1210th24717140.292Did not qualify2000-01D133rd18108200.556Quarter-finals2001-02D136th221111230.500Quarter-finals2002-03D134th1697180.563Quarter-finals2003-04D236th201010200.500Semi-finals2004-07Withdrew from league2007-08D4 M/S52008-09D3 Sou42009-10D235th20128240.600Quarter-finals2nd round2010-11D234th20137260.650Runners-up3rd round2011-12D1212th2432160.125Did not qualify3rd round2012-13D1212th261016200.385Did not qualify3rd round2013-14D1212th26719140.269Did not qualify3rd round2014-15D1212th24618120.250Did not qualify2nd round2015-16D1211th26620120.231Did not qualify4th round2016-17D1214th2622440.077Did not qualifyQuarter-finals2017-18D235th22148280.636Semi-finals4th round2018-19D232nd20146280.700Runners-up3rd round2019-20D1213th2432180.125Did not qualify4th round
Notable players Julius Joseph Tosin Oyelese Oladapo Fagbenle Edmir Lucas Artan Mehmeti
References
External links Official Westminster Warriors website