About Reading Rockets Development League
Which Teams are involved in our leagues?
Rockets Development League is for players that currently compete in the clubs Mighty Baller (U12) programme, U12,14,16 &18 Girls programme, and their U14 Youth Baller programme. Head coaches of these teams select 10-12 players to represent their team each season to compete in the development league.
How often do teams play, and where?
Rockets Development league is held at Maiden Erlegh School, Hamilton Road, Reading (what 3 words means.brings.goods) on Friday evenings between 5.30-8.30pm (please see venue tab for map). Each team will play every 4 weeks and will play in 2-3 games per evening. Please scroll down to the events section to see which nights your son/daughters team are playing on.
League Teams
For each of our league teams, they are given NBA team names. As some of our teams are made up of 2 hubs Please see below a list of which team your child's hub is in for the league
Under 12's
Girls U12/14 Development - Mystics
Bulmershe + Weller - Warriors
JMA (Saturday) + JMA (Sunday) - Celtics
South Reading + Chiltern Edge - Bulls
Loddon Valley (Monday) - Wizards
Loddon valley (Tuesday) + Theale - 76ers
Loddon Valley (Wednesday) + Wren - Hawks
Under 14's
Ryeish Green - Cavaliers
U16/U18 Girls - Storm
Bulmershe - Magic
Weller + South Reading - Heat
Loddon Valley + Chiltern Edge - Knicks
Theale + Wren - Clippers
League Pools
In both our U12 and U14 leagues teams are split across 2 pools. Please see below which team is in which Pool.
Under 12's - These are the new pools for the remainder of the league
Pool 1
Warriors
Wizards
Bulls
Mystics
Pool 2
76ers
Hawks
Celtics
Under 14's - These are the new pools for the remainder of the league
Pool 1
Cavaliers
Heat
Magic
Pool 2
Storm
Knicks
Clippers
Timings and Venue For the League
Timings
Our Venue
Our Venue
The court is available from 5.30 pm each evening with league games starting from 6pm onwards.
Please see the league dates calendar below to see when your team is playing and the schedule for each evening.
Players are required to be at the venue at least 20 minutes before their first game and can depart once the final game is over.
please see FAQ tab for more information on the evening.
Our Venue
Our Venue
Our Venue
All the league nights are played at Maiden Erlegh School.
Address to get to the car park:
135 Bulmershe Road, Reading RG1 5SG
Please see the "league venues" tab above for more information on the League venue
Kit
Our Venue
Kit
We ask that all players wear sports clothes and trainers/basketball shoes to the league.
League t-shirts purchased can be purchased as each hub has allocated coloured t-shirts.
Please see the "League Tshirts" tab above for more information on the tshirts and how to purchase.