The rising U14 Team are battling for a very respectable top 4 finish in a tough NBL Conference League and they faced a weekend double header playing home and away against Spen Valley Vipers U14 . They kept their rise up the league progressing with high scoring wins in both fixtures . Lewis Brown (22 Points), Franz Remoroza (19) and Oliveris Varnelis (13) all scored big in a home win of 92-26 on the Saturday.

Match Report Here.

The return leg was at Bradford College, which is the new home of Spen Valley Vipers after many years in Batley , with Explorers U14 NBL team reaching one hundred points in a game for the 4th time this year , a testament to their level of scoring ability , with a 104-26 win on the road . Oliveris Varnelis top scored with 22 points , Lewis Brown continued his consistent high scoring contribution with 20 points with Cameron Domyem bringing 16 points in an impressive display.

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Calderdale Hawks 2 completed their season with a second leg play off loss of 31-50 at North Halifax Grammar School against Leeds Lions Rock II meaning an exit at the quarter final stage of the post season playoffs with Gavin Parkinson delivering a strong 13 points. This was the first season of adding an additional team as part of the Hawks set up and the team claimed a creditable fifth place in their division . This first season was about ensuring that a second team was sustainable and their was enough interest for the team to survive and thrive. This has now very clearly become a proven success and looking forward to the team going from strength to strength next season .

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With the U16 NBL Regional League secured in the previous weekend , the Explorers U16 NBL team could celebrate in style with another on-the-road win . This time they outplayed QE Basketball Academy U16 II team with a high scoring first quarter of 30 points establishing a 17 point lead early on . From there they extended the lead in every quarter finishing the game with a 79-35 win meaning a played 15 won 14 record with one game to go and an impressive 389 positive points difference in games played . Issac Sutcliffe (18 points) , Callum Ireland (11) and Ollie Garland (10) led the scoring .

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Calderdale Explorers Senior men had a tough home match against table toppers Black Country Steelers and found it hard going eventually losing 49-99. Eddie Uttley led the scoring with 14 points . The Senior team face Coventry Flames on Saturday in the last match of a challenging season and the team will be looking to rebuild for next season.

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UPCOMING WEEK 10/3/25 - 16/3/25

This coming week sees us looking forward to a range of fixtures and events :

EXPLORER's UNDER 12 players have a free week competitively

UNDER 14 DEVELOPMENT squad players have a free week competitively

UNDER 14 NBL have their last game of the NBL season against Durham Lions u14 and travel to Hartlepool for an 11.00am tip off at Brierton Sports Centre on Sunday 23rd

UNDER 16 DEVELOPMENT Squad players have a free week competitively

UNDER 16 NBL have their last game of the season at home against City Of Leeds White II at North Halifax Grammar School with a 4.30pm tip off and look to celebrate their championship win in style.

CALDERDALE HAWKS 1 have the second leg of their quarter final playoff against York Vikings 2 at North Halifax Grammar School on Thursday 20th at 8.30pm looking to overturn a 16 point deficit from the first leg .

CALDERDALE HAWKS 2 have completed their season

CALDERDALE EXPLORERS SENIORS have their last game of the season with a home game against Coventry Flames with a 6.30pm tip off at NHGS.