Edinburgh Dragons Basketball

An update long, long overdue marks the finale of the 2025-26 season for the Dragons - one that was rocky at times, but ended on a high note with one more bit of silverware for the trophy case.

LL Div 2 was quite competitive all year long and although 3 teams did pull ahead at the top of the table about halfway through the season, several games against mid-table and even lower-placed opponents proved to be tricky enough for everybody. Especially through some stretches in late winter/early spring, injuries and player availability became a key factor for us, and the end of the regular season found us in 4th place - which may not be bad per se, but also leaves huge room for improvement next year.

Going into the playoffs however, we were lucky to be at (almost) full strength and managed to pull off a good run and go all the way, culminating in a strong performance and a 17-point win over a young and spirited Blaze B team in the playoff final.

Since the summer of 2023 when we first pondered the whole idea of creating a team, winning 3 trophies in 3 years and going toe to toe against historic, decades-old basketball clubs in the city - yeah, is kind of a headtrip really. But we are here, bigger club, better teammates, closer friends.

The offseason is upon us, we have earned ourselves some rest but very soon, we will be back on the grind for the next era of the Dragons, because we are not just here now, we intend to stick around.

February 28th, 2023 - passenger train IC62, on its way through the darkness from Athens to Thessaloniki, collides head-on with a freight train that had been travelling the opposite way on the same line for a full 12 minutes. 57 people are killed and more than 180 are injured.

The most serious train crash in Greek history (and one of the deadliest in Europe) revealed the shocking conditions of transport infrastructure being underfunded and traffic control systems being non-functional for years. But even more importantly, the aftermath turned a spotlight on the hideous political truths surrounding the disaster: unclear cargo in the freight train possibly being the cause of a massive explosion after the crash, tampering of evidence in the crash site immediately after, families of victims repeatedly being discredited while asking to know the truth.

Three years later, we mourn the loss of 57 innocent people in a train crash that was nothing short of a crime. We stand together with those related to the victims and those who continue to protest, in Greece and around the world, opposing the policies that led to it and demanding to know what happened.

Memory is like a vinyl record or a wax tablet. Moments in time roll over and carve impressions on it, but as years pass by and memories increase, the needle has a hard time tracing the littler scratches and they are eventually wiped out and forgotten. Yet, deeper grooves always remain present: February 28th, 2023 is a groove so deep that will never be forgotten, but until the truth is brought to light, it is also a wound that is impossible to heal.

No justice, no peace.