Solent Kestrels Basketball Club

25-26 on the Canvas 🎨

📣🏀🏡 Calling the local Southampton community our partner academy Itchen College are expanding their host family network for the 2026/27 academic year!

Have a spare room? Think you can host or know someone who would be interested? We’d love to hear from you; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwXtgKo0hU4ylOW12n91jY_colHeGpSwow5c6HYDRRE22zOQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=106225414221642648195

Here at Solent Kestrels Basketball Club, Kathryn is quite simply the heart and soul of the community. Working tirelessly behind the scenes, she ensures children can play, learn, and feel fully included within the club environment, always going above and beyond to support families wherever needed.

Kathryn is someone who quietly makes everything happen. From managing club administration, to supporting matchday set-up and pack-away, officiating at the table, refereeing games, and helping develop the next generation of officials as a Level 4 table official, her impact is felt across every part of the organisation.

Always willing to step up for the good of the game, Kathryn recently became a qualified referee, expanding her skills even further to better support the players, teams, and club community.

Her contribution extends well beyond the club being a key contributor in SABA basketball development.

What makes Kathryn truly special, though, is the care she shows for every single child involved. No matter their background or ability, she ensures everyone feels welcomed, supported, and valued. She has an incredible ability to make every young person feel like they belong.

And remarkably, she does all of this alongside a full-time job, dedicating countless evenings and weekends to basketball purely through passion and commitment.

Please join us in congratulating Kathryn on this truly deserved recognition.

1 in a million, 1 of our own!

Congratulations to a true legend of our game Cliff Fullbrook for his recent Services to Basketball award!

For over 50 years of dedicated service to basketball, Cliff has made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the game across numerous roles including administrator, secretary and statistician. His passion, commitment and tireless volunteer work have been instrumental in developing basketball within the Solent area, particularly in supporting and advancing the women’s game.

Cliff has devoted an incredible amount of time and energy to club development at Solent Suns and Team Solent Kestrels to name a few. His drive to improve the standards of statistics within the game combined with his willingness to always go above and beyond behind the scenes has earned the respect and admiration of everyone who has worked with him.

This recognition is thoroughly deserved and reflects not only his exceptional service to basketball but also the lasting impact his dedication, leadership and commitment have had on the sport and the people within it over many decades.

Congratulations to Kestrels duo who were recognised at the Basketball England’s South Region Awards 2025 🏅

Table Official of the Year - Ethan Round
Media/Photographer of the Year - Dan Crowther

Very well deserved guys for all your hard work!

Family on 3 - A Solent Kestrels Story 🎬🏀🎥

Premieres live on YouTube from 5pm

A documentary following the Men’s teams journey to the treble shot and produced by Bournemouth University students.

https://youtu.be/sFMCAPL-3I8?si=z9oz43b14v_SIXYS

Slam Jam 🏀 is coming to the Solent Sports Complex this June!

Slam Jam Intro for children aged 5-8 years old & Slam Jam Play for 9-11 years old!

Get booked on now for this summers instalment of Slam Jam with Solent Kestrels;

Intro - https://www.playhq.com/uk/basketball-england/register/5010f6

Play - https://www.playhq.com/uk/basketball-england/register/48363f

Today marks 10 years since we lost the very reason we are all here representing this wonderful club.

10 years on and the love, memories and legacy are stronger than ever for our Bev Guymon 🪽

Huge congratulations to no less than 10 Kestrels juniors who have made the Super South Aspire Camp across the U13/U15 Boys & Girls squads!