Essex Pirates

Essex Pirates Basketball Club was a short-lived basketball franchise in the British Basketball League (BBL ) from Southend- on-Sea in England. After there had been with the Leopards an existing in Brentwood between 1999 and 2003 BBL franchise in Essex, was on " Soutend campus " of the South Essex College 2009, another basketball team inclusion in the closed professional league BBL. In addition to some veterans of the British youth team coach Tim Lewis recruited especially young players for the first team. Was achieved in the first season, 2009/10 seven wins in 36 games, which gave the penultimate place in the table, was broken in the second season of 2010/11 a complete and finished at the end of the season behind with just one win of the season the last place. Then also the necessary financial support was withdrawn, so that had to withdraw from the Pirates of the BBL.