Club History
Team Belfast was originally founded by Tom McCready in March 1998, who was then working for the City Gym YMCA. In fact, many of the original players were members of the YMCA Youth Club. The team gained their experience of basketball through YMCA News Release an American team who toured Europe giving basketball clinics. After a few warm up games the club entered a team into the league for the 1998/1999 season.
Tom has since left for the sunny shores of Australia and the team has moved from the YMCA to play in Saint Mary's Collage 191 Falls Road. Team Belfast continues to grow, and with the team in its sixth season has the largest squad to date. We are in Division 1 and are currently sponsored by MDS Pharma Services.
1998/1999 - Division 1
Division 1 Winners
Winners of the Lisburn Nicholas Collins Memorial Tournament
1999/2000 - Premier League
Finished 5th in the league
Finished 2nd & 3rd in the Belfast 3 on 3 Tournament
Finished 5th in the Liverpool Invitational Tournament
Team captain William Love voted MVP Premier League
2000/2001 - Premier League
Finished 4th in league (league suspended with 4 games left)
Semi Final Plate (cup suspended)
Finished 2nd in the Lisburn Nicholas Collins Memorial Tournament
Finished 4th in the Liverpool Invitational Tournament
2002/2003 - Division 1
Finished 5th in the league
Runners up in the Ulster Plate
2002/2003 - Division 2
Finished 3rd in the league