London Leopards

BBL team
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name = London Leopards

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sponsor = Clarendon Contracts
league = EBL Division 1
established = 1997
history = Ware Fire
1997-2000
Ware Rebels
2000-2004
Essex & Herts Leopards
2004-2006
London Leopards
2006-present
arena = Brentwood Centre & Wodson Park
location = Ware, Hertfordshire
coach = flagicon|UK Jon Burnell
ownership = Dave Ryan
colours = Black, Red and White
website = [http://www.leopardsbasketball.co.uk/ LeopardsBasketball.co.uk]
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The London Leopards are a British basketball team that competes in the English Basketball League Division 1. The team was founded in 1997 as Ware Fire and later renamed to Ware Rebels. Following a merger in 2004, the team was renamed to Essex & Herts Leopards. In 2006 Leopards won the National Cup at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham defeating Reading Rockets 79-75.

For the 2006/07 season they were renamed as London Leopards to attract a bigger fanbase from England's capital city and finished in 4th place in EBL1 the clubs highest ever league place.

The team should not be confused with the now defunct Essex Leopards (Formerly "Greater London Leopards"), who folded in 2003, although many of the original Leopards fans now follow the new, reincarnated Leopards.

ee also

*Essex Leopards

External links

* [http://www.leopardsbasketball.co.uk Official site]