Brighton Cougars

BBL team
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name = Brighton Cougars

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sponsor = None
league = British Basketball League
established = 1989
history = Brighton Cougars
1989-present
arena = Olympos Burgess Hill
(Capacity: 1,300)
location = Brighton, East Sussex
coach = TBA
ownership = Company Ltd by Guarantee; 5 Directors
colours = Blue and Gold
website = [http://www.brightoncougars.co.uk/ BrightonCougars.co.uk]
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The Brighton Cougars are an English basketball club from the city of Brighton. Established in 1989, the community-orientated club announced on June 17, 2007 that they would launch a franchise in the professional British Basketball League [http://www.uktvslam.tv/page/SlamLogin/BBLNews/0,,10023~1053793,00.html] . The club were due to start competing in Britain's top-tier league in the 2008-09 season.

The club would have been occupying the spot vacated by Brighton's former professional basketball franchise the Brighton Bears, which folded in 2006. However, the Cougars' application to become a franchise in The BBL was denied and the open slot handed to Worthing Thunder, a local rival. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/basketball/7413467.stm BBC SPORT | Other sport... | Basketball | Worthing Thunder set to join BBL ] ]

The Brighton Cougars have recently announced that Serious Web Support will be providing professional web site development and support for a new web site as they work towards having a team in British Basketball League for the 2008/9 season.

References

ee also

*Brighton Bears
*British Basketball League

External links

* [http://www.brightoncougars.co.uk Official Brighton Cougars website]
* [http://brightoncougars.intheteam.com Brighton Cougars Community website]
* [http://www.seriouswebsupport.com Serious Web Support]