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Introducing Basketballpaisley's Dynamic Duo Chris and Rebecca Cleary, Christopher Cleary, Head of basketball has been part of Basketballpaisley ever since joining the Junior Men program at the age of 16. After a year playing in America he returned to the Senior men program and soon became heavily involved in coaching. Throughout the years he has brought home many a trophy, most notably coaching the U16 boys program to an undefeated double treble. Chris’ background is in sport

This week we have a special announcement for the blog... two of our club leading role models in Chris Cleary and Rebecca Cleary have on the 19th of November brought our newest Basketballpaisley member into the world. Meet Zac Cleary who was born at 11.05am on the 19th in the Paisley Maternity Ward. Throughout the pregnancy both Chris and Rebecca have shown no stopping in their contribution to basketball, with their dedication to organising and facilitating our sport parallel

Chris has had some adventure already from a young Houston Hornet to Spain to London to GB and now to America, we asked Chris what his transition has been like to the US and how he's embraced that experience and preparation. Chris: "Pursuing a basketball career in the United States has always been a dream of mine. I have been preparing for the opportunity to play in America for a long time, making sure my grades in school were high and skills on the basketball court were up to

Our star point guard for the senior men has been putting in the work over lockdown and had his name called to push himself and train with Scotland's only male professional basketball team, the Glasgow Rocks. Fergus had been a standout in the National League for us during the 2019/20 season and finally got a shot at the pros so we asked him about his experience and how it felt to get signed, this is what he had to say: "As a basketball player living in Glasgow it has always be

This season was undoubtedly one of the most unique years in club history with our regular programme being interrupted by a global pandemic in March 2020. Fortunately the league and cup competitions reached a conclusion with only the playoffs being affected. The pandemic paused all basketball operations across the country until August where we had to begin to assess guidance and evaluate whether our club could return to the courts. After a majorly challenging time, a programme