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Boroughmuir Blaze B.C.
League	SBC Division 1
Established	1961; 63 years ago (1961)
History	Boroughmuir 1961-2004 Boroughmuir Blaze 2004-present
Arena	The Crags Centre
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Team colours
Website	Official website

Boroughmuir Blaze Basketball Club is a basketball club based in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

History

Boroughmuir (1961-2004)

The club was founded in 1961 with an initial nucleus of players from Edinburgh's Boroughmuir High School. The club's heyday came in the late 1960s when players like Tony Wilson, Mel Capaldi, John Tunnah, Brian Carmichael and Bill McInnes went on to form the backbone of the Scotland national basketball team. ^[1] A highlight of this period came in 1967 when Boroughmuir became the first British team to participate in a European cup competition. They were drawn against the mighty Real Madrid and played their home tie at Murrayfield Ice Rink before a crowd of nearly 1,000.

Blaze (2004-present)

The Blaze moniker was introduced in 2004 and in recent years the club has rejuvenated its development program with the club now having over 100 members with teams at every age group from Under 12 through to Over 50s. The club's growth is reflected by entry in the U16 National League since 2005/06 and the U18 National League from 2006/07. The Senior Men's team re-entered the National League in 2011 after 3 years away, and won their first National League title in 38 years, and completed the league-playoffs double, in 2016. In season 2022/23 Blaze senior men won the domestic treble - league, cup and post season play-offs.

Teams

Men's Squads

Senior Men 2 teams (National League Division 1, National League Division 2)

U18 Men 2 teams (National League Division 1, National League Division 2)

U16 Men 3 teams (National League Divisions 1, 2 & 3)

U14 Boys 2 teams (East/Central Regional Development League)

U12 Boys 2 teams (East/Central Regional Development League)

Women's Squads

Senior Women (National League Division 1)

U18 Women (National League Division 1)

U16 Women (National League Division 1)

U14 Girls (East/Central Regional Development League)

U12 Girls (East/Central Regional Development League)

U10 Girls (East/Central Regional Development League)

Season-by-season records

Prior to the 1997–98 season, Boroughmuir competed in every National League season since its formation in 1969, winning 9 of their 10 league titles to date consecutively (1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78).

Record in European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
1967-68	FIBA European Champions Cup	First round	Real Madrid	69-108	43-126	112-234
1968-69	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Anderlecht	52-103	75-109	127-212
1969-70	FIBA European Champions Cup	First round	Racing Mechelen	84-123	120-144	204-267
1970-71	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Juventud	64-106	77-92	141-198
1973-74	FIBA European Champions Cup	First round	Haarlem	74-129	70-126	144-255
1976-77	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Juventud	66-111	64-126	130-237

References

External links

• Official site

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