Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets is a basketball club based in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. Currently, Reading Rockets play in the English Basketball League Division 1.

The club has squads ranging from developing Under-12s to the Division 1 senior men's side, and coaching staff regularly visit local schools and run satellite clubs as part of the Community Rockets scheme. The club applied to join the British Basketball League as a member franchise for the 2012–13 season but was unsuccessful.

History

Establishment

The Reading Rockets were formed in 1997 by the current owner Gary Johnson and played in Division 3 of the then NBL. They won promotion at the first attempt, and in the reorganisation of 2000 the National Basketball League replaced Division 1 with the eight-team NBL Conference as the second-tier after the BBL. Subsequently Division 2 became Division 1 where the Rockets found themselves.

The Rockets remained in Division 1 for just one season, finishing second, and beating Oxford in the Championship Final, thus winning promotion to the NBL Conference after four years in the league. In the 2001/02 season they finished seventh in the NBL Conference. In the following season, the Rockets continued their rise, finishing in third place within the NBL Conference.

Reading Rockets (PLL)

The Reading Rockets were a professional indoor lacrosse team based in Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. A charter member of the Professional Lacrosse League, they began play in the Fall of 2012. Home games were played at Santander Arena.

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