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Spanish side CB Palafolls that Storm won by over 30 points allowing good bench rotation. One Spanish team never arrived so this saw Storm finish top of the group and hosted the first Semi-Final vs English Premiere side Surrey Rams. Storm controlled the semi-final start to finish building a 20-point lead, but Surrey would not go away and dwindled the lead down as the game continued. Storm stayed poised finishing the game 64-54 victors, placing them in the finals vs USA Select team, USA PHD Hoops. Again Storm came out strong, taking double digit leads on multiple occasions. USA would not go away however and continued to push Storm to the buzzer before ultimately falling 68-62 crowning Storm the U18 2022 Euro Youth Cup Champions
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Discipline are at the core of the club supported by Coach Senart's Character Tree and philosophy of Character Matters, supported by the roots of Respect, Integrity, Passion, Faith, Humility.
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Scottish and GB U18 Head Coach Craig Nicol's City of Edinburgh Kings. Storm having time to recover from the long northern trip and the first day's loss came out on fire ultimately winning day 2's game 95–55. Day 3 saw a double header at Dundee Madsons U16s and Dunfermline Reign U18s. While the trip was taking a toll, the boys came walked away victors in both games ending the trip on a very positive experience.
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Barcelona so had to spend the morning of day 1 at the US Embassy, however with a bit of luck he turned up with under 5 minutes to go before the first tournament tip. A strong Vilnius Basketball
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Bristol Storm is now offering high level basketball to the youth of the city. Coach Senart focuses life skills and development of young men as a priority over basketball, as he feels basketball can teach transferable life skills to
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