About Us
Created in 1968 by Jimmy Rogers to provide opportunities for young Black people
to play Basketball. Emerging into Local Merseyside leagues, Toxteth Tigers
made a big impact and are now in the regional and national competitions. In
1991 the club was reconstituted to incorporate its wider aims in its constitution,
and also changed its name to 'Toxteth Tigers Basketball Programme' in order
to portray positive images of the area of Liverpool.
The club achieved National recognition when it became National Champions in 2000
and out of a squad of fifteen, eight of them were accepted academically in various
universities around the country, two of these boys were the first in their families
ever to attend university.
Toxteth Tigers Basketball Programme now has young people participating
from all over the world. As basketball is a truly worldwide sport,
some of these young people have found the programme their first port
of call after arriving in Liverpool.
The programme has been able to successfully help these young people
to integrate into the local community making them feel safe and secure.
The current membership is over two hundred boys and girls that come
from all the different groups and cultures in the community a number
of our young people are currently in the United States studying on
Basketball scholarships. Toxteth Tigers is very much Community
based and we are involved in a number of sporting projects which
bring all cultures and backgrounds together through sport.
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