Ayrshire Tornadoes B.C. Explained

The Ayrshire Tornadoes are a Scottish basketball club based in Dalry, North Ayrshire.

History

The club was founded in 1991 as Troon Basketball Club, playing home games at Marr College, Troon. [1] As one of Scotland's leading amateur basketball clubs, the club joined the Scottish Men's National League for the 1998–99 season as the Troon Tornadoes, quickly establishing themselves as a very capable National League team. Their first title came 4 years later, winning the Scottish National League in 2002, with only a single defeat all season.

The Tornadoes would finish in the top-3 teams for 5 of the next 6 seasons, including another National League title in 2006. During this period the Tornadoes also claimed the Scottish Cup title on three occasions. From 2008 onwards, the club remained competitive in the National League albeit in a slow and steady decline down the league standings.

In 2015, the club moved from their traditional home in Troon to Dalry, and rebranded as the Ayrshire Tornadoes to reflect the wide area across which the club attracted players and hoped to develop a wider community programme. Unfortunately these plans did not stop the decline of the senior men's team, who after finishing 10th in Division 1, were relegated into the newly formed Division 2. The Tornadoes spent three seasons in Division 2, eventually achieving promotion back to Division 1 in 2019.

Teams

Senior Men (National League Division 1)

Senior Men B (Strathclyde League Division 2)

U18 Men (National League Division 1)

U16 Men (National League Division 1)

Honours

Scottish National League Champions (2002, 2006)

Scottish Cup Champions (2003, 2005, 2006)

Professional players

In the summer of 2006, several players formed part of a mass exodus towards professional basketball clubs including, Dan Wardrope (to Guildford Heat), Brian McCotter (to Newcastle Eagles), and Andy Pearson (to Scottish Rocks).

Season-by-season records

Seasons 1998-2015
SeasonDivisionTierLeaguePlayoffsScottish Cup
FinishPlayedWinsLossesPointsWin %
Troon Tornadoes
1998-1999SNBL27th271017370.370
1999-2000SNBL26th18711250.389
2000-2001SNBL26th1899260.500
2001-2002SNBL21st17161330.941
2002-2003SNBL22nd18153330.833Winners, beating City of Edinburgh Kings, 73-69
2003-2004SNBL23rd18126300.667
2004-2005SNBL22ndWinners, beating City of Edinburgh Kings, 80-63
2005-2006SNBL21stWinners, beating City of Edinburgh Kings, 79-65
2006-2007SNBL25th17107270.588
2007-2008SNBL23rd16124260.750
2008-2009SNBL24th20812280.400Semi-finals
2009-2010SNBL24th201010300.500Semi-finals
2010-2011SNBL26th18810260.444Did not qualify
2011-2012SNBL24th18108280.556Quarter-finalsQuarter-finals
2012-2013SNBL24th18117290.611Semi-finalsQuarter-finals
2013-2014SNBL26th18810260.444Quarter-finals2nd round
2014-2015SNBL28th22715290.318Quarter-finals1st round
SeasonDivisionTierLeaguePlayoffsScottish Cup
FinishPlayedWinsLossesPointsWin %
Ayrshire Tornadoes
2015-2016SBC D1210th18216200.111Did not qualify1st round
2016-2017SBC D236th1459190.357Did not qualify1st round
2017-2018SBC D235th1495230.643Did not qualify2nd round
2018-2019SBC D231st16142280.875Winners and Promoted to Division 1Semi-finals
2019-2020SBC D129th16115160.063Did not qualify1st round

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet the Troon man who's been jumping through hoops since 1991. 21 March 2008 .

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