Kingston Wildcats

Kingston Wildcats

Infobox BBL team
name = Kingston Wildcats

logo_size =
league = Surrey League
established = 1983
history = Tolworth Reckers - 1983 to 1992
Chessington Wildcats - 1993 to 1998
Kingston Wildcats 1998 to Date
arena = Chessington Sports Centre
capacity = 200
city = Kingston upon Thames
county = Surrey
coach = Chris Howell / Phil Gunner / Tanya Corry
tenure = 10th
owners = Members Club
colour1 = Aqua
colour2 = Blue
colour3 = Orange
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hex2 = 0000ff
hex3 = ffa500
h_pattern_b= _blackshoulders
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Kingston Wildcats are a basketball team from Kingston, who competed in the English Basketball League Men's leagues. They now compete in the Surrey League. The team was founded in 1983 and played as Tolworth Reckers in the Surrey League until 1994 when as Chessington Wildcats they moved up to the regional NBL Division Three South. In 1996 they were promoted to the national NBL Division 2.

The team changed their name to Kingston Wildcats in an attempt to improve it's profile in 1998 and this coupled with some shrewd recruiting culminated in winning the Division Two Play off final at Wembley beating the highly fancied Manchester Magic. An automatic place in Division One was initially denied due to the capacity at Chessington Sports Centre being below the 500 stipulated for the division.

In 2000 to take their place in Division One they moved to Tolworth Recreation Centre. TRC had hosted top flight basketball in the 70's and 80's when Kingston Kings were one of the best teams in the country, however a large investment by both Kingston Council and Kingston Wildcats was required to get the centre's equipment up to the required standard.


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