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Originally entered the League as Coventry in 1974, having won the NIT (and the Inter-Area Tournament) as Warwickshire.
In 1980 the club moved to Birmingham, to play at the new Aston Villa Leisure Centre, and won the League Championship in their first season there, as Team Fiat.
In 1982, changed name to Birmingham Bullets.
1988; having finished fourth in BBL (still called Division 1), opted to move down to Division Two. Chose to rejoin BBL in 1991, having won Div. 2 play-off Championship.
Having played at both Birmingham Indoor Arena and the National Exhibition Centre, the Bullets were back at Aston Villa, but fell out with the administrators of the Centre, and moved again, in 2003, to Birmingham Sports Centre. 2004 found them playing at North Solihull Sports Centre.
Opted to "sit out for a year" in 2006, to give them time to attempt to "relocate"
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VENUE:
NORTH SOLIHULL
SPORTS CENTRE,
CONWAY ROAD, CHELMSLEY
WOOD, BIRMINGHAM B37 5LA |
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2006-7 Roster:
Names in bold have re-signed for new season.
Names in green are new signings.
Names in red have departed.
| PLAYER | Height | |||
| Douaine ANDERSON | Forward | 6' 5" | Ex-Bullets' Junior. Returns from 3 years at Franklin Pierce College, USA | |
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Renaldo EDMONDSON |
Guard |
6’ 3” |
From Aston, 2005, previously at Worcester |
| Skouson HARKER | Forward | 6' 8" | Canadian. From TS Goppingen, Germany. Second season. | |
| James HEMPENSTALL | ||||
| Kashien LATHAM | Forward | 6' 9" | USA | |
| Johnny PHILLIPS | Centre | 6' 10" | Texas Tech, via Kosovo, Bahrain, Mexico, and Venezuela. Signed Jan '05. Released May 05. Re-signed Jan06 | |
| Rudy WALLACE | Guard | 6' 0" | Transfer-deadline beating signing; Jan. 06 | |
| Jeff BONDS | Forward | 6' 7" | California Poly Pomona University. To Sharks, 2006 | |
| Barry LAMBLE | Forward |
6' 9" |
From Worcester, 2005. Planned to move to Europe, but ended up at Bullets. To Leicester, 2006 | |
| Adam WILLIAMS | Guard | 6' 4" | From East Durham, 2003. To Leicester, 2006. | |
| Yorick WILLIAMS | Guard/Forward | From Brighton, 2005. Returned to Brighton, Nov 05. Back to Bullets, Jan. 06. To Leicester, 2006. | ||
| Matt KEMPER | Forward |
6' 9" |
From University of Pacific, via Australian ABA's Hervey Bay Hurricanes. Cut Jan. 06 | |
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Rikki PRINCE |
Guard |
6’ 4” |
Returned, 2005, after 2 seasons at Worcester. Left to join Aston. |
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| Deaundra "Dino" TANNER | USA; Oregon State University and Utah Snowbears (ABA) Cut Jan. 06 | |||
| Skouson HARKER | Player/coach | 6' 8" | Appointed player/coach after departure of Ling. | |
| Darren LING | Coach | Re-appointed, but left in August 05. | ||