{"id":4138,"date":"2019-08-27T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingrockets.co.uk\/rr2021\/rr2021\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2019-08-27T12:56:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T12:56:21","slug":"academy-duo-grant-and-chive-move-to-full-time-nbl-division-one-rockets-as-graduates-obediah-and-ndah-added-to-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingrockets.co.uk\/rr2021\/academy-duo-grant-and-chive-move-to-full-time-nbl-division-one-rockets-as-graduates-obediah-and-ndah-added-to-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy duo Grant and Chive move to full time NBL Division One Rockets as graduates Obediah and Ndah added to roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Reading Rockets have really enhanced their development of youth by promoting Under 18s Samuel Grant and David Chive\"\"<\/a> to the men\u2019s first team for the 2019-2020 season.<\/p>\n

The pair have one year remaining at junior basketball level but having impressed last term and both representing Great Britain at the Under 18 European Championships this summer, Coach Keane has promoted the duo to the Division One roster whilst remaining part of the EABL academy team for the coming term. Grant and Chive both featured for the Rockets top team last year<\/p>\n

The Rockets have also added David Obediah and Asher Ndah to the squad after both players completed their junior journey with the Berkshire outfit. The pair have come through Reading\u2019s junior programme and were prominent features last season in the club\u2019s Under 18 team and in the EABL team.<\/p>\n

Obediah and Ndah will continue to study and play at the John Madejski Academy as well as cut their teeth at the Division One level with both players having a taste of England\u2019s top league last time out.<\/p>\n

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Rockets Academy Director Matt Johnson is looking forward to seeing the contributions of the academy players again this term. The Director of Coaching said,<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of the Rockets programme, we have long been in the pursuit of developing young players and giving them the opportunity to play at the highest level possible in England with this year being no different. With such a strong cohort of youth coming through it is exciting to see how many younger players are now in a position to play in our men\u2019s and women\u2019s division one teams. We are really looking forward to this season and seeing many young players making their names in senior competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Rockets have really enhanced their development of youth by promoting Under 18s Samuel Grant and David Chive to the men\u2019s first team for the 2019-2020 season. The pair have one year remaining at junior basketball level but having impressed last term and both representing Great Britain at the Under 18 European Championships this summer, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":[],"_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3,4,6],"tags":[237,218,144,143,217,142],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/readingrockets.co.uk\/rr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/academy-players-new.png?fit=700%2C298&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdDaI5-14K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3870,"url":"https:\/\/readingrockets.co.uk\/rr2021\/jma-rockets-duo-in-great-britain-under-18-squad\/","url_meta":{"origin":4138,"position":0},"title":"JMA Rockets duo in Great Britain Under 18 Squad","date":"13\/07\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"John Madejski Academy students and Reading Rockets players Samuel Grant and David Chive have recently represented the Great Britain Under 18 team alongside Division One Men\u2019s Head Coach and JMA Basketball Director Alan Keane who oversees the programme as Head Coach.Coach Keane selected 16 players for his initial squad but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Club Announcements"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/readingrockets.co.uk\/rr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gbu18-head.jpg?fit=700%2C387&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3516,"url":"https:\/\/readingrockets.co.uk\/rr2021\/national-cup-finals-weekend-match-reports\/","url_meta":{"origin":4138,"position":1},"title":"National Cup Finals weekend – Match Reports","date":"23\/01\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Rockets Junior Ladies 65 v 60 Charnwood College Riders. 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