Cardiff Celts
Encyclopedia
The Cardiff CELTS is a basketball
team from Cardiff
, competing in the English Basketball League
, Division 1. They play their home games at the Sport Wales National Centre. CELTS stands for Centre of Excellence for Leisure, Training and Sport.
They are currently the only team in the United Kingdom
to have a mens, women's, wheelchair and under 18 teams competing in the English National Leagues.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team from Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, competing in the English Basketball League
English Basketball League
The English Basketball League is a semi-professional and amateur basketball league in England. It forms the second-tier of competition below the professional British Basketball League....
, Division 1. They play their home games at the Sport Wales National Centre. CELTS stands for Centre of Excellence for Leisure, Training and Sport.
They are currently the only team in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
to have a mens, women's, wheelchair and under 18 teams competing in the English National Leagues.