BMet (James Watt/Sutton Coldfield College) Basketball Academy falls under the Team Birmingham Elite Development Pathway. BMet is the largest college in the 2nd city which hosts some of the top young British Talent from all over the country and currently has players from European countries such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Malta, Ireland, Italy and Spain.
The programme also falls into the England Development Pathway (EDP) where selected students will complete a Diploma In Sporting Excellence (DISE) and is geared towards athletes who have realistic potential to achieve excellence and are seeking to perform at the highest level as their main career goal
BMet (James Watt/Sutton Coldfield) will face other EDP institutes around the UK and compete in the Elite Academy Basketball League (EABL) and the Women’s Elite Academy Basketball League (WEABL). After many seasons in the EABL, reaching playoffs and players from the programme making the national teams, we have been granted to be back in the WEABL for the 2020/21 season.
Elite Academy Basketball League (www.eabl.org)
Team Birmingham Elite Basketball Club have partnered with Birmingham Metropolitan College: James Watt College (BMet) to operate the Basketball at performance level for 16-19-year-old who study full time courses alongside their Basketball schedule under the England Development Pathway (EDP).
BMet: James Watt College is one of the four campuses of Birmingham Metropolitan College. However our students who attend the programme have the flexibility to attend any campuses that is ideal for them. Majority of our students who attend the programme are present at James Watt College or Sutton Coldfield College which range from Level 1-3 in vocational studies and our A Level Centre is based at Sutton Coldfield College.