Barking Abbey Academy Director of Basketball, Former Great Britain U16 Boys Head Coach / GBU20 assistant, England Mens Commonwealth Games Assistant Coach
Joined August 2011
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27 Feb 2018
Thank you to the @BBCNews for coming into @AbbeyBasketball and allowing me to discuss the funding crisis hitting our sport on a national platform. Hopefully change will happen in the near future #gbfamily #gbbasketball
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Unsigned Senior - Kervy Mabaya
Recruitment still open
Position: SG / F
Height: 6”6
Class of 2026
Looking for Juco options
Please email me if interested:
jamesvear@abbeybasketball.com
#AbbeyNation
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Coach Vear retweeted
Kervy Mabaya class of 2026 | recruitment still open | looking at JUCO options
GB u18 and u16 player
Please email jamesvear@abbeybasketball.com for more details
@JUCOadvocate
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Coach Vear retweeted
Jan 31
Don’t normalize this stuff or applaud it. It’s not a badge of honor to be absent for your kids or family. Coaching requires sacrifice but not like this.
If your program is about growing people, teach them how to be great moms/dads/spouses etc and not just how to read a defense
Jan 29
New #Bills HC Joe Brady, talking about the sacrifices coaches’ wives make, mentioned how he once called his wife on the way to a game while she was going into labor — and found out after the game that she had given birth on her own.
“This game takes away time, energy, and presence from you, and you’ve carried the weight that comes with this job so I can pursue my calling.”
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Class of 2026 #AbbeyNation
Mid Season Highlights @AbbeyBasketball
Joshua Mendes
6’9 Forward
♦️3 Level Scorer
♦️Dominant Post player
♦️Shooting 40% from 3
♦️Rebounder
Recruitment Open 📩
#classof2026basketball #senior #uncommited #basketballrecruitment
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Coach Vear retweeted
27 Dec 2025
Imagine spending your Christmas Day waiting for hours & freezing your flaps off to give gifts to those who are not in need. Take your gifts to a fucking food bank or something, you nauseating hole crawlers 🤢 I will never, ever understand this fucking nonsense 🙄
25 Dec 2025
Prince George received an Aston Villa themed gifts from well-wishers today. He’s such a confident and polite young man ❤️
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27 Dec 2025
RT @demon_dolI: what kind of weirdo do you have to be to be buying a bunch of rich toffs who don't know nor care about you, presents? why n…
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21 Sep 2025
Trump may be the most horrible human on the face of the earth - and his reptile audience laughed
21 Sep 2025
Trump: Biden was always a mean sob.. Not working out too well for him right now. So, when you start feeling sorry for him, remember he’s a bad guy.
*Biden was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones.
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12 Sep 2025
🏀 Thank You, Neal Hopkins 🙌
Huge thanks to Neal for his brilliant work as our Basketball England North Talent Manager. He shortly steps down from his role to make way for the new full time positions being appointed.
Neal has been a great support to us all in the North West!
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11 Sep 2025
This is the key to our entire pathway, it’s not rocket science and has been proven by numerous smaller nations like Finland.
Until our entire coaching pathway is reformed and updated we are fighting a losing battle.
11 Sep 2025
"We invested so much of our efforts into coaches, their education & development."
The architect of Finland's basketball revolution, Henrik Dettmann, credits their rise to investment in coaching.
UK could learn a thing or two...
(via @IgorCurkovic)
fiba.basketball/en/events/fi…
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4 Sep 2025
“I felt it was my responsibility to speak out so the people of UK could understand what a fraud this guy is.”
Congressman Jamie Raskin warns the UK to look at what’s happening in the US and to “not go down that road” when it comes to Farage.
@RepRaskin | #TimesRadio
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12 Aug 2025
Pro Insight Player Spotlight 🔦
👤 Obinna Ekufu (2008 🇬🇧)
🏀 @AbbeyBasketball
📌 #BWBEurope
💡His functional athleticism was on full display during the first day of the camp, as he provided some eye-catching rim protection flashes along with finishing strong at the rim. Good overall effort on the defensive end — especially at the POA, where he really harassed opposing handlers.
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12 Aug 2025
You’re a scam site I have reported you already
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1 Aug 2025
In any functioning country, he would be ousted from the White House and banished from public life forever
Trump on weak jobs report: We’re doing so well—I believe the numbers were phony so I fired her.
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12 Jul 2025
Sorry, I’m not buying it. Everyone saw this coming. If you didn’t, it’s time to do your research or broaden your understanding.
“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien de Robespierre
11 Jul 2025
ANDREW SCHULZ: “I voted for none of this. Trump is doing the exact opposite of everything I voted for.”
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6 Jul 2025
Germany’s rise hasn’t been luck.
Their U19s about to play for a U19 world championship. Over 70% of their youth internationals play regular minutes in Pro A, Pro B, or BBL.
Clear pathways. Strong domestic leagues. Results at every level.
British pro leagues take note 📝
5 Jul 2025
Germany will compete for gold in the #FIBAU19 Basketball World Cup 🇩🇪
Christian Anderson and teammates beat Slovenia in the Semi-Finals:
eurohoops.net/en/fibawc/1845…
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Coach Vear retweeted
17 Jun 2025
Get rid of this show man
17 Jun 2025
"I have never seen a game with Michael Jordan on the court where Scottie Pippen was a No. 1 option. ... That happened last night with Jalen WIlliams." 💪
—@stephenasmith responding to Kendrick Perkins' Jalen Williams-Scottie Pippen comparison
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Through the legs to win it 🔥🤯
#HASC25 | @Amwilkinson_36
ROCKED THE RIM ✈️
@Amwilkinson_36 wins the Bouncewear Dunk Contest at the #HASC25 🔥
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