About MK Breakers Basketball Club

Community Basketball Club committed to developing basketball here in Milton Keynes

Founded in September 2017, the Milton Keynes Basketball Foundation was set up with a clear Mission Statement, to offer local boys and girls the opportunity to play basketball at both community and elite levels and to make Milton Keynes a major basketball destination in the UK.

As the Milton Keynes Basketball Club, we have grown from 40 boys and girls playing in one small gym to today offering community basketball to over 1000 boys and girls, training and playing out of 6 local basketball centres.

The 2024/25 season will see the third season of the Breakers Community Basketball League (CBL), our own intraclub league where our 6 basketball centres compete from U8 – U19, offering local, competitive basketball for our members without ever leaving Milton Keynes.

As well as our community participation programme, we offer a talent pathway for those wishing to play at a higher level. Our talent pathway starts with our Development teams, a mixed group of our youngest and most talented boys and girls who are invited to additional training sessions with our most senior coaches. We then offer opportunities to play Junior National League, with teams at every age group from U12 to U18 for both boys and girls.

For those who wish to combine their basketball with their education, in conjunction with the 5 Dimensions Trust, we offer a Sixth Form Basketball Academy at Shenley Brook End School for both male and female players. The academy is led by Breakers’ Head Coach Billy Beddow, assisted by fellow Breakers Coach Adam Digby.

From the 2024/25 season, the MK5D Basketball Academy will also compete in the WEABL, an elite U19 women’s league. The women’s academy will be headed up by Breakers Coach Bjorn Westman.

Students at the academy receive additional training (individual and team) as well as support services including strength & conditioning, video analysis and physiotherapy. The boys’ academy team also compete in the College Basketball League, becoming National Champions in 2022/23 and National Runners-up in 2023/24.

And for the season 2023/24, in conjunction with Bletchley College, we are opened a second Basketball Academy, headed up by MK Breakers star Mike New Jr to cater for the increased demand.

As part of our efforts to make Milton Keynes a major basketball destination, 2022 saw the return of senior men’s basketball to Milton Keynes coinciding with Milton Keynes’ national recognition of City status.

To celebrate both of these events, we took the opportunity to rename ourselves as the MK Breakers Basketball Club, paying homage to the infamous Bletchley Codebreakers of WW2, just a stones throw from our current home venue, Bletchley Leisure Centre.

Following an undefeated first season where we won both the NBL Division 3 League and Play Off titles, last season saw he MK Breakers senior men make British Basketball history, winning the NBL Division 2 South League and Play Off titles, whilst also becoming the first non-Division 1 team since 1973 to win the National Cup. The 2024/25 season will see the Club make its debut in NBL Division 1.

September 2024 will also see the club launch a Senior Women’s team who will compete in Division 2 of the Women’s National League, completing the pathway for an already thriving junior girls program that saw our U16 Girls crowned 2024 National Champions, the first junior National Title in club history.

Milton Keynes and community involvement are at the heart of everything we do, offering weekly community basketball for our 1000+ members, regular holiday basketball camps, weekly coaching in over 40 MK primary and secondary schools, working with local Sports Partnerships and supporting local charities in their own community efforts.

We look forward to welcoming you as part of the MK Breakers basketball community!