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Daniel Edozie has agreed a new one-year deal with Bristol Flyers. The 6ft 8in forward, who signed his first professional contract with the club, has now committed until the end of the 2017/18 season. Edozie played in all 33 games for the Flyers last season, averaging 6.6 points and seven rebounds per game. He said: “I’m very happy to be a part of the club again next season. “Flyers are a growing organisation and I’ve really enjoyed the journey over the past two years. I’ve learned a lot during my time here so far and I firmly believe we’re going to have a successful season this year." London-born Edozie joined the Flyers in August 2015, having previously played NCAA Division One basketball under current Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg at Iowa State University. Edozie becomes the fifth player to commit to Bristol Flyers for the 2017/18 season.

Last season saw the Bristol Flyers make their bow in the BBL playing exciting basketball with a relatively young squad. The team reached the semi-finals of the BBL Cup and reached the play-offs in a season that would prove the league was right in promoting them into the top division. Coach Andreas Kapoulas picked up coach of the season as well as being only one of three coaches to win coach of the month outside of Newcastle. The new season is just around the corner and Kapoulas has recruited some top talent both Internationally and nationally including American Point Guard Cardell McFarland. McFarland says he is impressed with what he has seen so far. He said: "I'm expecting a successful season, I think we're coming along pretty good - I like what we're doing in preseason and the players that we have. "It's a long summer, so when you start to practice it gets fun! Practice should always be harder than the game. "We've been going at ea...

Guest blog post by Angela Loughlin: I n 2012 2 girls met at a Wheelchair Basketball Club they made a good friendship and became close, after a few months one girl left and they lost contact for a while, more months past and they started talking through Facebook again they arranged a meet in 2013 December  Jade and Chrissy the 2 girls met up before Xmas with their parents going along, they talked laughed and joked and dreamed of a Club of they're own after time slipped by that night they left and went home jades mum Angela sat and thought that night about the girls and they're dream and decided to go to work on creating the dream for these girls - within 2weeks Bristol Bisons was transformed from paper to reality in February 2014 Bristol Bisons Wheelchair Basketball Club was ready to start on March 8th 2014 we held our first Session which included Jade, Chrissy and Amber jades sister just 3 players within 19 months our dream has become larger than life we have 2 Division ...