The Kularoos Plymouth Raiders are ready to unveil one of the big steps in the development of the presentation of games at the Plymouth Pavilions - a dedicated basketball floor.

The tile floor that is currently in the Pavilions is a hard and unfriendly surface for a professional basketball game. Plymouth were one of the last clubs in the BBL not playing on a sprung wood or dedicated basketball floor and the Raiders desperately wanted to change that. 

Just before Christmas, Raiders Chief Executive Dave Briggs did a deal with a former BBL club to buy their floor from them, and hey presto, the Pavilions has a brand new look! What's even better, is that the floor is green - so it matches the Raiders corporate colours!

The floor was originally purchased for the World Student Games that were held in Sheffield in 1991, but was rarely used after that. For the last few years, it's been languishing in a storage unit. 

Raiders fans will be able to see the new floor in full use at the home game on Wednesday 20th February vs SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks.

Raiders player Gaylon Moore said "Not only is the Pavilions a great place to play with the atmosphere, but now with the addition of the new floor, its the best place to play in Britain, its also nice to play on a floor with some cushion"

"Its the next step in our development as a club," said Dave Briggs. "We're really excited to unveil the floor - we've done a lot of work on it the past few weeks and we're indebted to the Plymouth Pavilions and their staff for their help in getting everything set up. Hopefully the fans will like it - the players have just finished training on it for the first time and they had only positive things to say about it."

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