Let's Go Storm Podcast

Episode 7 is here! 🎙️🏀

This week, we’re joined by Brayden Inger as he starts his 4th season at the Storm Dome!

Brayden talks us through his basketball journey, the unusual way he ended up at Storm and how he copes with no off season!!

As always we put your fan questions to him and end with the quickfire round and Jabari's question.

We hope you enjoy the latest instalment of Let’s Go Storm! 🎙️🏀

Episode 6 is here! 🎙️🏀

This week, we’re joined by one of Hemel Storm’s new recruits… Jabari Nurse!

Jabari talks us through his basketball journey, from his days at Pace University, where he was coached by former Storm player Greg Poleon, to making the move to Hemel himself over the summer.

We also dive into how Jabari is settling into life in the UK, including his introduction to some of England’s finest treats in the form of Party Rings! But the big question is… can he make a proper cup of tea?! 👀

We hope you enjoy the latest instalment of Let’s Go Storm! 🎙️🏀

Episode 5 is here! 🎙️🏀This week, its just Rishi, James and Mike.In this quickfire episode, we look back at the weekend for both Hemel Storm teams as well as discussing the quarter final draw for the BCB Trophy.We hope you enjoy the latest instalment of Let’s Go Storm!

Episode 4 is here! 🎙️🏀This week, we’re joined by Hemel Storm forward and fan favourite, Kai Walker!Firstly, a quick note — Kai had a few sound issues at the start, but we get them sorted just before the 3-minute mark!Kai talks us through his basketball journey, from his AFC Wimbledon days all the way to Hemel Storm. We also take a look back at his interesting summer, which included playing 3x3 for England and even appearing in a TV advert! 👀We also introduce a brand-new quickfire round, as well as putting some of your fan questions to Kai, giving us the chance to get to know a little more about your number 11! 🏀We hope you enjoy the latest instalment of Let’s Go Storm!

Episode 3 is here! 🎙️🏀

This week, we have a brief look back at the 25 point victory over Birmingham Rockets and a look at the up and coming game at The Strom Dome Vs Oaklands

We hope you enjoy this latest instalment of Lets Go Storm

Episode 2 is here! 🎙️🏀

This week, we’re joined by Hemel Storm Head Coach Tom Baker for a brilliant chat about basketball, coaching and the season ahead.

Tom takes us through his journey in the game, how Storm went about assembling the squad for the 2026/27 season, and his thoughts on the recent clash with Loughborough.

We also look ahead to the upcoming showdown with BCB Trophy champions COB Rockets and get Tom’s thoughts on another big test for the Storm.

To finish things off, we have a very special question for Tom from our Episode 1 guest, Michael Darlow!

We hope you enjoy this latest instalment of Lets Go Strom

Lets Go Storm is back! There is no better way to bring the podcast back than with Storm legend and podcast regular, Michael Darlow. Rishi and James host as Michael discusses the up and coming BCB season and this season's roster.

In this episode we speak to Hemel Storm Women's Coaches, Lily Frederick and Steve Darlow.

This is the first time that the podcast has had guests on from the women's team.

We discuss their basketball history and the journey that brings them to Storm's women's team.

We chat about how the inception of the women's team came about and the inaugural 23/24 season, including player recruitment, the troubles of finding a home court and how they feel the first season went.

We then move on to discuss the 24/25 season, including player recruitment and their expectations for the season. There are also some questions, mainly directed at Steve, from the squad themselves.

A massive thank you to Lily and Steve for sparing their time to come on the podcast.

Note: the podcast was recorded in advance of the National Cup game against TVC.

We hope you enjoy this episode and please feel free to feedback on our socials.

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In the first episode of the 2024/25 season we speak to Hemel Storm's Assistant Coach, Michael Darlow.

We discuss the play-off winning 2023/24 season and whether Michael thought we would end the season winning it 2 years in a row!

We chat about the 2024/25 season, what the priorities were on recruiting new players, how he sees them fitting into the team, and who will be the biggest threats in all competitions. We also discuss the performances in the friendly against Surrey 89ers and the first KitKing game against London Elite.

Michael also tells us about the busy off-season in the Darlow household.

A massive thank you to Michael for sparing us his time to come on the podcast.

We hope you enjoy this episode and please feel free to feedback on our socials.

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In this episode, we speak to Hemel Storm's play-off winning Head Coach, Mark Clark!

Hot off the news that Mark has signed for a second season, we relive the joy of the play-off final win, discussing with Mark his strategy and what caused the turnaround later in the game. We also talk about the finals weekend as a whole.

Mark tells us about how he got into basketball, including an early start in coaching, why he started the Barking Abbey academy, how it felt to coach the GB women's team, and his time as Head Coach of the London Lions women's team.

We then discuss his debut season as Hemel Storm's Head Coach, including losing a key player, signing 2 key players and the injuries that hampered the squad.

He tells us why he has signed on for another season and what the recruitment plans are for the 2024/25 season.

A massive thank you to Mark for joining us for a chat and for sparing us his time to come on the podcast.

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In this episode, we speak to Hemel Storm's big man Darien Nelson-Henry!
He tells us about his basketball journey, from college to Europe to Leicester Riders to Hemel Storm, including some insightful stories, his basketball influences and heroes. He also discusses how his move to Hemel Storm came about and how he has found his time at the club.

We also review the play off semi final, against Bradford Dragons, and preview the play off final, against Reading Rockets.
There is also a special message to the Storm fans from Darien.
A massive thank you to Darien for joining us for a chat and for sparing us his time to come on the podcast.
We hope you enjoy this episode and let's go win the play offs!
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So this is it... Our very first Let's Go Storm podcast, where we discuss all things NBL D1 Hemel Storm! We made a few errors, particularly not introducing our very special guest, Storm's Assistant Coach Michael Darlow and not recording in gallery mode. However, this process is very much a learning curve for us. We'd like to say a massive thank you to Michael for sparing us his time and coming on the show.

He was an absolute pleasure to chat to, and is clearly very passionate about Hemel Storm and the wider basketball community. All of his answers to our questions were incredibly well informed. We hope you enjoy the show just as much as we did recording it. We've got another very special guest lined up for our next podcast.

This will be someone who Storm fans will be very interested to hear the thoughts of!

In this short episode, we announce a player signing ahead of the 2023/24 season!

A massive thank you to the signing, for sparing his time to chat to us, and for coming on the podcast.

We hope you have all enjoyed it!

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In this episode, we speak to Hemel Storm's Assist King Sam Newman! He tells us about his basketball journey, including the influence of his Dad and his time at university in Canada, he compares his first spell at Storm vs. his current spell, and gives his thoughts of how the season has gone so far. We also preview the play off final, against Worthing Thunder, which is coming up. Sam also discusses how united the squad are this season, including social events, and how his pre-game rituals include high-fiving a particular Storm fan! A massive thank you to Sam for joining us for a chat and for sparing us his time to come on the podcast. We hope you enjoy this episode and let's go win the play offs! #LetsGoStorm

In this episode we:

• Review last weekend's games against Solent Kestrels and Worthing Thunder, including the NBL Division 1 trophy presentation
• Review the NBL Division 1 season
• Preview the upcoming, playoff quarter-final. against Solent Kestrels
• Discuss who we think will win the other quarter-finals games
• Explore Storm's potential route to the final
• Give our view on the end of season awards

We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to comments, on our socials, with your views on the end of season awards!

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In this episode we:

• Review the season so far
• Discuss winning the National Cup including the run to the final
• Preview the KitKing Tropy Final and discuss the run to the final
• Call out some of the highlights, of the season so far, including matches and individual player moments
• Discuss our hopes fo the remainder of the season

Hopefully, this gives our fellow Storm fans something to listen to on the journey to Surrey for the final.

We hope you enjoy listening to it!

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