1997–98 British Basketball League season 1997–98 British Basketball League season The 1997–1998 BBL season was known as the Budweiser League for sponsorship reasons. The league featured the same 13 teams as the previous year, playing 36 games each. The only change saw the Hemel Royals renamed the Watford Royals. Greater London Leopards clinched their second successive Budweiser League title only by virtue of an overtime win in their final game of the season against Sheffield Sharks. Leopards' 102–106 victory in Sheffield meant they finished level on points with title-rivals Birmingham Bullets, but were crowned Champions due to a better head-to-head record over the Midlands team.
Mark Woodhouse (basketball) Eliocroca, based in the city of Lorca near Alicante. In 2009, Woodhouse returned to England to sign for second-tier league side Derby Trailblazers. He missed the 2010 season with a knee injury. Mark Woodhouse (basketball) Mark Woodhouse nicknamed Woody (born 10 August 1982 in England) is a British professional basketball player, and currently plays for Amber Valley Spartans in the Sherwood Basketball League. The 6 ft 9 in Small Forward/Centre attended North Carolina A&T, and started his playing career with Avernas-Hannut (Belgium) in 2005. Woodhouse was soon transferred to Icelandic team Thor AK for remainder of the 2005/06 season. In