Sport in Sheffield and the Sheffield Senators and Sheffield Spartans play in the third-tier National Ice Hockey League North. The Sheffield Shadows compete in the Women's Premier League and the Sheffield Ice Tigers play recreational level hockey. All of these teams play out of Ice Sheffield. Sheffield Sharks are a professional basketball team who play at English Institute of Sport. They were formed in 1994 and won the British Basketball League in their first season. They have won it a total of 3 times. The City of Sheffield Arrows play in the English Basketball League, as do the Sheffield Sabres and the Sheffield
1988–89 British Basketball League season League after just one game of the season, Oldham Celtics continued their schedule in the League Trophy. Glasgow Rangers vs. Olympic City Giants Livingston vs. Manchester Eagles Bracknell Tigers vs. Derby Rams Leicester City Riders vs. Solent Stars Glasgow Rangers vs. Livingston Bracknell Tigers vs. Leicester City Riders 1988–89 British Basketball League season The 1988–1989 BBL season was the second season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons) since its establishment in 1987. The season featured a total of 11 teams, playing 20 games each. The league had suffered in the 1989 close season