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The Hemel Storm are a basketball team currently competing in the English Basketball League (EBL) Division 1. The team is based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire and play their home games in the Hemel Hempstead Sportspace facility. Over their short history, the club has been based in several locations across Hertfordshire and North London, before settling into their current, long-term home in 2010. The club has no formal links to the Hemel Hempstead Lakers, a former basketball club in the town which relocated to Milton Keynes in 1998. However, the Lakers' original founders are now part of the Storm's management team, and in some ways the club can be seen as a spiritual successor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hemel Storm, Club History )〕 ==Club History== Originally formed in 2006 as a feeder club for the West Hertfordshire Warriors, the club finished in third place in EBL Division Four (Midlands/South) in their inaugural season, gaining immediate promotion to EBL Division Three (South). Early in the following season, the parent team resigned from Division One due to financial difficulties, leaving the second team to carry on the name alone, but the club continued to a fourth place finish despite the off-court upheavals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edmonton Storm move to Hemel Hempstead under new management )〕 The newly independent club moved their home venue to Watford's Westfield Community Sports Centre for the 2008/2009 season, the move bringing the club a new name (Watford Storm) and another third place finish. However, problems with the Westfield venue led to the club playing in Edmonton by the end of the season, leading to another short-term move to North London for the 2009/2010 season, and a further name change to the Edmonton Storm. Finally, the club moved one final time to Hemel Hempstead ahead of the 2010/2011 season, renaming themselves the Hemel Storm and bringing basketball back to the town after a 13-year absence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edmonton Storm move to Hemel Hempstead under new management )〕 Since settling into their Hemel Hempstead home the club have gone from strength to strength, winning back-to-back Patrons Cup titles in the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons, and following the second title up with a second placed finish in EBL Division Two the same year, gaining them promotion to EBL Division One for 2012/2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=League Table History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hemel Storm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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