Brighton Bears sign up with Sussex

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Basketball team Brighton Bears have signed up to use the University's sports facilities for training. The Budweiser League club returned to the Brighton Centre at the beginning of the season after playing at the Worthing Leisure Centre for 15 years.

Star American player Lormont Sharp is pictured here in the fitness room at the Falmer Sports Complex. The Bears also use the University's sports halls for basketball training. In return, they have agreed to coach students in the Sussex team.

The Bears are the second professional sports team to train at Sussex. They join footballers Brighton & Hove Albion, who have been training on campus for a decade and play all their youth-team matches here.

As part of the training agreement, University staff and students are entitled to concessionary rates for all matches at the Brighton Centre. Show your University staff or registration card when you book, and your ticket will cost £4.00 instead of £7.00.

You can see the Bears in 1999 at the Brighton Centre on 9 October (7pm), 16 October (7pm), 13 November (6.15pm), 5 December (5pm) and 11 December (7pm). They also play at The Triangle in Burgess Hill on 17 October (5pm) and 30 October (7pm).