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👨🏿‍⚕️DR CHRISTOPHER BORGES DA SILVA  🏀 Played for Brixton 2003-13 🏀 Graduated twice from Kings College with top honors: *BSC in Neuroscience (2008-11) & Medicine (MBBS) Medical Science (2011-16) ✨*Named among the 100 top Black graduate Future Leaders in national magazine 🏀 Chair of the National student’s Council for the Christian Medical Fellowship 🏀 Contributed […]

Mr Lekan Popoola 🏀 🏀 Suited up for Topcats 1997-99 🏀 USA Collegiate player 🏀 5 years Professional career ( Sheffield Sharks, Birmingham Panthers, Guildford Heat & Surrey Scorchers) 🏀 International caps with Team Nigeria 🇳🇬 ✨ Currently runs his own Basketball Junior Programme and School Basketball Academy ✨ Legends v Legends buzzer beater for

Matthew Bryan- Amaning 🏀 🏀 Attended Brixton from the age of 4 (1992-2004) 🏀 Attended South Kent School (2004-07) 🏀 2007 Gatorade state player of the year (Connecticut) 🏀 University of Washington (2007-11) 1st team all Pac10 (2011) and Most improved player Pac 10 (2011) ✨Has had a very successful and dominant Pro career –

🏀 Became a Topcat in 1995 as a young boy ahead of his time playing U16s at 11 years old, U18s at 12 years old and Senior Men’s at 14 years old! 🏀 Father of three, with his children already training with Topcats and following in his footsteps (next up!) 🏀 Represented the national team

Topcats Celebrating cherished alumni #BlackHistoryMonth2020 The incredible Baker triplets, cherished by Jimmy and renowned for their infectious smiles and deep rooted commitment to the game, to fitness and for making a positive difference. Stedroy Baker: Dedicated Original Brixton Topcat, also playing in top leagues, amongst others: Thames Valley, London Towers, Doncaster Panthers, Birmingham Bullets, Derby

Lavinia Liv Lav Legs Da Silva 🏀 🏀 Played at senior level with Topcats Womens D2, D1 and WBBL team 🏀 Speaks English & Portuguese 🏀 Professional Basketball career spanning over 10 years (and counting) playing with teams in 🇬🇧, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸 & 🇵🇹 🏀 Has represented the Portuguese national team for the last 6

🏀 Played with Topcats as a Junior in the 1995-96 season captained by the “Marvellous Marvin Addy” “Brixton Topcats set the foundation of discipline, routine and mental toughness needed in life.” 🏀 Played Semi Pro Football for Blackheath United for 10 years 🏀 Studied Graphics Design (Croydon College) and HND Graphics Design (Southwark College) 🏀

Jermain Allen (aka Lefty) 🏈 🏀Played at Junior and senior level for Topcats (1998-2004) 🏀Is a 6’ft American Football Running back 🏀Graduated from Staffordshire University 🏀Currently active as a member of the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (2009- Present) 🏀Previous teams have been London Olympians (2005) and Hamburg Sea Devils (2006-2007) 🏀Although undrafted in the 2007 NFL

🏀 Player u16 & u18’s for Topcats 🏀 Played with Chelsea FC from the age of 10 🏀 Graduated from Burntwood college 🏀 Suited up for Team England on many occasions as a Junior 🏀 First English born player to suit up for the Fighting Irish, Notre Dame (Graduated 2018) 🏀 Played as a graduate

Annette Hinds one of the original Lady Topcats part of the very first female basketball team that Jimmy Rogers put together upon his arrival in London. “It was 1981 and the Team was called “Ocho Rios” We were based in what was then the Moonshot Youth Club in South East London. Jimmy taught us from