Home United clowned Champion once again...!

The strong and well-prepared Home United Basketball Club (Home United) at the Grand Final of the 47th National Basketball League (2005) Men Division 1, beat last year runner-up Eng Tat Hornets with a score 79 - 55 and emerged as the Champion of NBL , the top league in local basketball, for the second consecutive year.

This is the second time Home United had beaten Eng Tat. On 6 Mar 05, the Protectors beat Eng Tat with a score of 64 - 54, a margin of 10 points. Last night, the 1800-strong spectators might want to see the hard-fight between the two teams but such situation did not appear. Nonetheless, the spectators were impressed with the strong team work and superb skill demonstrated by Home United.

Home United started cautiously and constantly give pressure to the opponent without giving chance for any hit back. The only good performance by the opponent was 1 minute before the 1st quarter where Chia Tat Hong , Fu Wee Qiang and Ching Rong Lie together scored a total of 6 points narrowing the gap of the Home United's lead. The first quarter ended with a score of 19 - 11 in favour of Home United. Home United continued to put pressure on their defence and put up with fast offensive tactics. The score margin was narrowed to 10 points in the third quarter once. However, Eng Tat's defence was totally destroyed when the two 3-pointers made by Chua Boon Heng and one 3-pointer by Jason Tan and followed by 2 points made by Koong Kum Hoong ; this 11-point add-on made the score margin to 19 points before the 3 quarter ended. In the fourth quarter, Eng Tat could only tag along and not able to make a return. The fourth quarter ended with a score 79 - 55. Home United won with a 24-point margin and emerged as the Champion of the NBL in the second consecutive year. - (Full article)

Home United emerged victorious for the first time in NBL (Men) Div (I)

The annual National Basketball League (NBL) Division I (Men) Tournament has “kicked” off since 16 May 2004 (Sun) at the Delta Sports Hall. To date, Home United Basketball Club (HUBC) Men Team has so far won three matches. From the observation of the three matches played by HUBC, apparently though the line up of HUBC has been changed significantly, its winning stake are still based on strong team unity and fighting spirit.

The team has displayed great improvement in their offensive and defensive tactics. The players have also performed well during the three matches and fully illustrated what they have been trained. Nonetheless, winning a game does not mean there is no problem. It was obvious in the matches that coordination among the players seemed to be lacking due to the change of line up and many players are playing together for the first time. Many of the offensive opportunities had been missed due to poor handling of last minute opportunity. Getting to the respective position during offensive seemed to be slow and not clear and team strategies seemed not seamless. On defence, the players had maintained a good control over the opponent’s scoring. However, there are still rooms for improvement on controlling the number of fouls and enhancing the defensive. The tournament just started, our players should continue to learn and seek improvement during the matches and training. At the same time, we should also learn from the players of the opponent teams adopt their plus points; and hope that we could learn in every match and strike to achieve the best performances for this year league

Final Match: Jun Lang Beat Home United (73-58), clinched 2nd spot in the tournament

Last year NBL Div I Champion Jun Lang has once again proved that they are the best team in Singapore by defeating Home United 73 – 58 at the Grand Finals of the 45 th NBL Div I last night at Toa Payoh Indoor Sports hall.

Jun Lang was completely a different team last night as compared to the previous match against the Home United two weeks ago where they lost 27 points. In the first round of the league, Home United topped the list while Jun Lang held the second position.

On the onset of the final, both teams were trading closely and the defence were tight. It was until Home United Koh Meng Koon's 3-pointer after 3 minutes broke the zero score line. The closely contested first quarter ended with a score of 18 – 15 in favour of Jun Lang.

Home United Basketball Team 3rd in placing

This year, the National Basketball League (NBL) Div 'I' organised by the Basketball Association of Singapore from 25 August to 14 September 2002, witnessed stiff competition amongst the six participating teams. Amongst them was the Home United Basketball Team (Men) looking to improve on their third placing last season.
Try as they might, HUBT could not match the performances of the top teams this season as once again they finished third, this time behind champions Jun Lang and runners-up, SAFSA.

Despite the season without top honours, HUBT was privileged to have three of their players, Koh Meng Koon, Zheng Yonghan and Lee Kendy from SPF, selected for the national team.

National Basketball League (Men) Div (I) 2001

Home United Basketball Team ended the tournament in 3rd placing

The Home United Basketball Team (HUBT) has once again proved themselves to be the up and coming basketball team in Singapore¹s basketball scene by clinching the third place in the Annual National Basketball League 2001. Organised by the Basketball Association of Singapore, this League is the most prestigious basketball league in Singapore.

This is the second year HUBT has participated in the Division 1 tournament. They beat Siglap / Safsa / Tong Whye (Red) in the round robin table, finishing third. They then lost the semi-final and fought for third and fourth placings against Siglap. Both teams were neck to neck but HUBT slipped through with a victory, 75-73, in front of 600 spectators at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall on 21 November 2001.

Home United Basketball Team comes in 7th Placing

Same here after HUBT emerged victorious in Division II NBL, the HUBT (together with the other three semi-finalists) qualified for the Division I NBL, which took place August and September 2000. This is a major achievement for a newly formed team. This is the first time we have achieve this promotion in 20 years. With the same fighting spirit, the HUBT overcame many of its tough opponents in Division I to secure the seventh position. With that, the HUBT has successfully retained a place in the league of Division I for the coming NBL. We will strive for better results next year.

Home United Basketball Team's First Championship Title in NBL!

The Home United Basketball Team emerged Division Two champion in the Basketball Association of Singapore League final on 7 May 2000, edging out Chong Pang CSC with a 71-65 win. The first half was closely contested, with HUBT managing only a three point lead. After the interval, the match fired up, but HUBT managed to keep their slim lead. Every point earned became crucial as Chong Pang CSC gallantly pushed ahead to close up the gap. However, HUBT stuck to their game plan and managed to stay ahead till the final whistle. Captain Tan Eng Wah, team manager of HUBT said he was happy that his team had achieved its first target, which was to qualify for Division One. He added that its next target was to finish in the top eight of Division One. Division One begins in August, so that gives HUBT time to prepare by playing in several small tournaments. HUBT will also have an additional advantage in that it will be guided by former national star Neo Beng Siang.