We are proud to announce you that the minister of family credited the Black Star Mersch the label of ‘structure d´accueil de vos enfants’. Right now every child under 13 years can profit from the ‘cheque service’ at Black Star. For further information on the free practices and much more, check the page Cheque Service under the home tab. Furthermore we want to direct you to our Facebook Page, where you always can find the news and results of all teams. Also the new team pictures for all teams will come up tomorrow, check back to see all players and  [ Read More ]

Hi Milos, first of all welcome to Luxembourg and the Team of Mersch. What do you think so far about Luxembourg, what are your impressions, thoughts? Thanks for the welcome. Luxembourg is a peaceful country. The people are friendly and I like the way people live here. What is your opinion on Luxembourg Basketball, especially in comparison with your previous playing stations? Luxembourg players are very talented. I already saw many talented and good players. I can not make a comparison because in my previous teams there have been many professional players from many different countries. What do you think  [ Read More ]

We proudly announce that Milos Ristic was signed at the EU-player spot. The 1,98m tall and 28-year old Serbian can play the position 3,4 and 5. Milos played last year at Svilajnac Serbia (1Srpska league) and averaged 31,3 points, 8,2 rebounds and 5,5 assists per game and was the best scorer in Serbia. He previously played in Romania, Belarus, Serbia, Bosnia, Iceland and France, where he always was amongst the best scorers of the respective leagues.

Men Team: Mike Schumacher is transferred to Black Star Mersch as he was only on loan in Mersch last season. Tom Becker left the club for Walfer. Women Team: Ana Petrova left the club for Etzella. Lonia D´Onghia joins her on loan in Ettelbruck. The rest of the former women team stopped their career. New players are: Gaby Keilen from Schieren (transfer) Nadine Bourg from Etzella (transfer) Jill Van der Weken from Etzella (transfer) Laurence Conte from Etzella (loan) Michèle Zimmer from Etzella (loan) Schintgen Françoise from Sparta (transfer) Rausch Dany from Sparta (transfer) Rausch Anouk from Sparta (transfer) Scholtes  [ Read More ]

What do you think of the season? How is the team coming along and putting everything together? Well it was a tough season but in the end, a rewarding one. Let me explain, we started out this season with 3 players who had 1st division experience and we had some very young players who need time to improve. That is tough when your adding a lot of new pieces and most of them have no experience, or very little. We made a lot of improvement throughout the year as a team and as well as the individual players. Billy is  [ Read More ]

1. What do you think about the last season, the up and downs, and the relegation to N2? Even though we didnt have as much success as we wanted to I still enjoyed this past seson in Mersch. We experienced a lot of growing pains because we had a very young and new team that was put together. Towards the end of the season we became more comfortable with each other and I think that helped us to win some games in the playdowns. The relegation to the N2 was unfortunate but I also think that it will help us  [ Read More ]

Coach Mike Smith and US-player Billy McDaniel extended their contract with Black Star Mersch for a further season. Both US-Americans will stay with the club even if we are relegating to N2.