Richmond upon Thames College, one of the largest providers of education for 16-19 year olds in the country, in partnership with Kingston College, will host its annual coaching conference and international junior tournament – Future Stars 2009 - from 10-12.

This year’s Future Stars basketball tournament will be held at Kingston College and will feature an exciting line-up of U18 Division A teams from Spain, Italy, Israel along with Division B teams from Poland and England, all of whom will be competing later in July at the 2009 U18 European Championships.

Completing this outstanding list will be the Richmond upon Thames College-London United team comprising top young London based players.

The opening game between England and Poland will take place at 4pm on Friday, July 10, with the final taking place at 8pm on Sunday, July 12.

This year’s keynote speaker at the coaching conference is Pepu Hernandez, who is the highly acclaimed former head coach of the Spanish national men’s team that won the World Championships in 2006.

He will be joined by Neven Spahija, head coach of Pamesa Valencia, and Bryan Jones, head of sports and coaching development at the University of Central Lancashire.

The event’s main sponsors are the Polish National Tourist Office and the Malopolskie Tourist Board, along with Adidas, England Basketball, London Basketball, Basketball Coaches Association, Sports Coach UK, The Luol Deng Foundation and Tiger Energy Drink.

Media partners include Discover Poland Magazine, Panorama and Express Polish.

Tickets for the tournament and conference are available through the Future Stars website at futurestars.uk.com.