Project finished with aid of H and Lisa from Steps, some of S Club7 and 2 Harlem Globetrotters who happened to be passing. Thanks for all the advice peeps :D
Thanks for the replies... Sadly not 12ft tall and no local basketball team i can ask so it looks like its going to be steps (err.. not the group that is)
Really feel a bit stupid asking but i will anyway.... I embarked on a project of replacing some fence panels in the garden that had seen better days. They were slotted into concrete posts. I managed to find a local supplier who has made up some really good feather edge panels to replace them...