Following the departure of Krumesh Patel, the Leicester Riders have moved quickly to announce the appointment of Ben Stanley as their new Head Coach. Stanley was named NBL Women’s Coach of the Year last season after a league-winning campaign with Team Solent Kestrels, but before that he had a near decade-long association with Nottingham Hoods, …
Caledonia Gladiators captain Erin McGarrachan will return to Miguel Ortega’s squad following a successful 22/23 campaign, where she, alongside Chantelle Handy, led the team – both earning a position in the league’s All-British Team of the Year. Also, in the summer, McGarrachan represented Great Britain in their EuroBasket ventures, seeing some court time in the continent’s …
The Women’s British Basketball League is excited to announce the arrival of Emily Clarke as the League’s new General Manager. Clarke joins the League as the organisation’s first back office staff member and brings years of expertise in Sports Management, having held similar positions at sports organisations including Basketball England, Birmingham 2022 and Sport England. …
Ahead of an eagerly anticipated Women’s EuroBasket 2023 campaign in Slovenia next month, Chema Buceta has confirmed the 15-player roster that will enter training camp this week in Manchester in preparation for the showpiece competition – with nine WBBL stars selected, as well as two coaches from the league. The London Lions, Leicester Riders, Caledonia …
Essex Rebels today revealed its new head coach – who joins the franchise after a globe-trotting 16-year career. Ashley Cookson, 33, will take the reins of the record-breaking top-flight Women’s British Basketball League team this summer after steering sides in Sweden, Australia and Canada. The dad-of-one joins after a three-year stint with GB Basketball and …
WBBL Play-off Final London Lions 57-41 Leicester Riders (19-10, 12-13, 11-5, 15-13) Winterburn 11, Snytsina 11, Murray 10; O’Dwyer 10, Squires 8, Brown 7 The Women’s British Basketball League Play-off Final marked the last clash between two teams that had met on every major stage of the season, but it finished with the same champion …
In two regular season performances, at the Cup Finals in Birmingham, and at the Trophy Final in Scotland, the London Lions have had the Leicester Riders’ number in the Women’s British Basketball League. But the Play-off Final offers the Riders one last chance to grab a win over the Lions at The O2 in London …
London Lions’ star forward Kiki Herbert-Harrigan has won the Molten WBBL Player of the Year award following a vote by WBBL head coaches and captains, as she was near unanimously a top three selection and top of four-fifths of the ballots. The 24-year-old native of Anguilla joined the Lions in the summer having previously been …
Welsh star Issy Bunyan of the Cardiff Met Archers has won the Molten WBBL Young Player of the Year award, following a vote by WBBL head coaches and captains in which she was emphatically the top pick of every eligible voter. The 18-year-old has come through the junior ranks at Archers and is in her …
Head Coach of the Caledonia Gladiators, Miguel Ángel Ortega Marco, has won the Molten Betty Codona WBBL Coach of the Year for 2022-23 – following a vote among WBBL club captains and coaches – after leading the Gladiators to their highest ever WBBL Championship finish of second place. The 60-year-old Spaniard joined the Gladiators in …