Ahead of the season-ending WBBL Play-off Finals, we caught up with London Lions’ Jo Leedham-Warner who contributed this special column looking ahead to the event. I’m super proud of our team. When we put this group together people obviously had their expectations and opinions, but what I’ve been so proud of is how we’ve grown …
Mark Clark of the London Lions has been awarded the Molten Betty Codona WBBL Coach of the Year award, voted by his peers from the twelve other WBBL clubs, in recognition of an historic campaign that has seen Lions win at least a treble, unbeaten so far in 33 games, with the Play-off Final coming this …
Krumesh Patel will be re-joining his hometown Club as the head coach for the WBBL Riders team and the Loughborough University 1st Team on a three-year Contract. Patel has spent the last two years in Sweden as the head coach of the Wetterbygden Sparks. Prior to his stint in Sweden he played a major role …
The 2021-22 Molten WBBL Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL Head Coaches, includes two London 2012 Olympians from the league-winning London Lions, alongside a former league MVP and two American stars in their first season on these shores who have made a big impact for their teams. Jo Leedham-Warner – London Lions The …
The league’s top defensive stoppers have been nominated by WBBL Head Coaches to the Molten WBBL Defensive Team of the Year, including three London Lions as they won a first WBBL Championship title and finished the year as the league’s best overall defence. Jo Leedham-Warner – London Lions Decorated Great Britain international Jo Leedham-Warner has …
The WBBL award season opens with the announcement of the Molten WBBL British Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL Head Coaches, with the team dominated by London Lions after they assembled the most formidable array of British talent that the WBBL has seen – four of whom make this team – and remain …
WBBL Play-offs, Semi-FinalLondon Lions 104-59 Caledonia Pride (30-18, 59-35, 82-51)(Lions – Winterburn 29, Beckford-Norton 19, Leedham-Warner 13; Pride – James 23, Edwards 11, McGarrahan 10) London Lions have booked their place in the WBBL Play-off Final as they continue to pursue an unbeaten season, beating Caledonia Pride 104-59 at the Copper Box Arena on Sunday …
WBBL Play-off semi-final Sevenoaks Suns 66-64 Nottingham Wildcats (23-14, 42-38, 54-47)(Suns – Monakana 24, Busch 14, Koppl 9; Wildcats – Nicolas 16, Edmonds 13, Egharevba 9) The Sevenoaks Suns booked their place in the club’s fourth WBBL Play-off Finals with a narrow win over Kenrick Liburd’s Nottingham Wildcats in a tense affair at Surrey Sports …
The final monthly awards of the 2021-22 WBBL season have gone to Kenrick Liburd, Head Coach of the Nottingham Wildcats, and Shanice Beckford-Norton, captain of the treble-winning London Lions. Liburd wins Molten WBBL Coach of the Month for April after a season-defining period for Wildcats in which they hit a rich vein of form to …
The first WBBL All-Star 5 of the post-season includes a pair of London 2012 Olympians after London Lions were dominant, alongside a former WBBL Play-off Final MVP who came up big when it mattered for Sevenoaks Suns. Jo Leedham-Warner – London Lions The top-seeded Lions remained unbeaten for the season and cruised into the Play-off …