By Jamie Thomas She’s seen it all at Oaklands since the club’s 2009 inception as an elite academy, but now, reaching the tail-end of hers and the club’s fifth WBBL season, talented Wolves shooting guard Lizzy Harrison is on the verge of leading her teammates into the excitement and drama of May Madness. With the …
By Jamie Thomas We’re approaching the end of a superb WBBL season that many thought might never take place – including one of the league’s sharpest shooters, Sevenoaks Suns star guard Renee Busch. Ahead of the showpiece finale that is the Playoffs, the GB International reflected on how the last 12 months reinforced her love …
The Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) and British Basketball League (BBL) will be joining our sporting colleagues across football, cricket, rugby and others in the social media boycott this weekend from 3pm Friday 30 April through Monday 3 May. Sport has the power to bring all communities together and, as we have experienced through the …
By Jamie Thomas Back in WBBL action this year for the first time since the 2017/18 season, Essex’s star guard Ashleigh Munns has slipped so seamlessly back into the swing of things it’s like she’s never been away! On the verge of May Madness, the former Sevenoaks Sun is hoping to cap off a successful …
With all of the WBBL Championship Play-off placings settled last weekend, Sevenoaks Suns took the regular season title despite suffering a defeat to the second-placed Leicester Riders, who themselves finished in style by also beating third-placed London Lions behind a huge performance from Holly Winterburn that sees her front up this week’s All-Star Five and …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 60-86 Manchester Met Mystics (14-18, 27-39, 37-62) (Eagles – Gorrell 22, Mcvicar 17, Bland 7; Mystics – Fong Lyew Quee 23, Naylor 20, Jones 16) WBBL Championship Nottingham Wildcats 58-69 Durham Palatinates (18-15, 37-32, 49-48) (Wildcats – Shumpert 12, Lundqvist 12, Costa 11; Palatinates – Hurtado Barbeito 19, Elderkin 18, Paxton …
WBBL Championship Oaklands Wolves 70-46 Cardiff Met Archers (22-15, 36-23, 54-31) (Wolves – Uprus 15, Sarson 12, Carter 9; Archers – Hatch 14, Shanahan 11, Jorgensen 10) Oaklands Wolves beat Cardiff Met Archers 70-46 to take a bigstep in the race for the last remaining playoff spot. Oaklands started well and were on top in …
WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 63-51 Leicester Riders (14-18, 31-24, 44-41, 63-51)(Suns – Carr 20, Clark 15, Da Silva 10; Riders – Stewart 12, Lappenkuper 11, Winterburn 7) WBBL Championship Cardiff Met Archers 62-67 Nottingham Wildcats (13-17, 30-40, 54-57, 62-67)(Archers – Shanahan 18, Hatch 18, Lewis 14; Wildcats – Costa 20, Egharevba 16, Lundqvist 12) The …
This week’s All-Star 5 is led by the unbeaten Sevenoaks Suns’ dynamic backcourt duo as, after going top of the WBBL Championship last week, they won three games in five days this week to remain in the driving seat. All five of the team, including a pair of debutants, registered at least a double-double as …
WBBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 66-61 Durham Palatinates (14-22, 35-32, 58-43) (Eagles – Gorrell 21, Mcvicar 19, Lowe 11; Palatinates – Gyulai 13, Hurtado Barbeito 11, Paxton 10) WBBL Championship Oaklands Wolves 81-71 Manchester Met Mystics (17-19, 44-39, 64-56) (Wolves – Uprus 16, Quick 14, Milligan 13; Mystics – Jones 27, Fong Lyew Quee 11, Allen …