It’s our last All-Star Five of the calendar year and the debutantes still keep rolling in, with another three this week. Giulia Simioni (Team Northumbria) It was a bitter-sweet weekend for the Northumbria guard whose dreams of playing in her first WBBL Final were shattered by Caledonia Pride via Sunday’s Semi-Final loss. That came 48 …
History was made over the weekend as Caledonia Pride punched a ticket to their first ever WBBL Final with a dramatic 66-63 success at Sport Central against a short-handed Team Northumbria. Just two days after losing to their opponents on the same court live on BBC Sport in the WBBL Championship, Pride bounced back in …
The line-up for the 2018 WBBL Cup Final has been confirmed after Caledonia Pride wrote history by making their first ever showpiece Final by winning 63-66 at Sport Central behind 23 points form Claire Paxton. They will play Nottingham Wildcats on Sunday 28 January at Arena Birmingham. In the only WBBL Championship game to be …
Caledonia Pride set up WBBL Cup Final with Nottingham Wildcats. WBBL Cup, Semi-Final Team Northumbria 63-66 Caledonia Pride (11-24, 32-36,50-51) There will be history made at the WBBL Cup Final next month after Caledonia Pride reached the showpiece event for the first time by outlasting Team Northumbria. The visitors had to show mental strength in …
Sevenoaks Suns storm past Lions to stay perfect WBBL Championship Sevenoaks Suns 88-45 BA London Lions (23-10, 38-22, 64-33) WBBL title favourites Sevenoaks Suns are still flawless in league action after they turned on the style and power to sail to a win in the South-East derby. Suns were far too strong all over the …
Ashley Harris and Siobhan Prior fire Nottingham Wildcats into the WBBL Cup Final. WBBL Cup, Semi-Final Nottingham Wildcats 75-66 Leicester Riders (15-22, 37-40, 52-57) Nottingham Wildcats have made it to the WBBL Cup Final after prevailing through a gruelling East Midlands derby, beating Leicester Riders 75-66 after a stunning finish to the game. It is …
Team Northumbria impress in front of the BBC cameras. WBBL Championship Team Northumbria 69-59 Caledonia Pride (18-15, 35-26, 53-39) Team Northumbria earned a 10-point victory at home to Caledonia Pride for their sixth league win of the season. Chris Bunten’s side produced a balanced scoring attack in the absence of Kara Bonnenberger and the two …
Fans are set for a festive treat this weekend as six teams face-off across three days of dramatic action. In a rare Friday showdown, Team Northumbria host Caledonia Pride in the first of two fixtures that will see the sides do battle at Sport Central twice over the weekend. The Championship encounter will be streamed …
We are back shining the social media spotlight again and focusing on all things #BritishBasketball which has turned very wintry and Christmassy [is that really a word?] of late. There was a case of Cardiff Met Archers getting in the festive mood of course. “All I want for Christmas, is….” ?watch this space! @archersbasket …
The weather caused havoc over the weekend and so did many of our fab five – with four debutantes making this week’s line-up. Jen Ashton (Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters) After a loss against Sevenoaks, the Hatters got back on track impressively as they took apart Caledonia Pride. The guard play of Ashton was instrumental in …