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 …
The Molten WBBL Team of the Year – voted by WBBL head coaches and captains – includes former WNBA star Kiki Herbert-Harrigan as one of a pair of London Lions, alongside the league’s leading rebounder and two familiar WBBL campaigners. Ashley Arlen – Leicester Riders Returning to the WBBL for a fourth campaign, after four …
WBBL head coaches and captains have voted for their top defensive stoppers in the 2022-23 campaign, including a pair from London Lions – one of whom breaks a record – as they were the best defensive team in the league, with all five having proven defensive pedigree. Shanice Beckford-Norton – London Lions Great Britain international …
The Molten WBBL All-British Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL head coaches and captains, includes generations of Great Britain national team talent and includes Holly Winterburn moving joint-second in all-time appearances, alongside the WBBL’s leading scorer who returns to the team after a four-year absence. Georgia Gayle – B. Braun Sheffield Hatters Guard …
Elle Hendershot of the Durham Palatinates has won the Molten WBBL Player of the Month award for April after leading her team through a dramatic final month of the regular season that saw them reach the verge of the WBBL Play-offs only to fall agonisingly short. Durham made a brave push for the post-season over …