Hannah Robb and Anna Lappenkuper will be returning to the Leicester Riders for the upcoming 2021/22 WBBL season, it was announced today. Robb played an instrumental part in the Riders winning the WBBL Cup last season with 17 points in the final against the Sevenoaks Suns while in Championship play she averaged 9.3ppg, 3.3rpg and …
Derrick Washington will take the reins as head of the Leicester Riders Women’s programme for the 2021-22 WBBL season, the club announced today. Washington, formally Head Coach and Director for the Norwood Flames in NBL 1, Central in Australia and a Minnesota State University alumnus, is looking ahead to pre-season and to getting his team …
The WBBL is today delighted to confirm the fixtures and dates for the eighth season of the Women’s British Basketball League. Following the recent announcement of the return of Sheffield Hatters to the WBBL, along with the addition of new WBBL franchise Gloucester City Queens, the League will be progressing with 13 teams, the largest …
Holly Winterburn of Leicester Riders has been awarded the Molten WBBL Young Player of the Year award for the third time already in her career, and third completed season in a row, at just 20 years of age. The Northampton-native progressed through the Riders’ set-up at Charnwood College, being named MVP of the Women’s Elite …
The 2020-21 Molten WBBL Defensive Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL Head Coaches, includes an impressive array of record-holders across both the British top-flight and among these players’ NCAA college careers. It features a pair of forwards from Leicester Riders, the backcourt pairing from London Lions, and only the sixth player to have …
The Molten WBBL All-British Team of the Year, as voted by WBBL Head Coaches, features two Leicester Riders – including one unanimous nominee – alongside an ever-present in this team, a league MVP candidate and a 2012 London Olympian. Holly Winterburn – Leicester Riders The election of Leicester’s star guard to the All-British team was …
WBBL Play-Off Quarter-FinalLeicester Riders 73-79 Newcastle Eagles (19-17, 34-37, 54-57)(Riders – Robb 18, Brewer 13, Stewart 13; Eagles – Lowe 26, Gorrell 24, McVicar 13) WBBL Play-Off Quarter-FinalSevenoaks Suns 76-59 Oaklands Wolves (20-16, 36-25, 61-44)(Suns – Garrido-Perez 20, Carr 18, Busch 12; Wolves – Carter 16, Quick 14, Uprus 11) May Madness opened at the …
By Jamie Thomas Wasting no time getting back up to speed and playing a key role for Jesper Sundberg’s Leicester Riders, Olympian Azania Stewart has her sights set on guiding her new side to WBBL Playoff glory as she looks to mark her return from retirement with some silverware. Getting better and better every week …
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 …