Leicester Riders guard Deanne Hayward will return for a third season in the WBBL, with the Scottish guard ready to be in a Riders jersey once more, only this time under recently appointed head coach Krumesh Patel. Hayward averaged 12 points, as well as 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game last season – helping the …
Leicester Riders have re-signed American guard Alex Smith for a third season in the WBBL. Smith becomes the second signing of the summer, joining Spanish forward Rebeca Navarro as well as a host of returning players on the squad. In two seasons with the Riders, Smith has averaged 11.8 points per games as well as …
Leicester Riders have signed Spanish guard Rebeca Navarro form Robert Morris University ahead of the start of the fourth WBBL Season. Navarro joins Riders after four seasons at Robert Morris University and following time with Gran Canaria in Spanish LFB. She averaged 8.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in her final season. …
Leicester native Krumesh Patel will step up to the role of WBBL Head Coach next season for the Riders, alongside his role as Head of the Charnwood College Women’s Programme. Patel enters his fifth season involved with the Riders following tremendous grow and success of the Charnwood College Women’s programme over the past three seasons, …
Leicester Riders coaches Matthew Harber and Josh Merrington are moving on from the club following great success on both the Women’s and Men’s Programmes respectively. Harber will move on from the club following eight seasons as a coach with the club, having been instrumental to the growth and progression of the Riders Women’s programme. He …
It’s been an astonishing and record-breaking season for Sevenoaks Suns, so even if their Play-Off dreams had faded in Leicester yesterday, they would have still had plenty of positives to take away into the summer. However, Len Busch and his players did the business with a gutsy 56-53 comeback win against Riders, to write yet …
History keeps on flowing for Suns as they book first ever Play-Off Final spot WBBL Play-Offs, Semi-Finals Leicester Riders 53 (19,36,42) (Smith 13, McGarrachan 12, Thompson 11) Sevenoaks Suns 56 (11,29,47) (Nikitinaite 14, Busch/Carr 13) Sevenoaks Suns are heading to The O2 after overcoming Leicester Riders 53-56 on the road in a thrilling Semi-Final encounter. …
If Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters want to lift silverware this season, then they will have to do it the hard way. Former Great Britain star Steph Gandy was a driving force behind her team’s exciting Play-Off Quarter-Finals success at Manchester Mystics last weekend and things don’t get any easier as Hatters now look forward to …
The dates and times for this weekend’s eagerly anticipated WBBL Play-Off Semi-Finals have now been confirmed and are as follows: Saturday 6 May Nottingham Wildcats (1) v Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters (5) – 5.30pm Sunday 7 May Leicester Riders (2) v Sevenoaks Suns (3) – 12.45pm The Semi-Finals are played on a one-game basis (NOT …
After the completion of the 2016-17 WBBL Play-Off Quarter-Finals on Monday, the line-up for the forthcoming WBBL Play-Off Semi-Finals has been confirmed. 2017 WBBL Play-Off Semi-Finals Wildcats (1) v Hatters (5) Riders (2) v Suns (3) They are now just 40 minutes away from a big day in the capital at The 02! #theWBBL A …