One of the most exciting young talents in British Basketball played a starring role in one of the most incredible stories of the last WBBL season, but now Holly Winterburn wants even more for herself and the mighty London Lions as the new campaign approaches. London get their campaign underway with a double-header against the …
Keep track of all the WBBL club signings that have happened over the summer with the below list. Keep checking back for updates! Caledonia Gladiators Miguel Ángel Ortega Marco [Head Coach] Chantelle Handy Robyn Lewis Erin McGarrachan Marlee Ball Sophie Loughran Erin Jones Radka Stasova Cardiff Met Archers Durham Palatinates Essex Rebels Shantell Ayton Andrea …
Whilst many of the WBBL’s top talents have been able to enjoy some form of an off-season, for those selected to represent England and Scotland at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games there has been no respite at all, as preparations for the 3×3 competition have continued at a pace. The WBBL will be strongly represented …
Last season’s all-conquering London Lions have moved quickly to ensure they’re doing everything they can to stay ahead of the competition for the coming season, by announcing the arrival of the WBBL’s first-ever General Manager, with Vanja Cernivec taking the role at the Copper Box. Cernivec arrives from the Chicago Bulls after making history as …
An all-time great of British Basketball, a focal point of the most-dominant season performance in WBBL history by the London Lions and former Olympian Jo Leedham-Warner, has today confirmed her retirement from professional basketball. The 34-year-old British legend concludes her career after an epic debut season in the WBBL with Mark Clark’s Lions, where she …
BBL and WBBL Legends Julius Joseph and Stef Collins have selected their four-player teams for the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup Qualifying competition in Romania on 4 and 5 June, following a four-day invitational camp in Manchester. The GB Men face Spain and Turkey in their pool games with the Women playing Hungary and Denmark on …
WBBL Play-off Final London Lions 70-45 Sevenoaks Suns (7-12, 30-25, 44-38) (Lions – Beckford-Norton 15, Leonard 13, Winterburn 12; Suns – Monakana 13, Wurtz 12, Carr 10) London Lions ended the season in spectacular style by lifting the WBBL play-off trophy with a 70-45 win over Sevenoaks Suns at London’s 02 Arena. The Lions completed …
Jo Leedham-Warner has won the Molten WBBL Player of the Year award for 2021-22, pacing a poll of WBBL Head Coaches, after leading London Lions to what is thus far a perfect season with a 33-0 record to date and a treble of the WBBL Championship, WBBL Cup and WBBL Trophy already secured. She now …
Ahead of the season-ending WBBL Play-off Finals, we caught up with London Lions’ Jo Leedham-Warner who contributed this special column looking ahead to the event. I’m super proud of our team. When we put this group together people obviously had their expectations and opinions, but what I’ve been so proud of is how we’ve grown …
Mark Clark of the London Lions has been awarded the Molten Betty Codona WBBL Coach of the Year award, voted by his peers from the twelve other WBBL clubs, in recognition of an historic campaign that has seen Lions win at least a treble, unbeaten so far in 33 games, with the Play-off Final coming this …