High-energy and a positive outlook will pace Newcastle Eagles WBBL next season as the 2021 Play-Offs finalists look to convert potential into silverware. That’s the verdict of new signing Ebony Horton after the GB Under 23 3×3 star swapped Manchester for Tyneside. The former Mystics guard has been testing her mettle against USA, Netherlands, Israel …
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 …
Marina Fernandez hopes Spanish eyes will be smiling on a long-awaited WBBL return as the Barcelona-based forward prepares to put her injury nightmare to bed. The talented six-footer snapped her Achilles tendon with seconds of her Newcastle Eagles WBBL debut remaining last autumn and after just one appearance in a black and white vest a …
Gloucester City Queens have announced their newest member of the 2021-22 roster in the form of Inma Bautista. The Spanish guard has spent three seasons at Worcester Wolves in WNBL Divisions One & Two and now Bautista will make the step-up to the professional game with the Queens. “I am so grateful for this opportunity …
Cardiff Met Archers have announced two further signings as they welcome back guards Kim Kheing and Laura Shanahan for the 2021-22 season. Shanahan returns for her seventh season with the Archers with Kheing signing for her fourth season with the club. “I’m really happy to be back with the Archers for another season,” said Shanahan. …
Gloucester City Queens have signed Great Britain and England international Melita Emanuel-Carr. The London-born guard headed to Spain after a successful college career playing for Bembibre before returning to England to play for BA London Lions and most recently Oaklands Wolves in the WBBL last time out. “I am excited to start this new adventure …
Cardiff Met Archers this afternoon confirmed their first two returnees to the club ahead of the 2021-22 season. Both Mara Marchizotti and Shannon Hatch will be returning to the Welsh-side again. For Marchizotti, the 2021-22 season will mark the third season in a row she has been with the club, having also had previous experience …
Abby Lowe is chasing more Eagles highs after committing her immediate future to Newcastle’s exciting WBBL roster. Head Coach Chris Bunten has been quick to return one of the hottest properties in British basketball as he builds a team capable of finishing in the top four. And Lowe, who saw her reputation soar during a …
Gloucester City Queens have announced the signing of 6’3” Layla Hall. British forward Hall played for Worcester Wolves last time out and is the second signing in franchise’s history. “I am delighted to be a part of this new programme, and am so excited and grateful to have been given this amazing opportunity by Jay …
British-Canadian Marlee Ball has become the first ever signing in franchise history for Gloucester City Queens, and the first overall for Gloucester City Basketball. Having spent last year at Cardiff Archers, Ball returns to the WBBL with the brand new franchise having graduated college from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. “I am extremely excited and …