GB host Canada Basketball in a double-header this week before flying off to Madrid for the final warm up games, then on to Riga for FIBA Women’s EuroBasket. Whilst Tuesday night’s game is closed-door, Wednesday’s game is open to the public and ahead of the game GB Basketball had a chat with Eilidh Simpson about …
Reaching EuroBasket is undoubtedly a highlight for the current crop of GB Women’s players, with the bi-annual tournament ranking as one of the top competitions in World basketball. Qualification was a significant achievement, but not one that represents the pinnacle for this side. The programme is also eager to involve a number of talented young …
Hot-on-the-heels of the success and excitement of British Basketball’s showpiece finale, confirmation of a sixth consecutive year at The 02 was quickly announced. Sunday 17th May 2020 is the all-important date for the diary and the Pre-sale tickets for this must-attend event are now available to purchase (for a limited period only). Having first hosted …
Radisson RED Glasgow Rocks have secured the services of Scotland & GB U20 International Fraser Malcolm for the 2019-20 BBL Season. Malcolm, who has spent the last four seasons playing in NCAA 2 for Black Hill State University, was a key part of the Scotland team who finished 4th in the Commonwealth Games. And whilst …
Savannah Wilkinson is enjoying life in America, having just completed her second year at Florida State University. At just 20 years old, savannah is one of the younger players in the camp as GB continue preparations for FIBA Women’s EuroBasket at the end of the month. GB Basketball sat down with Savannah earlier this week …
The Great Britain Men’s and Women’s U16 squads will begin their FIBA European Championship preparations next month, ahead of their respective tournaments in August. The U16 Men will be competing in the Division B Championships in Podgorcia, Montenegro whilst the Women head to Sofia, Bulgaria for their Division B campaign. Next month begins a busy …
With less than three weeks until tip off in Riga, GB Women have a busy schedule ahead as they play six warm up games before FIBA Women’s EuroBasket on June 27th. The squad flew out to Slovenia earlier this week and will play both their hosts Slovenia and Sweden over the next few days. Following …
The Great Britain Men’s and Women’s schedules for the FIBA U20 European Championships 2019 have been confirmed. The tournaments will take place in July with the Men taking part in the Division A competition in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the Women in the Division B Championships in Kosovo. With a busy summer of preparations ahead, …
The FIBA U18 European Championships 2019 are set to get underway in July with the Great Britain Men competing in the Division A Championships in Greece and the Women with the Division B Championships in the Republic of North Macedonia. Both teams have a busy summer ahead to prepare for their group stages, so here’s …
GB Basketball has today announced Spire Manchester Hospital as the official healthcare partner to both the Men’s and Women’s Basketball squads as well as the title sponsor for the upcoming Women’s game against Canada later this month. The announcement was made during a visit by the GB Women’s side to Spire Manchester Hospital in Didsbury …
Great Britain Women face Canada at Manchester’s National Basketball Performance Centre on Wednesday, June 19 in preparation for the FIBA Women’s Eurobasket Finals 2019. Special ticket prices are available for families (£24) and groups of youngsters (10 juniors and one free adult for £48). GB host the Canadians after surprising many people in the qualifying stages and …
As part of a programme to standardise the online presence of Great Britain Basketball, the British Basketball Federation has moved its official website to a new Top Level Domain (TLD) – based on the domain name www.gb.basketball. This is the highest level domain name system on the internet. The International Basketball Federation – known as …
