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GB Women Lose Opener to Australia

July 28, 2012

The Great Britain women suffered a 74-58 loss at the hands of Australia on Saturday, in their opening Group B clash at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Despite the loss, Jo Leedham felt that GB can improve as a result: “It was a good first game for us to play Australia. They are a good [...]

GB Women Fall to USA in Manchester

July 18, 2012

For a few moments, the upset was on. GB shocked USA out of the gates as they went up 21-10 early but it wasn’t to last, as USA took the 88-63 victory on Wednesday evening at the Manchester Arena, Manchester. USA’s 21-0 run bridging the first and second quarters, gave them the lead they would [...]

GB Women Shock France

July 15, 2012

Great Britain women finished the 2012 Game on Sheffield tournament on a high after upsetting France with a 74-67 victory on Sunday afternoon. GB enjoyed their best performance of the weekend against the world number eight ranked and Olympic qualified side, getting key contributions from leading scorer Jo Leedham with 23 points and Natalie Stafford, [...]

GB Women Fall to Australia

July 15, 2012

The Great Britain Women fell to Australia 87-63 on Saturday in Sheffield, in a match-up that will be repeated in GB’s opening game of the Olympics. Despite keeping the game close in the first half, world number 2 Australia showed their might in the second, pulling away for a comfortable victory. Azania Stewart, who scored [...]

GB Women Open Up Sheffield with Victory Over Angola

July 13, 2012

Great Britain Women opened up the 2012 Game On Sheffield Tournament with a 74-57 victory over Angola on Friday afternoon in Sheffield. Natalie Stafford led GB with a 14 point, 7 assist outing, whilst Jeneya Wade-Fray added 13, and Jo Leedham added 12. Nadir Manuel led Portugal with 11 points. Despite the victory, the overwhelming [...]

GB Women’s Final Olympic 12 Confirmed

June 22, 2012

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced the 12 players that will represent Team GB in women’s basketball at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Giant strides have been made by the British squad since the formation of British Basketball in 2007, and fittingly, the London Games will be the first time that Team GB [...]

GB Women Win Tournoi 4 Nations

June 4, 2012

Great Britain Women return from Belgium finishing top of the table at the Touroi 4 Nations. Tom Maher’s side finish the tournament with a 2-1 record, beating Ukraine and Belgium with their only loss coming to Germany on the opening day.   After the team’s 95-69 victory over host nation Belgium on Sunday, Maher said: [...]

GB Women Go 0-2 Against Croatia

May 30, 2012

Great Britain women finished their two game away series against Croatia without a victory, but showed significant improvement over the two days. On Monday evening Croatia steamrolled over the GB side with an 81-59 victory. After the game, head coach Tom Maher admitted it was going to take the team a while to make the [...]

GB Women Cut to 14 Ahead of Croatia Warm-Up

May 28, 2012

Head coach Tom Maher has reduced the Great Britain Senior Women’s squad to 14 with the release of Kate Butters and Georgia Jones this weekend. The cuts come ahead of the team’s first warm-up this summer as they take on Croatia in back to back games on Monday and Tuesday. Among those who remain, Maher [...]

GB Women’s Squad Cut to 16

May 17, 2012

Head coach Tom Maher has made his first cuts from the Great Britain Senior Women’s squad at training camp, with Sarah McKay and Kristina Collins being released. Four players have now been released since the initial squad was announced, with Stanford University’s Bonnie Samuelson and Sarah Naylor of the Sheffield Hatters being cut before training [...]

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