Basketball England Archives

Basketball England named Sport Organisation of the Year at Sporting Equals Awards
By Sam Neter on October 23, 2023
Basketball England (BE) has won the 2023 Bishop Lloyd Jackson Sport Organisation of the Year Award at the Sporting Equals Awards evening. The award recognises...
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BBL, WBBL & BE receive £2.9m boost in latest Sports Winter Survival Package funding
By Sam Neter on February 20, 2021
The BBL and WBBL clubs and Basketball England have received a £2.9million boost as part of the latest round of Sports Winter Survival Package funding...
ROCKETS TROPHY BID FIZZLES OUT
By Mark Woods on January 13, 2021
Glasgow Rocks have been given a direct ticket into the quarter-finals of the BBL Trophy after lower league Reading Rockets pulled out.
GYM EXPANSION A THREAT
By MVP Staff on September 30, 2020
The expansion of gym space could decimate grassroots indoor sport.
ASSIST NEEDED FOR RE-OPENING, NGBS INSIST
By MVP Staff on August 17, 2020
Basketball England and Scotland have called for extra backing to keep indoor facilities available.
Matt Neville named Basketball England Chair as Wardle steps down
By Sam Neter on June 26, 2020
Matt Neville, the former Chair of British Gymnastics, has been appointed as the new Chair of Basketball England with immediate effect after Clare Wardle has...
BASKETBALL ENGLAND APPOINT NEW CHAIR
By Mark Woods on June 25, 2020
Matt Neville has been named as the new chair of Basketball England.
Basketball England cancel remainder of 2019-20 season
By Sam Neter on March 17, 2020
Basketball England has announced they have cancelled all affiliated basketball activity for the 2019-20 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement, which came minutes...
Basketball England, basketballscotland suspend all activity, BBL marches on
By Sam Neter on March 13, 2020
Basketball England and basketballscotland have both taken the decision to suspend all affiliate basketball activity because of the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, the British Basketball League...
LEVY PROPOSED TO FUND GB
By Mark Woods on October 16, 2019
The board of the British Basketball Federation is to ask members of the three home nations to fund the GB teams.