Nottingham Wildcats won against Newcastle Eagles on Saturday in the WBBL Championship before losing against Durham Palatinates on Sunday to guarantee fourth spot with a game to play and set up a Playoff Quarter Final tie against Manchester Met Mystics. The Wildcats end their divisional season at Oaklands Wolves on Wednesday knowing that they’ll be…
After defeat at the weekend against the unbeaten table toppers Sevenoaks Suns (who have a whopping league record of 18-0), Nottingham Wildcats bounced back yesterday to go 9&8 for the championship season and move fourth in the table as ‘best of the rest’ behind the runaway top three whilst securing a worthy spot in the…
An outstanding performance by Portuguese star Simone Costa helped Nottingham Wildcats return to winning ways after defeat against Leicester Riders at the weekend as Kenrick Liburd’s team of girls bounced back to run out comfortable winners over Oaklands Wolves this afternoon. The game ended 68-47 in Nottingham’s favour with Costa scoring 22 points with 7…
It was not the best weekend for our women and men’s elite basketball sides as Nottingham Wildcats went down to championship chasing Leicester Riders in the WBBL whilst Nottingham Hoods lost both their games on Saturday and Sunday to stay rooted to the bottom of the table in the NBL First Division. The Wildcats were…
Nottingham Wildcats beat Manchester Met Mystics today to go into Sunday’s match against Leicester Riders with fourth spot very much in sight. The Wildcats go fifth and are now 7 & 6 for the WBBL Championship season after thirteen games played and the 72-61 win over Manchester takes them above their rivals in the Playoff…
Nottingham Wildcats bounced back from cup final defeat at the weekend to win on the road in the WBBL Championship and go 6,5 for the season. It was also a fantastic night for club legend Siobhan Prior who became only the tenth player in WBBL history to reach 1,000 points as she helped her side…
It was London’s day in the WBBL Trophy Final as the BA London Lions Women beat Nottingham Wildcats to deservedly win the cup in a game screened live on Sky Sports which was dominated from the off by the eventual champions who won the trophy for the first ever time. The Lions who are currently…
Nottingham Wildcats basketball team are in action this weekend as they count down the days, hours and minutes until the WBBL Trophy final against BA London Lions, a side that have twice beaten the Wildcats already this season in the league. To reach Sunday’s showpiece, Coach Kenrick Liburd’s girls beat Durham Palatinates in the Quarter…
Nottingham Wildcats are through to the final of the WBBL Trophy after a fabulous 90 points to 75 win over Manchester Mystics at the National Basketball Performance Centre. The Wildcats have had a tricky time in the league in recent weeks, but came through against strong opposition to take a slot in next weeks final…
This International Women’s Day, 2021, the Nottingham Sport caught up with several of Nottinghamshire’s finest, sporting ladies, to chat about this years’ theme #ChooseToChallenge. Here, Team GB and England international, Commonwealth Games silver medallist, and captain/guard of the Nottingham Wildcats Basketball club, Siobhan Prior, gives her thoughts, on women, and the challenges, inequalities, that’s faced…
It was a tough weekend on the road for the cities two best basketball teams as the women of Nottingham Wildcats were beaten by BA London Lions and the Hoods representing the men were well and truly thrashed by Thames Valley Cavaliers. In the WBBL, London got the better of their opponents at the Barking…
Nottingham Wildcats were winners again this weekend as the team who often wear white and green, although they typically played in their changed yellow on Saturday, made it three on the bounce to go second in the WBBL standings. It was the Chelsey Shumpert show fpr the Wildcats as the American ran in 26 points…
Back-to-back WBBL wins and two thumping ones at that, ensured it was a perfect weekends work for the Wildcats as they comfortably disposed of their opposition to move back into the top four of the division. Nottingham now 4 and 3 from their seven games played thanks to two wins by over thirty points on…
Nottingham Wildcats are back in court action this weekend after a fortnight layoff following defeat against London Lions at the end of January before the recent international break. The team were due to stand in for Sevenoaks Suns in the final of the WBBL Cup. After Sevenoaks who beat Nottingham in the semi-final, postponed all…
Nottingham Wildcats were well beaten in their live streamed WBBL match yesterday as the away side from London went back down south with a comfortable twenty-point victory that takes their league season to 2-0. The Lions eventually winning the match 94-74 after getting off to a perfect start where they lead from the first quarter…
Nottingham Wildcats are in action tomorrow night as they play London Lions in the WBBL at the Wildcats Arena in a 5pm tip off streamed live on YouTube and free to air via Nottingham Sport. The Wildcats lost agonisingly on Saturday against Essex Rebels as the team fell to a 91-95 overtime defeat at the…
When we set up the Nottingham Sport in October 2019, we envisaged twelve months later hosting our first awards ceremony for the best local athletes, teams and Notts sportspeople of 2020. We chose the year because we thought it had a nice sounding ring with it to start fresh from, we thought of a nice…
Nottingham Wildcats against Leicester Riders in the final of the WBBL Cup has been postponed this Sunday after a number of Leicester players and staff are required to self-isolate in accordance with covid-19 rules. The Wildcats were set to face the Riders as a replacement for Sevenoaks Suns after the Kent based side who beat…
Nottingham Wildcats were back on court for the first time since December 19th and for only the third match this season in the WBBL Championship, but the hosts put up a huge performance against Essex Rebels to win a comfortable game 98-67 at the Wildcats Arena. The Wildcats are now 2-1 from their three league…
After losing the semi-final of the WBBL Cup by just two points in December, Nottingham Wildcats have been given a second chance for silverware after Sevenoaks Suns withdrew from the competition having made the decision to postpone all their matches until after the international basketball season window on 8th February. The Suns were due to…
