Essex Rebels
Basketball team in Colchester, Essex
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League | Women: WBBL Men: NBL D1 | ||
Established | 2014; 10 years ago (2014) | ||
History | University of Essex 2014-2018 Essex Rebels 2018–present | ||
Arena | Essex Sport Arena | ||
Capacity | 1,655 | ||
Location | Colchester, Essex | ||
Main sponsor | Elavon | ||
Championships | Women's National Cup 2016 Women's Division 1 2017-18 | ||
Website | Official website | ||
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The Essex Rebels are a basketball club from Colchester, Essex. The Rebels' women's team compete in the WBBL, the top-level women's basketball league in Great Britain. After competing in the NBL as the Essex Blades, the Rebels moved into the professional ranks of the WBBL at the start of the 2018-19 season.[1]
Women's team
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The Rebels are coached by Tom Sadler, who has been coaching the team since November 2018 and is now in a permanent position of Head of Basketball Performance for the University.[2]
Current roster
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Season-by-season records
Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Post-Season | National Cup | Head Coach | ||||||
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2015-16 | D1 SE | 2 | 2nd | 12 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 0.750 | Semi-finals | Winners | Mark Lloyd | |
2016-17 | D1 | 2 | 6th | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.500 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Mark Lloyd | |
2017-18 | D1 | 2 | 1st | 22 | 20 | 2 | 40 | 0.909 | Runners-Up | Runners-Up | Mark Lloyd |
Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Post-Season | WBBL Trophy | WBBL Cup | Head Coach | |||||
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2018-19 | WBBL | 1 | 12th | 22 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 0.136 | Did not qualify | Pool Stage | 1st round | Tom Sadler |
2019-20 | WBBL | 1 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Pool Stage | 1st round | Tom Sadler | ||||||
2020-21 | WBBL | 1 | 6th | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.500 | Quarter-finals | 1st round | Did not compete | Tom Sadler |
2021-22 | WBBL | 1 | 7th | 24 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0.500 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Pool Stage | Tom Sadler |
2022-23 | WBBL | 1 | 6th | 22 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 0.455 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Tom Sadler Ross Norfolk |
2023-24 | WBBL | 1 | 5th | 20 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 0.550 | Runners-up | Ashley Cookson |
Men's team
Current roster
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Season-by-season records
Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Post-Season | National Cup | Head Coach | ||||||
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2015-16 | Dev SE | 5 | 4th | 18 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 0.556 | Did not qualify | 1st round | ||
2016-17 | D4 SE | 5 | 1st | 18 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 0.778 | Quarter-finals | 1st round | ||
2017-18 | D3 Sou | 4 | 6th | 18 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.500 | Did not qualify | 1st round | ||
2018-19 | D3 Sou | 4 | 4th | 16 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 0.625 | Semi-finals | 1st round | ||
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2019-20 | D2 Sou | 3 | 1st | 17 | 15 | 2 | 31 | 0.882 | No playoffs | 4th round | Ross Norfolk | |
2020-21 | D1 | 2 | 6th | 19 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 0.474 | 1st round | No competition | Ross Norfolk | |
2021-22 | D1 | 2 | 12th | 26 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 0.154 | Did not qualify | 4th round | Ross Norfolk | |
2022-23 | D1 | 2 | 11th | 26 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 0.308 | Did not qualify | 5th round | Ross Norfolk | |
2023-24 | D1 | 2 | 2nd | 24 | 20 | 4 | 40 | 0.833 | Ross Norfolk |
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References
External links
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