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GB Maxis Men 50+ set to make history at the FIBA Masters Open 2026
GB Maxibasketball Men’s 50+ squad will make history as they take part in this year’s FIBA Masters Open Championship. Held in Corinth-Loutraki, Greece from 4-12 ...
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GB Maxis Women 35+ Retain Gold at GB Masters Basketball Championship
GB Maxibasketball Women 35+ Retain Gold at GB Masters Basketball Championship Our GB Maxibasketball Women 35+ team have struck gold again — winning the GB ...
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Men’s final prep camp complete – Greece here we come!
GB Maxis Men: Final Preparation Camp Complete Ahead of Masters Championships in Greece This weekend, GB Maxibasketball’s men’s teams came together at the Nottingham Wildcats ...
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GROUP DRAWS REVEALED — TEN GB MAXIBASKETBALL TEAMS HEAD TO ATHENS!
Group Draws Announced for the FIMBA European Maxibasketball Championship The first round group draw for the FIMBA European Maxibasketball Championship took place today at FIMBA ...
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Final GB Maxis Women’s Camp Done. Athens Is Next.
Five GB women’s teams. Two days. Four sessions each. Five preparation games. The final GB Maxibasketball women’s training camp — held last weekend at the ...
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GB MAXIS M50+ DISCOVER FIBA MASTERS OPEN 2026 OPPONENTS
The draw for the inaugural FIBA Masters Open 2026 was conducted at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland on Friday 29 May ...
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Silver Success in Dublin — GB Maxi 55+ Men Keep Athens Dream Alive
The GB Maxi 55+ Men’s squad returned from Dublin this weekend with silver medals, battle-hardened experience, and growing momentum ahead of their ultimate target — ...
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A Big Weekend for GB Maxibasketball 45+ Squads!
Last weekend saw both our 45+ squads were in action last weekend as European Championship preparations kicked into high gear — and what a weekend ...
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GB Women 40+ Take Bronze at South Coast Classic 2026
What a bank holiday weekend it was for our GB Maxibasketball Women’s 40+ squad! At the South Coast Classic in Southampton last weekend, our girls ...
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Happy bank holiday Monday people, and May the 4th be with you! Ok, Star Wars references are now done… Last weekend, a number of players ...
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International basketball weekend for GB Maxis M50+ & M45+ squads
Our GB Maxibasketball men’s training weekend has concluded for this month, and what a busy one it was! All six squads from 35+ through to ...
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GB Maxis F50 Olivia Maury – local FIBA Her World Her Rules advocate
Last weekend, as well as attending our training camp, GB Maxis’ F50+ player, OLIVIA MAURY, was also busy at her local court supporting the Cambridgeshire ...
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STATEMENT ON FIBA MASTERS RECOGNITION
FIBA’s recognition of the masters basketball community in December 2025, and the introduction of the FIBA Masters Open competition, signalled a strategic change in the ...
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GB Maxibasketball becomes part of British national team performance pathway
BIG NEWS CAME EARLIER TODAY THAT GREAT BRITAIN HAS RECOGNISED MASTERS WITHIN ITS NATIONAL TEAM PERFORMANCE PATHWAY The home nation governing bodies have aligned to ...
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NEW TEAM DOCTOR JOINS THE GB MAXIBASKETBALL PROGRAMME
We are delighted to welcome DR. JAMES STRONGE to the GB Maxibasketball programme. James has worked as a GP with a specialist interest in sports ...
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A high energy & competitive GB Maxis Men’s September selection camp!
What a fantastic season opener for GB Maxis Men at last weekend’s training & selection camp held at the Nottingham Wildcats Arena, the training base ...
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GB Maxibasketball Women open the 2025/26 season in Nottingham
GB Maxibasketball wrapped up a great season-opening women’s camp yesterday afternoon at the Nottingham Wildcats Arena, with over 60 players and staff in attendance. It ...
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More GB Maxis personnel recruited for Athens 2026
We are just two weekends away from the start of the new GB Maxibasketball season, so what better time to introduce a few more personnel ...
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Entry for Sept GB trials is closing soon: register HERE for final spaces!
GB MAXIBASKETBALL RECRUITMENT FOR THE ATHENS EUROPEAN MAXIBASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 – REGISTER USING THIS LINK We have received a record number of expressions of interest ...
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GB Team trials open for European Maxibasketball Championship 2026 – register your interest now.
Following our medal successes and some top 10 final rankings at the World Maxibasketball Championship in Ticino, the GB Maxibasketball national performance programme is looking ...
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GB Maxis celebrate a successful double world championship medal win
GB Maxibasketball was the most successful British programme at Ticino 2025. The overall performance of its seven teams was the culmination of a great season ...
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GB Maxis Caps & Captains named for Ticino 2025
With 11 days to go before FIMBA Ticino 2025, we’re playing back last Saturday’s final camp which saw three new players receive their GB Maxibasketball ...
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GB Maxis Women 35+ take gold in Cardiff
GB Maxis Women’s 35+ team are the GB Masters 2025 Champions! They took the W35+ title earlier this afternoon defeating The Furies by 39 v ...
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GB Maxis F50s bag a bronze at the Santander Masters 2025
This weekend, our GB F50+ Maxiballers competed at the Santander Masters Basket Tournament. Drawn in the toughest first round pool against Unicaja Málaga and Unahoramenos ...
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GB Maxis Men 50+ retain their Dublin Masters Championship title
Our Fabulous Fifties have done the double, and retained the Dublin Masters 2025 trophy last weekend in a thrilling final game against DM Ballers! Having ...
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GB Maxis Team Doctor achieves outstanding FSEM clinical milestone
We are delighted to share the news that Dr. Elton Chawatama has successfully passed both parts of the sport and exercise medicine specialty exam set ...
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22 new GB caps awarded ahead of World Championship 2025
The GB Maxibasketball men’s training weekend was a remarkable one, as we celebrated the award of 22 new GB caps earlier today in a presentation ...
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GB Maxis women receive their world championship uniforms
The penultimate GB Maxibasketball women’s training weekend has finished, and what a successful one it was too. Day 1 of camp began in style with ...
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GB Men 35+ & 55+ close out April with two successful camps
Last weekend our GB Men’s 35+ squad travelled to Colchester, Essex to take part in a single day camp as they prepare for the FIMBA ...
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GB MAXIBASKETBALL: Our journey from Espoo 2019 to Ticino 2025
ABOUT GB MAXIBASKETBALL For our more recent followers, who may not know much about our past, we thought it’d be useful to share our journey, ...
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GB Maxibasketball Men 55+ enjoy camp success in Cobham
Our GB M55+ team continued their FIMBA Ticino 2025 World Championship preparations with a close game against Cobham last weekend, coming away with a narrow ...
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GB Maxis welcome University of Greenwich physio students into Combined Training Camp
Our GB Maxibasketball Women’s combined squad training weekend (15 & 16 March) saw us welcome several new players into camp, as well as eight physiotherapy ...
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
We’d like to celebrate IWD2025 by saying a huge THANK YOU to this fab group of women, who volunteer their time to support the GB ...
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WE ARE RECRUTING TO OUR GB MENS 35+ SQUAD
Our next GB Men’s combined age training weekend will soon be upon us, and we look forward to welcoming our GB 35+, 45+, 50+ and ...
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GB Maxi M55+ Quick Weekend Camp Recap
The GB Maxibasketball M55+ team came together last weekend for a fantastic 2-day camp in Surrey, sharpening their skills and competing in two high-level games. ...
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WE ARE RECRUITING TO OUR GB WOMEN’S 45+ SQUAD FOR TICINO 2025
Due to recent injuries to the squad members, we are looking to recruit additional players to represent Great Britain as a part of our W45+ ...
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GB MEN 45+ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT
Following the successful combined training camp last weekend, we are pleased to announce the squad that has been selected to represent Great Britain Men 45+ ...
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Meet Our Sports Science Exercise & Movement Team
GB Men’s Maxibasketball resumed their preparation for the FIMBA Ticino 2025 World Championship last weekend in Nottingham, with all age group squads coming together as ...
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GB MAXIBASKETBALL MEN’S TEAMS SELECTED FOR TICINO 2025
We are delighted to announce the squads that will be on their way to Switzerland next year for the FIMBA Ticino 2025 World Championship. Three ...
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GB MAXIS WOMEN CONFIRMED AS ON THEIR WAY TO TICINO 2025
Following the final selection day last Saturday, we are pleased to announce the players that have been selected to represent Great Britain Maxibasketball at the ...
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GB MAXIS 50+ PLAYER LISA WILLIAMS WINS PRESTIGIOUS UK COACHING AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO GB MAXIS 50+ PLAYER LISA WILLIAMS who has won a prestigious award at the UK Coaching Awards 2024. Lisa, a London Coaches Program ...
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JESSE SAZANT REJOINS GB MAXIS AHEAD OF TICINO 2025
We are pleased to announce that Jesse Sazant has returned to the GB Maxibasketball program with effect from 1 November 2024. Having led the GB ...
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Organisational Statement
GB MAXIBASKETBALL ORGANISATIONAL STATEMENT On Sunday 15th September 2024, representatives from FIMBA GB and GB Maxibasketball met in Nottingham to discuss the prospect of a single ...
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THE TRAINING ROAD TO TICINO 2025 STARTS IN JUST 7 DAYS
HEY, IT’S ONLY ONE WEEK TO THE START OF THESE OPEN TRAINING SESSIONS! All players and coaches interested in being selected to represent Great Britain ...
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GB Maxibasketball: Exciting coaching and performance support opportunities
GB Maxibasketball wants to recruit more coaches and sports science personnel ahead of FIMBA’s 17th World Maxibasketball Championship 2025 in Ticino, Switzerland. Player interest in ...
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GB Maxis open training weekends – limited places remain!
WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD TO THE FIMBA Ticino 2025 World Maxibasketball Championship! Yep, you’ve just 8 weeks to get ready for the first ...
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Get ready for the FIMBA Ticino 2025 World Championship
THE GB MAXIBASKETBALL PROGRAMME GEARS UP FOR THE FIMBA Ticino 2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Having finished the FIMBA Pesaro 24 European Maxibasketball Championship with two silver ...
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Both GB Maxis 35+ teams bring home the European Silverware
Bringing home some silverware! It’s silver medals for both our M35+ and F35+ teams at the end of the European Maxibasketball Championship 2024 in Pesaro, ...
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Catch up with the team behind our GB teams!
Our team behind the team! We caught up with Dr. Mark Dayson, Sport Science and Medicine Lead, to find out just what our Maxiballers get ...
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GB Maxibasketball opens up Switzerland 2025 World Championship recruitment
31 May – 2 June 2024 was undoubtedly a historical and successful weekend of international basketball for our GB Maxibasketball players and staff at home ...
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GB MAXIBASKETBALL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP WITH STEROSPORT
GB Maxibasketball is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with STEROSPORT – a division of Steroplast Healthcare Ltd, who will be supporting the ...
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Butler, Naylor and Trailin aiming for glory at inaugural 35+ Tri-Nations
GB Maxibasketball is delighted to have worked with all three home nation governing bodies to stage the first ever multi-generational Tri-Nations international tournament, which will ...
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IT’S A DOUBLE CUP WINNING WEEKEND FOR GB MAXI 50+ & 55+ MEN
The GB Maxis M50+ team have been crowned Dublin Masters 2024 Champions defeating DM Ballers 27-20 earlier today at the Oblates Hall, in Dublin. Playing ...
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LEADING EUROPEAN SPORTSWEAR COMPANY JOMA SPORT IS ANNOUNCED AS THE OFFICIAL SUPPLIER OF GB MAXI BASKETBALL TEAMS
GB Maxi basketball is delighted to announce European sportswear company JOMA SPORT as the OFFICIAL SUPPLIER of the apparel for its national teams competing at ...
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GB MAXIS £500 CASH PRIZE DRAW – TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
Heads up! The GB Maxibasketball £500 cash prize draw is now live and tickets are going fast! The Prize Draw has been organised to raise ...
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GB Maxibasketball confirms its men’s teams for the European Championship 2024
GB Maxibasketball is delighted to share news of its final teams that will head to Pesaro in June for the European Maxibasketball Championship 2024. 115 ...
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Team rosters announced for the Euro Maxibasketball Championship 2024
There is 24-carat magic in the air for the players that have been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Maxibasketball Championship from 21-30 ...
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GB Maxibasketball 2023 Recap
This year is rapidly drawing to a close, so before we jump headlong into 2024, here’s a recap of the past twelve months of the ...
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Sporting Touch launches GB Maxis winter training gear
With Christmas fast-approaching, Midland-based Sportswear manufacturer Sporting Touch has added some GB Maxis’ winter warmers to its website. From head to toe, you can bag ...
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GB Maxibasketball M55+ Win Gold at the 7th Murcia International Masters
The GB Maxibasketball Men 55+ squad travelled to Spain last weekend to take part in the 7th Murcia International Masters Tournament, 1-3 December 2023 and ...
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GB Maxis appointments set for the Euro Maxibasketball Championship 2024
This week, GB Maxibasketball confirmed staff appointments for no less than ten male and female teams, who will be competing in the European Maxibasketball Championship ...
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GB Maxis Star Shines Brightly at the Glitzy Sporting Equals Awards 2023
What a night it was last night in London, as Basketball England (BE) won the 2023 Bishop Lloyd Jackson ‘Sport Organisation of the Year Award’. ...
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GB Maxis Ruth Eytle nominated for Sporting Equals coaching award
OH YES! Popular basketball coach Ruth Eytle has been nominated for a Sporting Equals Award – and public voting is now open. The Londoner has ...
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Euro Championship 2024: training & selection camps open for registration
We continue the journey on our road to the European Maxibasketball Championship 2024, in Pesaro, Italy! We have the first of our open training days ...
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GB W40+ highest placed British team at the World Championships, Argentina
Saturday 2nd September was the final day of competition for Great Britain at the World Maxibasketball Championship FIMBA – Mar Del Plata 2023, and we ...
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University of Greenwich signs an innovative 3-year deal with GB Maxibasketball
Earlier today, the University of Greenwich announced a new three-year partnership with GB Maxibasketball, that will see the provision of opportunities for staff and students ...
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GB Maxibasketball opens recruitment for its European Championship 2024 teams
With little over five weeks to go before our five national teams head to the XVI World Maxibasketball Championships 2023 in Argentina, we are already ...
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Great Britain team captains named for the World Championship 2023 in Argentina
We are delighted to announce the players who have been given the honour of leading their respective teams at the forthcoming World Maxibasketball Championship FIMBA ...
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ITV News meet GB Maxiballers ahead of World Championships in Argentina
Last week Brighton’s ITV Meridian News reporter, Charlotte Wilkins, caught up with some of the Sussex-based members of the Great Britain Over 40 and Over ...
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GB BASKETBALL SENIOR WOMEN HEAD TO EUROBASKET 2023
GB Basketball Board Member and GB Maxibasketball programme lead, Sadie Mason MBE, was among the British basketball family who gave the GB Senior Women a ...
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GB Maxibasketball teams win Gold and Silver in Santander, Spain
GB Women’s 50+ team have won the Santander Masters Basket Tournament in their competition category, racking up 4 wins from 4 games over the course ...
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BRITISH BASKETBALL CALLS UP TWO GB MAXIS COACHES FOR FIBA EUROS 2023
Huge congratulations to GB Maxibasketball Coach Liam Jefferson who has been named GB Basketball Men’s Under 20 Assistant Coach! Liam will assist Head Coach Krumesh ...
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Four GB Maxibasketball personnel appointed to England National Junior Teams
April was a busy month for members of the GB Maxis performance programme – some more than others – as we are proud to report ...
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GB Maxis teams return to the European competition platform
We are pleased to share news of three GB Maxis age group teams that will be representing GB Maxis in Spain at the Santander Masters ...
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GB Women’s 40+ & 50+ teams selected for World Champs 2023, Argentina
We are delighted to announce the GB Women’s 40+ squad that will be flying out to Argentina in August for the World Maxibasketball Championship FIMBA ...
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GB Maxibasketball Men: Teams Confirmed for Argentina 2023
With the completion of selection camps in January, GB Maxis officially confirmed their delegation for the World Maxibasketball Championship FIMBA – Mar Del Plata 2023. ...
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GB Maxis coaching appointments for World Championship 2023
Christmas has come a few days early as we are delighted to announce the staff that will lead our five GB Maxibasketball teams into the ...
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It’s double silver for GB Maxibasketball in Murcia!
GB Maxibasketball W40+, W50+, M40+, M45+ and M50+ teams travelled to the historic city of Cartagena to compete in the Murcia Masters basketball tournament that ...
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We Are Hiring! Join our Sports Science Exercise & Movement Team
Due to our GB squad expansion, we are seeking qualified (or under-graduate) Physiotherapists, Sports Therapists, Sports Massage Therapists and Strength & Conditioning Coaches who have ...
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GB Maxibasketball confirm 2023 World Championship national team entries
For only the second time ever, Great Britain will be represented at the 16th World Maxibasketball Championships, which are due to take place from 26 ...
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GB MaxiBasketball host successful joint training camp for men and women
This weekend, male and female maxiballers had the opportunity to meet and train in the same venue. Yes, GB Maxibasketball coaches delivered their first ever ...
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CG2022 3X3 silver medalist, Chantelle Handy, pops into GB Maxis Women’s Training
Last weekend’s GB Maxis’ men’s open training camp was graced by a sprinkling of home nation ex-international players, and this weekend was no different! Our ...
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Ex-international David ‘Tin Tin’ Watts joins the GB Maxiballers in Nottingham
This weekend saw the second GB Maxis open training session for men at the Nottingham Wildcats Arena. Among the plethora of new faces, we were ...
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GB Maxibasketball 2022/23 season kicks off at the National Basketball Performance Centre
GB Maxibasketball opened the 2022/23 season yesterday with a one-day summer taster training camp for women at the NBPC Manchester. It was great to welcome ...
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GB Maxibasketball Women 35+ crowned European Champions 2022
GB MAXIBASKETBALLERS STRIKE GOLD & SILVER AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 IN MALAGA What a fantastic 10 days for the GB Maxibasketball national teams programme ...
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GB Maxibasketball launches its’ 2022/23 season with summer open invitation training camps
After a postponement of two full years, the XI FIMBA European Maxibasketball Championships will finally take place in Malaga with games beginning on Sat 25 ...
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GB MAXIS MEN TEAMS STEP UP TO RECEIVE THEIR OFFICIAL UNIFORMS FOR MALAGA 2022
In just under two weeks, our eight GB Maxibasketball teams will be stepping onto court to play their first round games at the XI FIMBA ...
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GB MAXIBASKETBALL SUMMER INTERNATIONAL EVENT 2022
With the XI FIMBA European Championships now less than 40 days away, GB Maxibasketball is delighted to announce the GB Maxibasketball Summer Invitational, a preparation ...
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Sportswear company TRIO (USA) sponsors GB Maxis Womens 45+ team
GB Maxibasketball is delighted to announce that Pittsburgh, USA-based sportswear company TRIO has sponsored the training uniforms for our Women’s 45+ team ahead of the ...
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A MEMORABLE MOMENT FOR GB MAXIS AS OFFICIAL GREAT BRITAIN UNIFORMS ARE PRESENTED
Last weekend, 14 & 15 May, was the penultimate training camp in Nottingham for our four GB Maxis Women’s teams ahead of competing in the ...
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SIX NEW GREAT BRITAIN CALL UPS!
Last weekend saw some exciting action from some of our GB Maxis male and female players, who were successful at the Basketball England National Play-Off ...
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GB MAXIS IN GOLDEN FORM AT THE NATIONAL FINALS 2022
Proving that age is no barrier to successful performance, no less than eight GB Maxis were in action for their club sides yesterday at the ...
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A fab new addition to GB Maxis Women’s 45+ Coaching Team
We are delighted to announce the appointment of DAVID MASON, as GB Maxis Womens 45+ Assistant Coach! David has been with the GB Maxibasketball programme ...
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GB Maxis Women’s 35+ Head Coach Appointed
With two of our previously appointed coaches now unable to travel to Malaga due to work commitments, applicants for the vacant roles of GB Womens ...
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DE VERE HOTELS NOTTINGHAM ARE PARTNERING WITH GB MAXIBASKETBALL
The Orchard Hotel and Jubilee Hotel & Conference Centre are delighted to be working with GB Maxibasketball for the season ahead and providing accommodation for ...
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GB Maxis sign up European-based sponsor CHAMPIONS-IMPLANTS
It’s a Super Sunday, and there are bright smiles at GB Maxis HQ to make any dentist proud as we are happy to announce our ...
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GB Maxis get hold of the reigns for Malaga 2022
In a fantastic boost to our European Maxibasketball Championship fundraising campaign, we are absolutely delighted to share news of a significant corporate supporter for the ...
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Respects paid to basketball legend Betty Codona OBE (1938 – 2022)
GB Maxis’ women marked the first day of their training weekend with a minutes’ silence in honour of the late Betty Codona OBE, who sadly ...
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Let’s talk about MaxiBasketball
We welcome all enquiries about the GB Maxibasketball national performance programme. We are happy to provide further information on how to join, either as a Player, Coach or member of our Support Team. You can register your interest for the 2026/27 season using the REGISTRATION LINK, or you hit the ‘GET IN TOUCH’ button and leave us a message. We will get back to you as soon as we can.