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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 of preparation that began in January 2025, with players committed to their mental and physical preparation, plus individual and team play work over the course of 17 training camps. This […]

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 uniforms.       F35+ Charlotte Henderson                               M35+ Aaron Moseley             

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 33. Yesterday, they finished the day with a 100% record, winning two games from two. The first game was against Unite Basketball (47-17), and the second win saw the team

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 (Canary Islands), the tournament was a hard, but welcome test for our GB Maxis F50s team ahead of the FIMBA ticino World Championship 2025. Day 1 involved three games: two

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 played and won three games on the Saturday against Dublin Lions (55-34), Brothers Near and Far (48-39) and Kilkenny (41-21), the team were all set for their Sunday morning semi-final

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 by the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK (FSEM), which is the membership body responsible for the governance and development of sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine in the UK.

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 the presentation of GB jerseys to our new staff and players.  Congratulations go to Ruby Clarke (35+), Leanne Cross (45+), Dr. Elton Chawatama, and Coach Brian Deacon (50+).   A special

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 Ticino 2025 World Championships in Switzerland. As part of camp, they played their first warm up fixture of the year against D3 side Essex Charge. Despite the narrow loss, the

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, showing how GB Maxibasketball fits into the established governance landscape for basketball, plus a commentary on what our program delivers. Established in 2018, our early beginnings were in a school