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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 (LCP) mentor, has been named Coach Developer of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards, recognising her significant impact on developing coaches.  The full story can be read here on […]

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 Maxis Men’s 40+ team at the European Maxibasketball Championship 2024 in Pesaro, Sazant took a break from the programme over the summer but is now looking forward to a new

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 entity to clarify and manage the Masters basketball landscape in Great Britain post the FIMBA World Maxibasketball Championships in 2025. Many positive points, views, ideas and considerations were exchanged, which

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 the national masters programme has swelled following coverage of the England, Scotland and Wales teams’ exploits at the 2024 35+ Tri-Nations tournament, as well as GB’s multiple age-group successes at the

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 open training and selection sessions of the 2024/25 season: 14 & 15 Sept (Women) 21 & 22 Sept (Men) If you have already sent your registration form in, you will

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 medals and respectable (top 7) placings for five more teams, GB Maxibasketball is resuming it’s recruitment campaign for players, coaches, team managers and sports therapists who are interested in selection

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, Italy, with some respectable finishes across the board! Despite coming into the tournament as reigning European F35+ Champions, a return to the top of the podium was not to be

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 in terms of on-court and off-court support in order to perform at the highest level!“After arriving 1 1/2 days ahead of game 1 for all teams, our focus is on

31 May – 2 June 2024 was undoubtedly a historical and successful weekend of international basketball for our GB Maxibasketball players and staff at home and in Europe.  Firstly, it saw Scotland Men and England Women winning the first ever Tri-Nations 35+ Masters Tournament at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester.  What a great