Essex Rebels

Essex Rebels
Essex Rebels
League	Women: WBBL ; Men: NBL D1
Established	2014; 8 years ago
History	University of Essex; 2014-2018 ; Essex Rebels ; 2018–present
Arena	Essex Sport Arena
Capacity	1,655
Location	Colchester, Essex
Main sponsor	Whitehall Resources
Team manager	Susy Davies
Head coach	Tom Sadler
Championships	Women's National Cup 2016; Women's Division 1 2017-18
Website	Official website
Home	Away

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[]

2016 Cup Final Winners

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[]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Essex Rebels roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Ht.
F	2	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
G	4	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
G	10	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
G	11	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
F	21	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
C	23	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F	25	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
PF		6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
SG		5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
G		5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Season-by-season records[]

Season	Division	Tier	Regular Season						Post-Season	National Cup	Head Coach
Season	Division	Tier	Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Win %	Post-Season	National Cup	Head Coach
Essex Blades
2015-16	D1 SE	2	2nd	12	9	3	18	0.750	Semi-finals	Winners
2016-17	D1	2	6th	20	10	10	20	0.500	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals
2017-18	D1	2	1st	22	20	2	40	0.909	Runners-Up	Runners-Up

Season	Division	Tier	Regular Season						Post-Season	WBBL Trophy	WBBL Cup	Head Coach
Season	Division	Tier	Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Win %	Post-Season	WBBL Trophy	WBBL Cup	Head Coach
Essex Rebels
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		1st Round	Did Not Compete	Tom Sadler

Men's team[]

Current roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
0	G	Tyler Mutemasango
1	F	Ethan Price
2	G	Ben Winter
3	G	Wesley Moore
4	G
5	PG	Tom Child
6	G	Matthew Disu
7	PG
8	PG	Andre Lavinier
10	G	Rory Winter
11	G	Dan Morton
12	G
13	C
34	F	Cain van Heyningen
77	F	Yassin Naji

Season-by-season records[]

Season	Division	Tier	Regular Season						Post-Season	National Cup	Head Coach
Season	Division	Tier	Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Win %	Post-Season	National Cup	Head Coach
University of Essex
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
Essex Rebels
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

Essex Arena

References[]

^ "Essex Rebels | University of Essex". Essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
^ "Essex Rebels appoint new roles – Women's British Basketball League". Wbb1.web.geniussports.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Essex Rebels | University of Essex". Essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

[2] "Essex Rebels appoint new roles – Women's British Basketball League". Wbb1.web.geniussports.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

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