Essex Rebels

Basketball team in Colchester, Essex

Essex Rebels

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

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

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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Essex Rebels roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
F	2	Waithe, Deangelique	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
G	4	Munns, Ashleigh	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
G	10	Partridge, Olivia	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
G	11	Bieg, Carla	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
F	21	Costa, Lucrezia	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
C	23	Haines, Megan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F	25	Kohlhaas, Andrea	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
PF		Paxton, Claire	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
SG		Freeman, Tia	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
G		Mbam, Jade	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Head coach

Tom Sadler

Assistant coach(es)

Ross Norfolk Justin Mills

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	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
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	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

Men's team

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
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

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.