Essex Rebels

The Essex Rebels are a basketball club from Colchester, Essex.

Essex Rebels
LeagueWomen: WBBL
Men: NBL D1
Established2014 (2014)
HistoryUniversity of Essex
2014-2018
Essex Rebels
2018–present
ArenaEssex Sport Arena
Capacity1,655
LocationColchester, Essex
Main sponsorWhitehall Resources
Team manager Susy Davies
Head coach Tom Sadler
ChampionshipsWomen's National Cup 2016
Women's Division 1 2017-18
WebsiteOfficial website

The Rebels' women's team compete in the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL), the top-level women's basketball league in Great Britain. After competing in the Women's National Basketball League as the Essex Blades, the Rebels started life in 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
F 1 Small, Chelsea 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
F 5 Sinnott, Grace 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
PG 6 Sarson, Bethany 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
F 7 Shaxon, Ellie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
G 9 Tom, Charleene 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
G 10 Partridge, Olivia 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
PG 12 Ward, Jessy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
PF 15 Belle-Mbaye, Yassin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
F 24 Rendle, Abigail 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F 25 Kohlhaas, Andrea 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
G 35 Adeogun, Princess 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
G 44 Sadler, Catherine 6 ft 2 in (1.88 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
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
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
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
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 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 Sam Newman
5 PG Tom Child
6 G Matthew Disu
7 PG Jordan Gray
8 PG Andre Lavinier
10 G Rory Winter
11 G Dan Morton
12 G Joshua Moore
13 C Lee Hodges
34 F Cain van Heyningen
77 F Yassin Naji

Season-by-season records
Season Division Tier Regular Season Post-Season National Cup Head Coach
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
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 Ross Norfolk
Essex Arena

References
  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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