Essex Rebels

Essex Rebels
League	Women: SLB Men: NBL D1
Established	2014 (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 Super League Basketball, 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.

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.

Current roster

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

Essex Rebels roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. 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
			Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Win %
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
			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	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
2023-24	WBBL	1	5th	20	11	9	22	0.550		Runners-up		Ashley Cookson

Men's team

Current roster

Essex Rebels 24-25 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G Winter, Ben 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) G Busumbru, Luke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) G Martin, Kyron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F Hudson, Tyreese 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) F Johnson-Thompson, Daniel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) F Kanwei, Emmanuel 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Head coach Ross Norfolk 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 %
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

Essex Arena

External links

• Official website