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WBBL 22-23, Archers v Wildcats, B2/2

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Cardiff Met Archers vs Nottingham Wildcats, Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) match on Saturday 21st January 2023. Game played at the Archers Arena, Cardiff Metropolitan University, in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, during the 2022-23 season.

 

 

About the photographs.

 

During the warm up and before the tip-off (basketball speak similar to football’s “kick-off” term), I took those photos of Cardiff Met Archers’ mascot.

 

I think the first photograph, file 0069, may have bad focusing. I spent years using manual focus camera, but haven’t used an Auto-Focus digital camera much during the years as a busy single parent, so I’m really rusty with AF settings and skills.

 

Point of note: I’ve no idea who is in this dragon outfit, I never thought to ask.

 

 

About the teams.

 

The Cardiff Met Archers started in 1999, as a university basketball team. They have about 19 different teams, range from Under-10s to Seniors, and men’s teams as well as women’s teams.

 

The women’s senior team (seen here in the photograph) is the only team in a top-level elite franchise-based league. They joined the Women’s British Basketball League when it was first set up in 2014, and to date, are still in the WBBL.

 

 

The Nottingham Wildcats is an English women’s basketball team based in Nottingham, England, and was founded in 1976. As a successful team in the English Women’s Basketball League, the Wildcats became one of the founding members of the WBBL.

 

They had two Championships in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, and also won the WBBL Cup during the 2017-18 season.

 

The Women’s British Basketball League is a top-level franchised based basketball league in the United Kingdom, and a sister to the men’s British Basketball League (BBL). It was announced in June 2014 and started with the 2014-15 season.

 

 

 

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