The Durham Palatinates are an English women's basketball team based in
Durham,
England. The Palatinates compete in the
Women's British Basketball League (WBBL), the premier women's basketball competition in the United Kingdom.
History
The Palatinates officially joined the
Women's British Basketball League in May 2017. The
Durham University
, mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1)
, established = (university status)
, type = Public
, academic_staff = 1,830 (2020)
, administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19)
, chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen
, vice_chan ...
-backed team is a relaunch from the men's
Wildcats team that competed in the
British Basketball League between 2011 and 2015. Women's university team and former Wildcats head coach Lee Davie was retained as the Palatinates' first head coach.
Home Venue
*
Queen's Sports Centre (2017-2019)
*
Sports and Wellbeing Park (2019-present)
Season-by-season records
Players
Current roster
Honours
*WBBL Trophy Runners Up (1): 2018-19
*WBBL Cup Runners Up (1): 2019-20
See also
*
Durham Wildcats
The Durham Wildcats are an English basketball club based in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. The original incarnation were members of the British Basketball League, the top-level competition in the United Kingdom, and played their home games at ...
References
{{Women's British Basketball League teamlist
Women's basketball teams in England
Women's British Basketball League teams
Basketball teams established in 2017
2017 establishments in England
Sport at Durham University