Durham Palatinates

Durham Palatinates
League	SLB
Founded	2017;9 years ago (2017)
History	Durham Palatinates 2017-present
Arena	Sports and Wellbeing Park
Location	Durham, England
Ownership	Durham University
Website	Official website

The Durham Palatinates are an English women's basketball team based in Durham, England. The Palatinates compete in the Super League Basketball, the premier women's basketball competition in the United Kingdom.

History

The Palatinates officially joined the Women's British Basketball League in May 2017. ^{[1] [2]} The Durham University-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. ^[3]

Home Venue

• Queen's Sports Centre (2017–2019)
• Sports and Wellbeing Park (2019–present) ^[4]

Season-by-season records

Season	Division	Tier	Regular Season						Post-Season	WBBL Trophy	WBBL Cup	Head coach
			Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Win %
Durham Palatinates
2017-18	WBBL	1	10th	20	5	15	10	0.250	Did not qualify	Pool stage	1st round	Lee Davie
2018-19	WBBL	1	5th	22	12	10	24	0.545	Semi-finals	Runners Up	1st round	Lee Davie
2019-20	WBBL	1	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic							Runners Up	Runners Up	Lee Davie
2020-21	WBBL	1	10th	20	4	16	8	0.200	Did not qualify	Quarter-finals	Did not compete	Lee Davie
2021-22	WBBL	1	8th	24	11	13	23	0.458	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	Group Stage	Lee Davie
2022-23	WBBL	1	9th	22	9	13	18	0.409	Did not qualify	1st round	Quarter-finals	Matthew Newby
2023-24	WBBL	1	7th	20	8	12	16	0.400		Quarter-finals		Lee Davie

Players

Current roster

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Durham Palatinates roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 2 Griffith Wallace, Janika 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) F 3 Hendershot, Elle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) F 4 Klassen, Sophie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) G 5 Brault, Eliza 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) G 7 Bennett, Katie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) G 8 Chukwu-Etu, Orieoma 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) G 9 Samuels-Campbell, Aaliyah 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) G 11 Wood, Izzy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) G 12 Moran, Ellie 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) F 14 Ottewill-Soulsby, Harriet 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Head coach Lee Davie Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Honours

• WBBL Trophy Runners Up (1): 2018-19 ^[5]
• WBBL Cup Runners Up (1): 2019-20

See also

• Durham Wildcats

References

1. "Durham Palatinates to Join WBBL for 2017-18 Season". May 17, 2017.
2. "Durham Palatinates to join Women's British Basketball League". May 17, 2017.
3. Hobbs, John (July 2, 2017). "Professional team for Durham the final piece of jigsaw in becoming number one university for women's basketball in the UK".
4. "seeing @23Leedavie @nicoletteflq & Kara Elderkin on BBC on @WBBLofficial #BritishBasketball @DU_Palatinates #BleedPalatinate Exciting times with refurb of venue, opportunities to play in North East for everyone, shout-out from Kara to @NewcastleEagle for their new arena too!pic.twitter.com/AP0BCDenyk". October 3, 2019.
5. "Palatinates make history with first Final | Basketball England". www.basketballengland.co.uk.