BA LONDON LIONS
The partnership between the two organisations sees the leading Academies women’s team play as part of London Lions Basketball whilst the whole Barking Abbey Academy provides the elite development for both men’s and women’s programmes.
Lions Chief Executive, Vince Macaulay said: “Providing a complete pathway for basketball has always been our aim – working closely with partners in London to reduce duplication, whilst capitalising on best practices. Barking Abbey have been at the forefront of basketball development for many a long year and I am excited we have been able to bring things together.”
Mark Clark, Barking Abbey Director said: “The potential for Lions is huge. Our partnership will give Lions the opportunity to become a major club on a European scale. The aspirations of Lions to compete in Europe and to become the number one club in British Basketball and the need to develop British players to raise the level of the game in the UK are complimentary”.
BA London Lions women will play home games at the Copper Box Arena prior to the men’s BBL team as often as possible (tickets on game day include men’s game too!) and the programme will offer female athletes an opportunity to be part of the Lions basketball club.
2019-20 FIXTURES
| DATE | DAY | TIME | COMP | HOME | AWAY | VENUE | WIN/LOSS | SCORE | |
| 27th Sept | Friday | 1.00pm | WBBL TRO | Barking Abbey | vs | Nottingham | Essex Uni | Loss | 53-70 |
| 29th Sept | Sunday | 4.00pm | WBBL TRO | Barking Abbey | vs | Manchester | Essex Uni | Loss | 49-67 |
| 5th Oct | Saturday | 5.45pm | WBBL CUP | Oaklands | vs | Barking Abbey | Oaklands | Loss | 67-68 |
| 12th Oct | Saturday | 4.00pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | Newcastle | Barking Abbey | Postponed | |
| 19th Oct | Saturday | 3.00pm | WBBL | Durham | vs | Barking Abbey | Barking Abbey | Loss | 49-83 |
| 27th Oct | Sunday | 1.30pm | WBBL | Sevenoaks | vs | Barking Abbey | Sevenoaks School | Loss | 47-65 |
| 23rd Nov | Saturday | 2.00pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | Oaklands | Barking Abbey | Loss | 73-75 |
| 30th Nov | Saturday | 4.00pm | WBBL | Manchester | vs | Barking Abbey | National Performance Centre | Loss | 38-72 |
| 8th Dec | Saturday | TBC | WBBL CUP | Quarter Finals | vs | Essex Rebels | Copper Box | Loss | 57-91 |
| 15th Dec | Sunday | 2.30pm | WBBL | Cardiff | vs | Barking Abbey | Cardiff Met | Loss | 64-75 |
| 21st Dec | Saturday | 4.00pm | WBBL | Sheffield | vs | Barking Abbey | All Saints School | Loss | 61-75 |
| 22nd Dec | Sunday | 2.00pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | Leicester | Copper Box | Loss | 54-83 |
| 4th Jan | Saturday | 5.30pm | WBBL | Nottingham | vs | Barking Abbey | Wildcats Arena | Loss | 47-65 |
| 11th Jan | Saturday | 1.00pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | Caledonia | Barking Abbey | Loss | 49-57 |
| 18th Jan | Saturday | 2.00pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | Essex Rebels | Barking Abbey | Loss | 54-79 |
| 26th Jan | Sunday | TBC | WBBL Cup | Final | vs | Birmingham | |||
| 16th Feb | Sunday | 4.00pm | WBBL | Newcastle | vs | Barking Abbey | Newcastle Arena | Loss | 64-49 |
| 22nd Feb | Sunday | 2.00pm | WBBL | Leicester | vs | Barking Abbey | Riders Arena | Loss | 47-54 |
| 1st Mar | Sunday | 2.00pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | Sevenoaks | Barking Abbey | Loss | 41-70 |
| 7th Mar | Saturday | 3.45pm | WBBL | Oaklands | vs | Barking Abbey | Oaklands | ||
| 15th Mar | Sunday | TBC | WBBL TRO | Final | vs | Glasgow | |||
| 21st Mar | Saturday | 4.30pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | Manchester | Copperbox | ||
| 29th Mar | Sunday | 1.00pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | sheffield | Copperbox | ||
| 4th Apr | Saturday | 4.30pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | nottingham | Copperbox | ||
| 12th Apr | Sunday | 1.00pm | WBBL | Caledonia | vs | Barking Abbey | Scotland | ||
| 18th Apr | Saturday | 4.00pm | WBBL | Barking Abbey | vs | Cardiff | Barking Abbey |
