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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. 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.

Home Venue

• Queen's Sports Centre (2017–2019)
• Sports and Wellbeing Park (2019–present)

Season-by-season records

Players

Current roster

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

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
• 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.

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Competitions	WBBL Championship WBBL Playoffs Betty Codona Trophy
Seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Other	British Basketball League (Men) English Basketball League (Men and women)

• 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