Archers v Wildcats, WBBL 2022-23, (13:1/2)

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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 photograph.

This is the 25 years old, American born Abigail Yunker, playing for Archers attempting to throw the ball to her team mates. Yunker was born in Whitehouse, Ohio.

In the front of her, is the 26 years old Kayla Shaw of Nottingham Wildcats, trying to be careful not to commit a foul while attempting to block Yunker. Shaw is also an American, she was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She is now playing for a team in Finland.

With special thanks to the members of Cardiff Met staff for giving me permissions to shoot the game from courtside. 

I had been taking the photos with a 50mm f1.8 lens, as it was only fast enough than the 28-200mm lens I have, for the indoor shots. I was allowed to go up and down the sidelines, as long as I don’t get too close to the playing field.

At the end of the game, the score was Archers 69 – 75 Wildcats.

The shot was turned into black and white in Adobe Lightroom, for a dramatic sports action feel (I hope).
 
About the teams.

The Wales based 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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Taken in: UK / Wales / Penylan (show map)

Taken on: January 21, 2023

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