# Caledonia Gladiators (women)

The Caledonia Gladiators are a professional women's basketball team based in East Kilbride, Scotland. Formerly known as Caledonia Pride, they are the first and currently only women's professional basketball team in Scotland, competing in the Super League Basketball.

## History

Caledonia Pride (2016-2022) In May 2016, the Women's British Basketball League awarded a franchise to basketballscotland, seeking to establish a franchise to help better prepare the Scottish national team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. In August 2016, the name Caledonia Pride was chosen and the team's coach was announced to be Edinburgh University women's head coach Bart Sengers, who would coach Pride for the next six seasons. After a 6 year run as Caledonia Pride and a disappointing 31 wins from 104 league games it was time for Scotland’s only professional female basketball team to look at a new way forward in respect of playing personnel and proper funding.
Caledonia Gladiators (2022-present) In June 2022, basketballscotland announced the transfer of the professional franchise to the Lady Rocks basketball club. The new team was named Caledonia Gladiators, referencing the original name of the Lady Rocks club formed in 2006, with plans for their own custom-built facility in Lanarkshire. The 2022-23 season saw the newly formed club finish 2nd in the WBBL, a highest ever finish for any Scottish team. The 2023-24 season saw the Gladiators enter the FIBA EuroCup Women in a first ever foray into European competition with Coach Ortega taking his team to the knockout stages of the competition. Season 2024-25 saw a 2nd year of entering the FIBA EuroCup Women, however this campaign was short lived with 6 losses and no wins for Coach Handy.

## Home Venue

* Oriam National Performance Centre (2016-2019)
* University of Edinburgh Pleasance Sports Complex (2019–2021)
* The Crags Centre (2021-2022)
* Lagoon Centre (2022-2023)
* Playsport Arena (2023-present)
A purpose built 6000 seater arena was due for completion in 2024, however this has been postponed indefinitely.
Home games have also been played at the Grangemouth Sports Complex, Falkirk; Emirates Arena, Glasgow and The Peak, Stirling.

## Season-by-season records

| Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Post-Season | WBBL Trophy | WBBL Cup | Head Coach |
| Season | Division | Tier | Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Points | Win % | Post-Season | WBBL Trophy | WBBL Cup | Head Coach |
| Caledonia Pride |||||||||||||
| 2016-17 | WBBL | 1 | 9th | 18 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 0.278 | Did not qualify | Pool Stage | 1st round | Bart Sengers |
| 2017-18 | WBBL | 1 | 7th | 20 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 0.350 | Quarter-finals | Pool Stage | Runners Up | Bart Sengers |
| 2018-19 | WBBL | 1 | 11th | 22 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 0.182 | Did not qualify | Pool Stage | Quarter-finals | Bart Sengers |
| 2019-20 | WBBL | 1 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Pool Stage | 1st round | Bart Sengers |
| 2020-21 | WBBL | 1 | 11th | 20 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 0.150 | Did not qualify | 1st round | Did not compete | Bart Sengers |
| 2021-22 | WBBL | 1 | 6th | 24 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0.500 | Semi-finals | 1st round | Group Stage | Bart Sengers |
| Caledonia Gladiators |||||||||||||
| 2022-23 | WBBL | 1 | 2nd | 22 | 17 | 5 | 34 | 0.773 | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Miguel Ángel Ortega Marco |
| 2023-24 | WBBL | 1 | 2nd | 20 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 0.800 | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | | Miguel Angel Ortega Chantelle Handy |

## Players
### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player |
| 4 | PG | SCO | Robyn Lewis |
| 5 | F | AUS | Samantha Roscoe |
| 9 | G | SCO | Hannah Robb |
| 11 | G | ESP | Ariadna Pujol Lluch |
| 12 | F | UKR | Yevheniia Putra |
| 15 | C | SEN | Sokhna Bintou Lo |
| 22 | F | ENG | Chantelle Handy |
| 23 | G | USA | Laken James |
| 25 | F | SCO | Kirsty Brown |
| 50 | G | MLI | Djenaba N’Diaye |

## Honours

WBBL Cup
* Runners-up: 2017-2018
Betty Cordona Trophy 2025