Bermuda Basketball Star To Represent Britain
Bermudian basketball star Jenaya Wade-Fray has been selected as part of the Great Britain national team for the Eurobasket Championships this summer.
The Great Britain team will play a number of international matched against Ukraine, Slovak Republic, Germany, Bulgaria, Portugal, Belgium, Holland and Israel. They will be coached by Tom Maher, who lead the Australian basketball team to two Olympic medals in 2000 and 1996.
Training camp starts on June 4, and the competitive Eurobasket schedule gets underway on August 14.
Fellow Bermudian Erica Woods played for the U/20 Great Britain National Team last year, traveling to Estonia, Greece and Macedonia for the U/20 European Championships.
Considered Bermuda’s two biggest female basketball stars, both ladies were members of the bronze medal winning Bermudian team at the 2007 Island Games. Interestingly enough, both ladies are listed at 5ft 9″, both hail from St. Georges and both play the same position – guard.
Great Britain women’s squad:
- Rose Anderson (University Central Oklahoma, USA)
- Kim Butler (Panionios, Greece)
- Kate Butters (UWIC Archers, EBL)
- Stephanie Collins (UWIC Archers, EBL)
- Stephanie Gandy (City of Sheffield Hatters, EBL)
- Chantelle Handy (Marshall University, USA)
- Megan Hoffman (UWIC Archers, EBL)
- Lis Hutchinson (City of Sheffield Hatters, EBL)
- Jo Leedham (Franklin Pierce University, USA)
- Rosalee Mason (City of Sheffield Hatters, EBL)
- Sarah McKay (Unattached)
- Jule Page (Pays d’Aix Basket 13, France)
- Azani Stewart (Florida University, USA)
- Lauren Johnson-Thomas (Marquette University, USA)
- Jenaya Wade-Frey (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA)
- Jo Claydon (Leeds Carnegie, EBL)
- Jo Wood (Sandringham Sabres, Australia).
Great Britain women’s schedule:
- 25/06 – Bulgaria v GB, Pravets Bulgaria (Test Game)
- 26.06 – Bulgaria v GB, Pravets Bulgaria (Test Game)
- 27.06 – Bulgaria v GB, Pravets Bulgaria (Test Game)
- 17.07 – GB v Portugal, Surrey University (Test Game)
- 18.07 – GB v Portugal, Surrey University (Test Game)
- 20.07 – Belgium v GB, Courtrai Belgium (Test Game)
- 21.07 – Belgium v GB, Courtrai Belgium (Test Game)
- 24.07 – Holland v GB, Utrecht Holland(Test Game)
- 25.07 – Holland v GB, Utrecht Holland(Test Game)
- 03.08 – Israel v GB, Tel Aviv Israel (Test Game)
- 04.08 – Israel v GB, Tel Aviv Israel (Test Game)
- 05.08 – Israel v GB, Tel Aviv Israel (Test Game)
- 14.08 – GB v Slovak Republic, NIA Birmingham (Eurobasket Qualifier)
- 17.08 – Germany v GB, Wolfenbuttel Germany (Eurobasket Qualifier)
- 20.08 – GB v Ukraine, Surrey University (Eurobasket Qualifier)
- 23.08 – Slovak Republic v Slovak Republic (Eurobasket Qualifier)
- 26.08 – GB v Germany, Echo Arena Liverpool (Eurobasket Qualifier)
- 29.08 – Ukraine v GB, Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine (Eurobasket Qualifier)
Jenaya Wade-Fray has had a stellar playing career at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, earning player of the week honours, Best Defence award and becoming the all-time leader in games played.
