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15 October 2026  4 min read

Elite Academy Leagues recap (14 Oct 2026)

Three games were decided by five points or less, as some of the leagues' newer sides, Xaverian College, The Canterbury Academy and New City College Hackney, all picked up their first wins.

WEABL North

2pm - Xaverian College 70-65 Newcastle College - LIVE STATS

4:30pm - Nottingham Academy Wildcats 66-63 Manchester Mystics - LIVE STATS

WEABL Central

5pm - BMet City of Birmingham Rockets 53-90 HHS Reading Rockets - LIVE STATS

WEABL South

3:15pm - Barking Abbey 73-42 City of London Academy - Southwark - LIVE STATS

3:50pm - The Canterbury Academy 69-50 New City College Hackney - LIVE STATS

EABL North

12:15pm - UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 79-80 Manchester Magic - LIVE STATS

2:20pm - Nottingham Academy Wildcats 52-112 Myerscough College - LIVE STATS

4pm - Xavierian College 66-56 Newcastle College - LIVE STATS

EABL Central

3pm - BMet City of Birmingham Rockets 79-69 HHS Reading Rockets - LIVE STATS

4:15pm - Copleston Basketball Academy 65-79 SGS College - LIVE STATS

EABL South

5:15pm - Barking Abbey 61-54 City of London Academy - Southwark - LIVE STATS

2:10pm - The Canterbury Academy 66-80 New City College Hackney - LIVE STATS

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Standout performances

Manchester Magic came through a nail-biter as UTC Sheffield missed not one but two late lay-up attempts to fall to an agonising 80-79 defeat. 

NCC are on the board with a first EABL win after they beat Canterbury 80-66, with Xaverian also doing the same as they beat Newcastle 66-56, and former winners Barking made it two-from-two in the South, knocking off former finalists CoLA 61-54 to send their fellow Londoners to an 0-2 start.

SGS College (79-65 vs Copleston) and BMet City of Birmingham Rockets (79-69 vs HHS) both picked up valuable Central Conference results, and defending champs Myerscough had no problem seeing off newcomers Nottingham Academy Wildcats with a 112-52 final score.

In the WEABL, it was double delight for Barking as they beat reigning champs CoLA 73-42 as Canterbury celebrated a maiden success as they beat NCC 69-50.

A late 6-3 run helped Nottingham narrowly edge Manchester Mystics, coming through as 66-63 winners behind a strong showing from Ophelia Larder-Lee, and HHS Reading Rockets had no problems with BMet City of Birmingham Rockets, handing them a 90-53 defeat.

The day's only other game saw Xaverian beat Newcastle College in a tight one, winning 70-65.

What does it mean for the standings? 

Xaverian, Myerscough and Manchester Magic have all started brightly in the EABL North, with four sides (BMet, SGS, Reading and Derby) all looking to make a move at the top of the Central.

Top of both South Conferences are Barking Abbey, with the boys and the girls sat at 2-0 ahead of the chasing pack.

Nottingham are ahead in the WEABL North at 2-0, whilst the WEABL Central hasn't seen much action so far.

View the League Standings

Player-of-the-week candidates 

A well-rounded outing from Munyaradzi Nyamutenha (12pts, 6reb, 4ast, 6stl) helped Barking past CoLA in their EABL clash, Myerscough's AJ Smith (20pts, 4reb) got the better of Seamus Conlon's (18pts, 14reb, 4ast) Nottingham, and Abubakar Odawa (22pts, 6reb, 7stl) helped SGS past Copleston's duo of Mason Wells (15pts, 16reb) and Quentin Buyanga (17pts, 8reb).

Kurmani Patel Blake (20pts, 3ast) led the way for BMet despite a 13/13 double-double from HHS' Finn Aumonier, Lucas Williams top scored for NCC with 21 points against Canterbury, and UTC's Asher Sibanda (23pts, 6reb, 4ast) and Manchester's Abraham Sagay Isiorho (12pts, 12reb) went toe-to-toe in the EABL North's one-point game.

In the WEABL, Matilda Upfold (24pts, 14reb, 4ast, 3stl) enjoyed a strong showing for HHS, Ophelia Larder-Lee (20pts, 6reb) helped Nottingham edge Izzy Aldcroft's (6pts, 10reb, 2ast) Manchester, and an efficient 13 points off Canterbury bench from Brooke Turner helped the Kent programme to their first win.

In the South's big game, Sytira Smith (20pts, 7reb, 3stl) was the standout for Barking as team mate Sharliyah Sutherland added 16 points of her own, cancelling out a good outing from CoLA's Demi Lamuye (14pts, 9reb, 2ast).

Watch out for the winner on our social channels, with the announcement going live on Friday at 12pm for the EABL, and 12:30pm for the WEABL.

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