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Caledonia Gladiators Women

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2016 (8 years old)

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Playsport Arena
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East Kilbride, Scotland

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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 Women's British Basketball League (WBBL).

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. Pride reached the 2018 WBBL Cup Final and achieved a highest league finish (6th) in the 2021-22 season.

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 will see the Gladiators enter the FIBA EuroCup Women in a first ever foray into European competition.

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Playsport Arena is a two-stage sports and entertainment arena in East Kilbride, Scotland. The main arena will have a seating capacity for 6,000 spectators. The arena's main tenants will be the Caledonia Gladiators basketball teams, who will move from their previous homes at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow (men's team) and the Lagoon Centre in Paisley (women's team) for the start of the 2023–24 season.

The 90-acre Playsport site, location between the Nerston and Stewartfield areas on the northern edge of the town, was first opened in 2009, with a nine-hole golf course, driving range and indoor sports, leisure and retail facilities, but remained largely underdeveloped for many years.

The site was purchased by Gladiators' owners Steve and Alison Timoney, and plans were officially announced in 2023 for a £20million arena development.

In the short term, a temporary arena with capacity for 1,800 spectators was constructed within the original footprint to allow the Gladiators' teams to move to the site for the start of the 2023–24 season; it staged its first official fixture on 5 October 2023. It is expected the full 6,000 capacity arena development will be completed by 2026.

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