There was a strong GB Standard Life presence in this weekends EBL games.

The GB Standard Life women have a busy weekend in the EBL and further a field.

Since 2006, British Basketball has scored some spectacular successes that have helped place basketball in Great Britain firmly on the sport's world map.

Here is a snap-shot of some of the GB Standard Life women who were on winning form in the NCAA over the weekend.

UWIC and Leeds went into last weekend's clash level in second spot but it was the Archers that came out on top beating Leeds Carnegie 103-81 to secure sole possession of second place of the Women's Division One.

The Sheffield Hatters took the first piece of silverware of the domestic season, winning their record 13th National Cup title to become Britain's most successful basketball team with a 67-54 victory over the Nottingham Wildcats on Sunday.

The Women's National League Division 1 games saw six Standard Life GB team players putting in first-class scoring performances accumulating a massive 127 points between them in four games this weekend.

The Standard Life GB men have been drawn in Group B against Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary and Ukraine for the EuroBasket 2011 qualifying rounds, while the women find themselves in Group D and will face Slovak Republic, Germany and Ukraine like their male counterparts.

The New York Times has recently published an article about about the newly launched UK Sport and British Basketball programme called Tall & Talented.

GB Standard Life forward Johannah Leedham helped the top-ranked Franklin Pierce Rangers continue their incredible winning streak with yet another top scoring performance in their victory over Saint Rose, 75-60, on Saturday.