Once the calendar flips to the new year, players can begin signing with Maritime Women’s Basketball Association teams.
All players in the eight-team league are considered free agents as of Jan. 1.
‘It’s always interesting to see potential player movement within the league,’ said MWBA commissioner, Jen Lloyd of Dartmouth, NS. ‘We don’t usually see a lot of player signing action early in the new year. Once late February and March arrives, the action starts to pick up.’
The MWBA is an amateur league, so players are certainly not leaving one team over another in pursuit of higher earnings.
There is no payment in the MWBA.
‘We will see some players move because of proximity to a location or maybe a player has played for a certain coach or other players along the way as a reason for movement,’ said Lloyd. ‘Over the years, there hasn’t been a lot of faces changing teams. The competition for roster spots in the Halifax Regional Municipality is always strong, considering we have three teams within 20 minutes of each other.’
One item of interest for 2026 is the expansion Truro Tidal Queens.
‘It’s safe to say we’re all interested in seeing which players will be signed by Truro,’ said Lloyd. ‘Expansion teams can benefit from some players looking for a new start or maybe accepting a challenge to be part of something new. It’s going to be interesting to watch.’
Truro joins reigning regular season champion Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Preston, Halifax Hornets and Halifax Thunder in the Nova Scotia Division.
The New Brunswick Division features reigning Legacy Cup champion Miramichi Her-Icanes, Fredericton Freeze, Moncton Mystics and Saint John’s Port City Thunder.
