Dandenong Rangers (NBL1 South) explained

Dandenong Rangers
Color1:yellow
Color2:green
Color3:black
Leagues:NBL1 South
Founded:1981
History:Men:
Dandenong Rangers
1981–present
Women:
Dandenong Rangers
1984–1991; 1994–present
Arena:Dandenong Stadium
Location:Dandenong North, Victoria
Colors:Green, black, yellow
President:Paul Jones
Vice-Presidents:Luke McLelland
Gm:Tamie Harvey
Coach:M: Samantha Woosnam
W: Larissa Anderson
League Champs:Men:
SEABL (2)Big V (2)Women:
WBC (1)ABA (2)SEABL (8)
Conf Champs:Men:
SEABL (6) Women:
SEABL (3)
Website:dandenongrangers.nbl1.com.au

Dandenong Rangers is a NBL1 South club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Dandenong Basketball Association (DBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the City of Greater Dandenong. The Rangers play their home games at Dandenong Stadium.

Club history

First SEABL stint

Dandenong Basketball Association was established in 1959.[1]

In 1981, the Rangers were inaugural members of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).[2] In 1985, they won their first SEABL championship.[3] [4] In 1986, they won the SEABL East Conference championship.

In 1984, a Rangers women's team was an inaugural member of the Women's Basketball Conference (WBC).[5] The Rangers won in 1989[6] [7] and played in the inaugural SEABL women's competition in 1990 after the WBC was adopted by the SEABL. They went undefeated in 1990 and 1991[8] and won back-to-back SEABL championships alongside back-to-back ABA National championships.[9] The team withdrew from the SEABL following the 1991 season, which coincided with the Dandenong Rangers WNBL team making their debut in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 1992 season.[10] A Rangers SEABL women's team was re-established in 1994.

The Rangers won the men's East Conference championship in 1997, the women's league championship in 2001, and the men's East Conference championship in 2004.

Big V

Following the 2004 season, the Rangers withdrew from the SEABL and entered the Big V in 2005.[11] The men's team finished runners-up in their first season in the Big V.[12]

In 2006, the men's team won the Big V championship with a 2–0 grand final series victory over the Sandringham Sabres.[13] [14] The women's team finished runners-up in 2006 after losing 2–0 to Sandringham in the grand final.[15] Both teams played in the 2006 ABA National Finals,[16] with the men reaching the grand final, where they lost 94–80 to the Geelong Supercats.[17]

In 2007, the men's team won their second straight Big V championship after again winning 2–0 over the Sandringham Sabres in the grand final series.[18] [19] At the 2007 national finals, the Rangers again finished runners-up up after losing 110–98 to the Cairns Marlins in the grand final.[20]

In 2008, the men's team lost in the Big V preliminary final.

Second SEABL stint

The Rangers returned to the SEABL in 2009.

Between 2010 and 2012, the women's team won three straight SEABL championships, becoming the first SEABL women's team to win the championship three times in a row.[21] [22] [23] The men meanwhile won back-to-back East Conference championships in 2012 and 2013. They lost in the 2012 SEABL grand final to the Albury Wodonga Bandits[24] [25] and won the 2013 SEABL championship with a grand final victory over the Mount Gambier Pioneers.[26]

The women's team won back-to-back SEABL championships in 2015 and 2016.[27] [28] [29] In 2017, the men's team won the South Conference championship and lost in the SEABL grand final to Mount Gambier.[30]

NBL1

After the demise of the SEABL following the 2018 season, a new competition known as NBL1 debuted in 2019 with the Rangers playing in the inaugural season.[31] [32] The NBL1 South season did not go ahead in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us. dba.net.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315121759/https://dba.net.au/about-us/dba-inc/. 15 March 2024.
  2. Web site: SEABL Ladders history. SEABL.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720053750/http://www.seabl.com.au/uploads/media/SEABL_Ladders_history.pdf. 20 July 2008.
  3. Web site: PAST CHAMPIONS. SEABL.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20020607143621/http://www.seabl.com.au/history/pastchamps.html. 7 June 2002.
  4. Web site: FORMER CHAMPIONS. SEABL.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080625010622/http://www.seabl.com.au/index.php?id=47. 25 June 2008.
  5. Web site: FLASHBACK 99a: NWBL, WBC 1986. botinagy.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240506001406/http://www.botinagy.com/blog/flashback-99a-nwbl-wbc-1986/. 6 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Rangers a force beyond 25 years. botinagy.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240506032554/http://www.botinagy.com/blog/rangers-a-force-beyond-25-years/. 6 May 2024. ...Dandenong already three-time WBC champs..
  7. Web site: Hustwaite. Megan. Dandenong Rangers celebrate a whirlwind 25 years in the WNBL. heraldsun.com.au. 11 January 2017. live. https://archive.today/20240506051750/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/sport/dandenong-rangers-celebrate-a-whirlwind-25-years-in-the-wnbl/news-story/ad5478b8eac0e15389d45c1f6a4e8ba1?amp&nk=ab916043331cd889843022c2e8f85e11-1714972695. 6 May 2024. Dandenong had won three CBA (equivalent of SEABL) titles in a row....
  8. Web site: SEABL REMEMBERS… TOP 5 SEABL WOMEN'S TEAMS OF ALL TIME. kilsythbasketball.com.au. 8 August 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240506050727/https://www.kilsythbasketball.com.au/seabl-remembers-top-5-seabl-womens-teams-of-all-time/. 6 May 2024.
  9. Web site: ABA PREMIER AND RUNNERS-UP CLUBS. ABABasketball.net.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20010407085812/http://www.ababasketball.net.au/aba03.htm. 7 April 2001.
  10. Web site: History. wnbl.basketball/southside. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240311070912/https://wnbl.basketball/southside/history/. 11 March 2024.
  11. Web site: Pickering. Paul. Rangers are raring to go in top league. StarCommunity.com.au. 19 March 2009. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315125432/https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/journal/2009-03-19/rangers-are-raring-to-go-in-top-league/. 15 March 2024.
  12. Web site: Men's Champion Teams Year by Year. BigV.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070910003512/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.cgi?sID=17&intArticleID=1947&det=1. 10 September 2007.
  13. Web site: McGowan. Marc. Rangers win Big V championship. StarCommunity.com.au. August 2006. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315125951/https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/journal/2008-07-18/rangers-win-big-v-championship/. 15 March 2024.
  14. Web site: SCM 2006 Results. Big V. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315130351/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=113858&c=0-7930-0-0-0. 15 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Championship Women 2006 Results. Big V. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315130837/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=113842&c=0-7930-0-0-0. 15 March 2024.
  16. Web site: National Finals Draw released. BigV.com.au. 30 August 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070831125155/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1784&sID=1. 31 August 2007.
  17. Web site: ABA National Champions. Australian Club Championships. 26 May 2008. 2 July 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170608065955/http://websites.sportstg.com/mysport.cgi?a=BLOG_VIEWENTRY&blogID=130084. 8 June 2017.
  18. Web site: Pickering. Paul. Respect this!. StarCommunity.com.au. August 2007. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315131635/https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/journal/2008-04-28/respect-this/. 15 March 2024.
  19. Web site: SCM 2007 Results. Big V. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315131919/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=113869&c=0-7930-0-0-0. 15 March 2024.
  20. Web site: Marlins celebrate national title win. ABC.net.au. 27 August 2007. 22 May 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150524115437/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-08-27/marlins-celebrate-national-title-win/651154. 24 May 2015.
  21. Web site: Champions to the core. StarCommunity.com.au. 2 September 2010. 15 June 2017.
  22. Web site: HYDRALYTE MATCH REPORT - RANGERS HANG TOUGH TO REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS. SEABL.com.au. 18 September 2011. dead. https://archive.today/20170406093629/http://seabl.com.au/index.php?id=303&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3159&cHash=d8b52d374e. 6 April 2017.
  23. Web site: Potter. Jarrod. Rangers claim three-peat victory. StarCommunity.com.au. 14 September 2012. 15 June 2017.
  24. Web site: Ward. Roy. Dandenong's luck runs out. StarCommunity.com.au. 9 September 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200122143658/https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/uncategorized/2012-09-09/dandenongs-luck-runs-out/. 22 January 2020.
  25. Web site: Potter. Jarrod. Bandits' win in last shot thriller. StarCommunity.com.au. 14 September 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200122144151/https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/journal/2012-09-14/bandits-win-in-last-shot-thriller/. 22 January 2020.
  26. Web site: Raiders, Rangers Rule SEABL 2013. BotiNagy.com. 15 September 2013. 15 June 2017.
  27. Web site: Potter. Jarrod. Faith no more. StarCommunity.com.au. 13 September 2015. 15 June 2017.
  28. Web site: SEABL WOMEN- GRAND FINAL REPORT. SEABL.com.au. 15 September 2015. dead. https://archive.today/20170406075859/http://seabl.com.au/index.php?id=257&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10372&cHash=2c7f856c09. 6 April 2017.
  29. Web site: Potter. Jarrod. Dandenong Rangers relish SEABL success. BasketballVictoria.com.au. 10 September 2016. 15 June 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170404133353/http://basketballvictoria.com.au/dandenong-rangers-relish-seabl-success/. 4 April 2017.
  30. Web site: PIONEERS DYNASTY CLINCH THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOUR YEARS. SEABL.com.au. 2 September 2017. 2 September 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180319014048/http://seabl.com.au/pioneers-dynasty-clinch-third-championship-in-four-years/. 19 March 2018.
  31. Web site: Williams. Peter. NBL1 Men's Round 15 review: Frankston grabs home final as Bendigo sneak in. central.rookieme.com. 23 July 2019. 21 August 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202031811/https://central.rookieme.com/basketball/nbl1-mens-round-15-review-frankston-grabs-home-final-as-bendigo-sneak-in/. 2 February 2022.
  32. Web site: Williams. Peter. NBL1 Women's Round 15 review: Braves make a statement as Cobras secure fourth. central.rookieme.com. 24 July 2019. 21 August 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230822012159/https://central.rookieme.com/basketball/nbl1-womens-round-15-review-braves-make-a-statement-as-cobras-secure-fourth/. 22 August 2023.
  33. Web site: Arsenis. Damian. 2020 NBL1 season facing uncertainty as South teams withdraw. pickandroll.com.au. 20 March 2020. 20 March 2020.

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