Perth Redbacks Explained

Perth Redbacks
Color1:	white
Color2:	red
Color3:	black
Leagues:	NBL1 West
Founded:	1989
History:	Perth Redbacks 1989–present
Arena:	Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre
Location:	Belmont, Western Australia
Colors:	Red, black, white
Ceo:	Ryan Lenegan
President:	Anthony Nixon
Vice-Presidents:	Amien Sym
Gm:	Charles Nix
Coach:	M: Charles Nix W: Tim Rendulic
Championships:	6
Ret Nums:	1 (10)^[1] ^[2]
Website:	PerthRedbacks.asn.au

Perth Redbacks is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Perth Basketball Association (PBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in Perth's eastern suburbs and across the CBD. The Redbacks play their home games at Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre.

Club history

Background

Perth Basketball Association (PBA) was established in 1964 as Perth Basketball Club.^[3] Nicknamed the Demons in the 1970s,^[4] Perth competed in the Western Australian Basketball Federation's (WABF) District Competition. The association claimed men's premierships in 1965, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976 and 1977, while the women's team won a premiership in 1975.^[5]

SBL / NBL1 West

1989 saw the formation of the State Basketball League (SBL) with both a men's and women's competition. Perth, trading as the Redbacks, entered a team into both the Men's SBL and Women's SBL. Both teams were successful in winning inaugural championships in 1989, with the men's team defending their title in 1990. Future NBA player Luc Longley was a member of the Redbacks' back-to-back championship squads.^[6]

In 1997, the men's team won their third championship. In 2000, the women's team won their second championship. In the grand final, they beat the previously unbeaten Perry Lakes Hawks 74–66.^[7]

In 2017, the men's team ended the club's championship drought with a 103–70 win over the Joondalup Wolves in the grand final.^{[8] [9] [10]}

In 2021, the SBL was rebranded as NBL1 West.^{[11] [12]}

Accolades

Women

• Championships

2 (1989, 2000)

• Grand Final appearances: 4 (1989, 1991, 2000, 2001)
• Minor premierships: Nil

Men

• Championships

4 (1989, 1990, 1997, 2017)

• Grand Final appearances: 5 (1989, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2017)
• Minor premierships: 1 (1997)

External links

• PBA's official website
• "New Perth Redbacks chief executive Ryan Lenegan on mission to find NBL1 club’s first permanent home" at perthnow.com.au

Notes and References

1. Web site: Basketball legend Joel Wagner on the retirement of his jersey.. YouTube. Eric Paul Goldie. 18 May 2023. 20 May 2023.
2. Web site: NBL1 West Recap | Friday Round 8. nbl1.com.au. 19 May 2023. 20 May 2023. live. https://archive.today/20230520063826/https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-west-recap-or-friday-round-8/west/. 20 May 2023. On the night were the Redbacks retired the No. 10 jersey of championship winning captain and games record holder Joel Wagner who also set a record unlikely to ever be touched leading the league in assists in his 395-game career, they looked to win on the back of that at Belmont Oasis..
3. Web site: Life Members . Perth Basketball Association . 13 May 2020.
4. Web site: FLASHBACK 4: August, 1977, ABM . botinagy.com . 9 November 2017.
5. Web site: History . PerthRedbacks.asn.au . 2 September 2017.
6. Web site: Redbacks hit 50 . CommunityNews.com . 15 July 2014 . 8 August 2016.
7. Web site: Redbacks upset LadyHawks to win WSBL championship . GoldenCity.com.au . 2 September 2000 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010428141724/http://www.goldencity.com.au/sblonline/2000/news/00090201.html . 28 April 2001.
8. Web site: GAME 2 MEN'S SBL SEMI-FINAL FRIDAY NIGHT RESULTS . SBL.asn.au . 25 August 2017 . 26 August 2017.
9. Web site: REDBACKS GROUP BECOMES A REALITY IN TIME FOR GRAND FINAL . SBL.asn.au . 31 August 2017 . 31 August 2017.
10. Web site: REDBACKS TURN IT ON TO END SBL CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHT IN STYLE . SBL.asn.au . 2 September 2017 . 2 September 2017.
11. Web site: NBL1 West to tip off in 2021. NBL1.com.au. 30 October 2020. 30 October 2020.
12. Web site: Garlepp. Josh. State Basketball League to become NBL 1 West as WA clubs agree to unite under national second-tier banner. TheWest.com.au. 30 October 2020. 30 October 2020.