2023/24 WNBL Team Wrap – Melbourne Boomers
IT was a season to remember in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2023/24 fixture, with an extremely tight season capped off with a marvellous finals series. For a large portion of the season, most of the teams in the competition were in the hunt for a top-four spot. In fact it came […]
NSW finishes strongly to claim U20s title
THE UNDER-20 National Basketball Championships were held over the past week, and New South Wales snatched the Women’s title with a powerful finish to its clash against Victoria on Sunday morning. NSW claimed gold in Geelong, downing the Vics in the final thanks to an excellent performance in the second and fourth quarters. Victoria stormed […]
ABSC Days One and Two Wrap – Weinstein and Siulepa catch the eye
THE Australian Basketball Schools Championships kicked off on Monday, and the first two days of action has seen some close games as well as a fair few head-turning performances. The tournament pits the nation’s strongest school basketball teams against one another as the country’s young guns are given the opportunity to compete against their peers […]
Tigers roar to championship with fast start
DESPITE coming into the game as underdogs, the Melbourne Tigers have claimed the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) Under 18 Girls VC Championship, after downing the Bulleen Boomers by 20 points in the grand final. In the competition’s biggest game of the year, the Tigers burst out of the gates in the first term and […]
Fast start sees Boomers in big dance
THE Bulleen Boomers have advanced to the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) Grand Final for the 2022 season, after defeating the Casey Cavaliers at Nunawading Basketball Centre on Friday night. Led by a terrific Lily Carmody performance, the Boomers got off to an electric start in the opening term, immediately putting Casey on the back […]
Thrilling draw concludes home and away fixture
THE Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) Under 18 Girls competition wrapped up over the weekend, and there was plenty of excitement around the league, including a drawn match between the Kilsyth Cobras and the Bulleen Boomers at Kilsyth Basketball Stadium on Friday night. Kilsyth Cobras 19 | 9 | 11 | 18 (57)Bulleen Boomers 11 […]
Unbeaten run continues as Bulleen rolls through Thunder
BULLEEN 1 has remained the only undefeated side in the VC Ashe division of the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL), thanks to a convincing win over the the Keilor Thunder at Mullum Mullum Stadium on Friday night. The home side have been the form team of the competition over the first seven weeks of play, […]
Top-two battle ends in dramatic draw
THE script could not have been written any better. The Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) Under-18 Girls competition held its fourth round of action over the weekend, with plenty of exciting action taking place around Metropolitan Melbourne. With the contenders beginning to cement themselves at the top of the standings, there were a number of […]
Sandringham looking to keep streak rolling
AFTER sitting atop the standings in the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) VC Ashe Division at the end of Round 2, Sandringham will be looking to maintain top spot heading into another weekend of action. However, they face a tough task in Bulleen 1, who have also started the season undefeated from their two outings. […]
VJBL U18 Grading Phase Pool 2 wrap: Round 1
THE Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) entered the Grading Phase Pool 2 over the weekend as the teams searched for their first win and eventual ticket to the next phase in the competition. There were a mixed bag of results in both the Under 18 Boys and Girls division with a number of close encounters […]
