2020 WNBL Round 1 weekend preview: Flyers and Flames face tough turnaround in opening week
SOUTHSIDE Flyers and Sydney Uni Flames will become the first teams to face off in three games across four days when they double-up on today and tomorrow following their Thursday night clashes. There will be a blockbuster five games across today and tomorrow in order to conclude Round 1 of Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) […]
Madgen makes a Booming return, Melbourne knock off Flames in Thursday opener
WITH the mission being to win a championship for the first time since 2011, the Melbourne Boomers are on the right track to start their WNBL20 campaign, with a 15-point victory over the Sydney Uni Flames, 85-70. A 14-point score difference in the second and third quarters proved to be the difference in the end, […]
WNBL20 Team Preview – Southside Flyers
THE Southside Flyers went into the start of last season as heavy favourites, which became an accurate prediction walking away with 17 victories from the home and away season. In their inaugural season since being rebranded, Southside quickly cemented themselves as the team to beat. As the two-game sweep by the Canberra Capitals to the […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Southside Flyers – Liz Cambage
TO cap off this week’s Player Spotlight series of the Southside Flyers, we focus on perhaps one of the biggest signings in recent WNBL history. The acquisition of Liz Cambage on August 18 echoed throughout not only the League, but also the country, as the nation welcomed back one of its prized athletes after Cambage […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Southside Flyers – Sara Blicavs
A VETERAN of the game and a faithful individual to the Southside Flyers organisation, Sara Blicavs is warming up for her sixth straight season with the Dandenong-based club (seventh overall) and the WNBL is keen to welcome back one of Victoria’s prized pupils. Back in 2014, Blicavs received her only taste of WNBL title glory […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Southside Flyers – Leilani Mitchell
MOST punters heading into the new WNBL season would invest their chips heavily into the Southside Flyers squad that head coach Cheryl Chambers has strung together, as a starting five filled with prominent Opals is set to take the North-Queensland hub by storm. When asked if this side was one of the most talented squads […]
WNBL Free Agency Update: Flyers and Lightning
ALTHOUGH they did not finish the way the would have liked, the Southside Flyers and Adelaide Lightning are two teams that had impressive WNBL20 campaigns, making it to the playoffs. While both the Flyers and the Lightning had countless highlights during the regular season, the Lightning were handed a series sweep knocked out of the […]
Four first-time young guns included in Opals Squad
ANNOUNCED on Monday morning, Basketball Australia extended their list of Australian Opal players in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Asia Cup Qualifiers and Asia Cup. As the FIBA Qualification period fast approaches (November 8-16), it is still hazy whether the qualifiers for the Asia Cup will go ahead, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Originally […]
WNBL opens up Free Agency period, Jackson praises league
The Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) had announced earlier this morning that the Free Agency Period for the WNBL 2020/21 season would begin from 1pm AEST and that all eight of the WNBL’s clubs could begin contract negotiations with their Unrestricted Free Agents from this afternoon. This season’s current Free Agency headliners are in abundance, […]
Top honours handed out to Basketball Victoria award recipients
THE Basketball Victoria Awards were announced over the past week, with the recipients very worthy winners. Players, associations and coaches were acknowledged for their outstanding contribution to basketball throughout the 2019 season for the awards, and would normally have received them in person at an awards night that was scheduled for March, but cancelled due […]
