In 2020, one of our most popular sponsorship options was our WABL Black sponsorship. Our players LOVED playing in the Redbacks black uniform every week and also having uniforms personalised with their names on the back. The players also got to keep their personalised top once the season ended and they’ve been wearing them to …
The Perth Basketball Association is excited to announce the appointment of Lyndon Brieffies to the position of CEO. Lyndon is well known to the Perth Redbacks via his role as Head of Sport at Wesley College for the past 10+ years and his recent addition to the PBA Board in 2020. Club President Anthony Nixon …
After playing all his junior basketball for the Warwick Senators and feeling he’d run into a brick wall developmentally, 2020 brought a change of colours and a welcome change of scenery for athletic wing Michael Riley: “With CJ as the head coach and with everything the club is doing, I really enjoyed the development side …
Riley reinvigorated and raring to go for NBL1 2021 Read More »
The Perth Redbacks are thrilled to welcome back Ella Thornton-Elliott for NBL1 2021. 2020 was a year of big jumps for Ella. Coming off an ACL reconstruction in 2019, she was not only jumping back into elite basketball, she was jumping up to SBL. As she recollects, it was both a baptism of fire and …
Young gun Thornton-Elliott back on board for 2021 Read More »
He stepped into a bigger role for the Perth Redbacks during the 2020 West Coast Classic and was frequently called into the paint to play on bigger, more experienced bodies. He stepped up to that challenge with aplomb while also consistently splashing threes to stretch the floor and create sweet lines to the basket for …
We’re very excited to welcome back young gun Sarah Allen for NBL1 2021. 2020 was Sarah’s second season with the Perth Redbacks and with the pared-down West Coast Classic making point guard Lauren Mansfield unavailable, it was an opportunity for Sarah to step up. And step up she did. As NBL1 Director Nathan Barns notes: …
Allen is back for NBL1 2021 and keen to keep developing and learning Read More »
You could say when Tevin Jackson’s 2020 West Coast Classic season ended prematurely with a hip injury before our last game against Lakeside, it ended the whole team’s season prematurely too. In a game where one point was the difference between Redbacks playing finals and not, Jackson’s versatility on both ends of the court was …
Jackson fit and ready to fire for Redbacks in NBL1 2021 Read More »
She played her first season of senior elite basketball in the 2020 West Coast Classic and looked right at home while playing alongside, and going head to head with, some of the best players in the league. So it’s safe to say we’re excited to have re-signed young gun Shenae Hartree for NBL1 2021. Head …
Hartree looking to take game to another level in NBL1 2021 Read More »
2020 has been one of the most extraordinary years in all of our lives. Everyone has been affected, and our basketball club is no exception. In the world we live right now, to be able to meet and present at an AGM with a room of people, in a club with a domestic season in …
Another day, another exciting NBL1 2021 player signing to announce. We are so pleased to have athletic forward and absolute sniper from beyond the arc, import Caleb White, joining us for another year at Redbacks. As NBL1 Director Nathan Barns notes: “The history of imports at the Redbacks has typically been in bursts so we …
Import White one of many weapons Redbacks can deploy in NBL1 2021 Read More »
She jokes about being too old to keep fronting up at this level so we’re thrilled Denielle Ashworth (nee Lipscombe) has signed back on to play NBL1 in 2021. It wasn’t a given but in the end, she says: “It’s the girls here that keep me coming back. I love them and it’s always fun …
250-gamer Ashworth brings leadership and experience to NBL1 2021 Read More »
Yesterday it was ‘return of the Mak’. Today we’re thrilled to share the ‘return of the Zac’. After spending time with the Adelaide 36ers in 2019, athletic big man Zac Gattorna was a key of our team in the early weeks of the 2020 West Coast Classic season before his commitments with the 36ers took …
We are super excited to announce the return of athletic guard Mak Dyer to the Perth Redbacks. Mak previously played for us in the 2018 season when we found ourselves missing a Grand Final by two points in two games. (Yes – we still have strong flashbacks about those games. Gah!) Here’s hoping Mak can …
What’s better than one MVP re-signing? Two MVPs re-signing of course! We’re delighted to announce 2020 WCC Redbacks Men’s MVP Marshall Nelson will be once again playing in Redbacks colours in 2021. As NBL1 Director Nathan Barns notes: “Arguably one of the best players in the league we are rapt to have him back for …
Game changer Nelson back for Redbacks in NBL1 2021 Read More »
We’re so thrilled to announce we have re-signed our 2020 WCC MVP and league assists leader Maddie Allen for the 2021 NBL1 season. Head Coach Craig Allen shares why: “Maddie is a quality person first and foremost and this is the main reason I was so keen on having her part of the group. Her …
Maddie is back! Our 2020 Women’s MVP Returns for 2021 Read More »
2021 looks like being the biggest ever in the history of our club. As a largely volunteer-run organisation, we welcome the chance to add new members to our various committees to lighten the load while also helping us elevate our operations in 2021.
With WA’s State Basketball League (SBL) joining the NBL1 family in 2021 as NBL1 West, we’ve had two main priorities as a club over the past two months. The first has been to re-sign the players on both the women’s and men’s side whose collective brand of competitive and entertaining basketball filled the stands at …
Re-signed for NBL1 2021 – Our captains are back! Read More »
Dear Members, The Perth Basketball Association Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 2 December, (7pm for a 7.30pm start) at The Victoria Park Hotel. The agenda will be as follows: Welcome and introduction Ratification of Minutes President’s Report Election of Office Bearers General Business 5.1 NBL 1 5.2 Facilities update 5.3 Call for …
Alan Doughty was introduced to the Perth Basketball Association in 1965 by Ed Rogers whom he had met whilst playing for Swanbourne Senior High in the High School Basketball competition. His playing career with PBA began with U16 teams competing at Perry Lakes Stadium and subsequently U18 teams. In 1966, Alan (together with several Perth …
Australia’s premier winter basketball league NBL1 will take another major step in its expansion in 2021 with the establishment of NBL1 West. The NBL has reached a landmark agreement with Basketball Western Australia to rebrand the men’s and women’s State Basketball League (SBL) to NBL1 West. NBL1 West will join NBL1 South (Victoria and Tasmania), NBL1 North …
Bryn Arnold commenced playing in the Perth Redbacks Vic Park Domestic Competition in 1990. He played through all the grades from U14 to U18 at the Park Centre. Bryn also represented the Redbacks in WABL and was awarded MVP in the Under 18 Boys Div2. In 1996 he was awarded the Graham ‘Pixie’ Smith trophy …
