Bob Symons, together with Peter Simper, were the promotors and founding members of the Perth Men’s Basketball Club. Bob became the Club’s first President at the inaugural General Meeting of the Club held on the grassy mound at the front door of the new Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium on 28 January 1964. Bob continued as …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
The Annual General Meeting of the Perth Basketball Association will be held on Wednesday 2nd of December at The Victoria Park Hotel, Victoria Park, commencing at 7:00pm for 7:30pm start. Agenda The order of business at the Annual General Meeting shall be: Confirm minutes of previous meeting Presentation of the Board’s Annual Report Election of …
Noel Bailey has had a long association with Redbacks commencing with the club in 1973. Noel was identified as a promising player by John Wallace, who played and held positions on committees with the club from 1970 to 1980. John and Steve Beech were teachers at Applecross SHS, played for Perth and were members of …
Chris Cassir has had a long and productive association with the Perth Basketball Association from 1973 to 2006, a period of thirty-three years. He first began playing basketball with Kewdale in 1973 which was one of Perth’s junior clubs under coaches Stuart Mackay and Tony Ewing. He played junior basketball for Perth teams from U14 …
The Annual General Meeting of the Perth Basketball Association will be held on Wednesday 2nd of December. Nominations for Board Positions The Constitution of the Perth Basketball Association requires all positions be vacated annually and nominations are hereby called to fill the following positions for 2020/21: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Director: Commercial Communication Domestic …
Steve Beech arrived in Australia from the UK in August 1974. He immediately commenced work at Applecross SHS where he met John Wallace, a PBA stalwart, who was a teacher at the same school. Applecross had established a junior basketball program so John soon had Steve involved in coaching 9 teams between them along with …
THE Perth Redbacks only narrowly missed taking part in the West Coast Classic finals but really what CJ Jackson wanted to get out of the competition was to build for 2021 and he couldn’t be happier with the way that panned out. Jackson returned to the Redbacks in 2020 to take over the helm as …
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Reids Remotes in East Victoria Park is a small business operated by husband and wife team Joe and Erica Mahon. They offer the largest range of replacement remote controls for garage door, roller doors, house alarms and electric gates in WA and also sell a huge range of replacement cases for complete remote controls, flip …
David Almond is another product of the Kewdale SHS basketball program, having been introduced to the group by Tony Ewing. He played in school teams from 1974 through to 1978, including a Grand Final winning U17 team in the Perry Lakes Saturday morning competition, coached by Stuart Mackay in 1976. In 1979 David managed to …
25 years ago our women’s SBL coach Craig Allen started SportsWise Physiotherapy – a practice that focused on sports physio. 6 months ago Craig moved to new premises in Murdoch and with that move came a new name – Allen Physiotherapy. The name change to Allen Physiotherapy celebrated a new start at the new location …
Tony Ewing became involved with the Perth Basketball club in 1972 as a physical education teacher at Kewdale Senior High School. He arrived at the school at the same time as Stuart Mackay (who had been a school friend at Kent Street SHS). Tony and Stuart joined a small group of teachers and Perth players …
Ian Sharp began his basketball career playing in the Church of Christ junior competition. He was a foundation member of our club when he began playing basketball for Perth in 1964, at the age of 15, while a student at Applecross SHS. His U16 coach was another of our foundation members, A Grade squad member, …
BOTH Perth Redbacks teams headed to Lakeside Recreation Centre with a chance to play finals in the West Coast Classic and whilst that didn’t quite eventuate, it shouldn’t take away from the terrific positives to come from the competition. It was a thrilling finish to both the men’s and women’s West Coast Classic competitions with …
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THE Perth Redbacks head to Lakeside Recreation Centre on Saturday evening to take on the Lakeside Lightning in the last game of the West Coast Classic with a chance for both teams still reach the finals. While both teams from the Redbacks can still reach the finals weekend in the West Coast Classic coming into …
THE Perth Redbacks produced a scintillating first half on the way to what could be a finals clinching win in Kalgoorlie on Saturday night against the Goldfields Giants. The Redbacks men made the trip to Kalgoorlie to take on a Giants team that had yet to lose during the West Coast Classic at Niels Hansen …
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IT is just the Perth Redbacks men in action in Round 8 of the West Coast Classic and it presents a chance to all but lock in a finals berth on a challenging trip to Kalgoorlie to take on the Goldfields Giants. The Redbacks women have the bye in Round 8 of the West Coast …
