Dandenong Rangers is a NBL1 South club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Dandenong Basketball Association (DBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the City of Greater Dandenong. The Rangers play their home games at Dandenong Stadium.
| Dandenong Rangers | |
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| Leagues | NBL1 South |
| Founded | 1981 |
| History | Men: Dandenong Rangers 1981–present Women: Dandenong Rangers 1984–1991; 1994–present |
| Arena | Dandenong Stadium |
| Location | Dandenong North, Victoria |
| Team colors | Green, black, yellow |
| President | Paul Jones |
| Vice-president(s) | Luke McLelland |
| General manager | Tamie Harvey |
| Head coach | M: Samantha Woosnam W: Larissa Anderson |
| Championships | Men: SEABL (2)Big V (2)Women: WBC (1)ABA (2)SEABL (8) |
| Conference titles | Men: SEABL (6) Women: SEABL (3) |
| Website | dandenongrangers.nbl1.com.au |
Club history
editFirst SEABL stint
editDandenong Basketball Association was established in 1959.[1]
In 1981, the Rangers were inaugural members of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).[2] In 1985, they won their first SEABL championship.[3][4] In 1986, they won the SEABL East Conference championship.[3][4]
In 1984, a Rangers women's team was an inaugural member of the Women's Basketball Conference (WBC).[5] The Rangers won in 1989[6][7] and played in the inaugural SEABL women's competition in 1990[2] after the WBC was adopted by the SEABL.[5] They went undefeated in 1990 and 1991[8] and won back-to-back SEABL championships[3][4] alongside back-to-back ABA National championships.[9] The team withdrew from the SEABL following the 1991 season,[2] which coincided with the Dandenong Rangers WNBL team making their debut in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 1992 season.[10] A Rangers SEABL women's team was re-established in 1994.[2]
The Rangers won the men's East Conference championship in 1997, the women's league championship in 2001, and the men's East Conference championship in 2004.[3][4]
Big V
editFollowing the 2004 season, the Rangers withdrew from the SEABL[2] and entered the Big V in 2005.[11] The men's team finished runners-up in their first season in the Big V.[12]
In 2006, the men's team won the Big V championship with a 2–0 grand final series victory over the Sandringham Sabres.[13][14] The women's team finished runners-up in 2006 after losing 2–0 to Sandringham in the grand final.[13][15] Both teams played in the 2006 ABA National Finals,[16] with the men reaching the grand final, where they lost 94–80 to the Geelong Supercats.[17]
In 2007, the men's team won their second straight Big V championship after again winning 2–0 over the Sandringham Sabres in the grand final series.[18][19] At the 2007 national finals, the Rangers again finished runners-up up after losing 110–98 to the Cairns Marlins in the grand final.[20]
In 2008, the men's team lost in the Big V preliminary final.[11]
Second SEABL stint
editThe Rangers returned to the SEABL in 2009.[11]
Between 2010 and 2012, the women's team won three straight SEABL championships, becoming the first SEABL women's team to win the championship three times in a row.[21][22][23] The men meanwhile won back-to-back East Conference championships in 2012 and 2013. They lost in the 2012 SEABL grand final to the Albury Wodonga Bandits[24][25] and won the 2013 SEABL championship with a grand final victory over the Mount Gambier Pioneers.[26]
The women's team won back-to-back SEABL championships in 2015 and 2016.[27][28][29] In 2017, the men's team won the South Conference championship and lost in the SEABL grand final to Mount Gambier.[30]
NBL1
editAfter the demise of the SEABL following the 2018 season, a new competition known as NBL1 debuted in 2019 with the Rangers playing in the inaugural season.[31][32] The NBL1 South season did not go ahead in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]
References
edit- ^ "About Us". dba.net.au. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "SEABL Ladders history" (PDF). SEABL.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2008.
- ^ a b c d "PAST CHAMPIONS". SEABL.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 June 2002.
- ^ a b c d "FORMER CHAMPIONS". SEABL.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 June 2008.
- ^ a b "FLASHBACK 99a: NWBL, WBC 1986". botinagy.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Rangers a force beyond 25 years". botinagy.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024.
...Dandenong already three-time WBC champs.
- ^ Hustwaite, Megan (11 January 2017). "Dandenong Rangers celebrate a whirlwind 25 years in the WNBL". heraldsun.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024.
Dandenong had won three CBA (equivalent of SEABL) titles in a row...
- ^ "SEABL REMEMBERS… TOP 5 SEABL WOMEN'S TEAMS OF ALL TIME". kilsythbasketball.com.au. 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024.
- ^ "ABA PREMIER AND RUNNERS-UP CLUBS". ABABasketball.net.au. Archived from the original on 7 April 2001.
- ^ "History". wnbl.basketball/southside. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Pickering, Paul (19 March 2009). "Rangers are raring to go in top league". StarCommunity.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Men's Champion Teams Year by Year". BigV.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007.
- ^ a b McGowan, Marc (August 2006). "Rangers win Big V championship". StarCommunity.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
- ^ "SCM 2006 Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Championship Women 2006 Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
- ^ "National Finals Draw released". BigV.com.au. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007.
- ^ "ABA National Champions". Australian Club Championships. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Pickering, Paul (August 2007). "Respect this!". StarCommunity.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
- ^ "SCM 2007 Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Marlins celebrate national title win". ABC.net.au. 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Champions to the core". StarCommunity.com.au. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "HYDRALYTE MATCH REPORT - RANGERS HANG TOUGH TO REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS". SEABL.com.au. 18 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017.
- ^ Potter, Jarrod (14 September 2012). "Rangers claim three-peat victory". StarCommunity.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Ward, Roy (9 September 2012). "Dandenong's luck runs out". StarCommunity.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020.
- ^ Potter, Jarrod (14 September 2012). "Bandits' win in last shot thriller". StarCommunity.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Raiders, Rangers Rule SEABL 2013". BotiNagy.com. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Potter, Jarrod (13 September 2015). "Faith no more". StarCommunity.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "SEABL WOMEN- GRAND FINAL REPORT". SEABL.com.au. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017.
- ^ Potter, Jarrod (10 September 2016). "Dandenong Rangers relish SEABL success". BasketballVictoria.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "PIONEERS DYNASTY CLINCH THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOUR YEARS". SEABL.com.au. 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Williams, Peter (23 July 2019). "NBL1 Men's Round 15 review: Frankston grabs home final as Bendigo sneak in". central.rookieme.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Williams, Peter (24 July 2019). "NBL1 Women's Round 15 review: Braves make a statement as Cobras secure fourth". central.rookieme.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Arsenis, Damian (20 March 2020). "2020 NBL1 season facing uncertainty as South teams withdraw". pickandroll.com.au. Retrieved 20 March 2020.