Kalamunda Eastern Suns

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Kalamunda Eastern Suns
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Leagues NBL1 West
Founded2008
HistoryKalamunda Eastern Suns
2008–present
ArenaRay Owen Sports Centre
Location Lesmurdie, Western Australia
Team colorsOrange, black, white
CEOZac Acott
PresidentScott Parker
Vice-president(s)Shane Lowe
Head coachM: Aaron Trahair
W: Marcus Bardill
Championships 0
Website SunsBasketball.com.au

Kalamunda Eastern Suns is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Kalamunda & Districts Basketball Association (KDBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in Perth's eastern region. The Suns play their home games at Ray Owen Sports Centre.

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Club history

Background

Kalamunda & Districts Basketball Association (KDBA) was incorporated on 1 October 1971. [1] In 1991, KDBA affiliated with Basketball Western Australia and entered teams as the Kalamunda Hornets in the WA Junior State League competition. [2] In 2001, Eastern Region Basketball Association (ERBA) was established as a junior representative association following the amalgamation of KDBA, Swan Mustangs (SDBA), and Mundaring (HRBA). The teams played as the Eastern Suns. [2] Initially there was input from all three associations, but this deteriorated when SDBA found themselves in financial difficulty with increasing debt to Basketball Western Australia. KDBA was in a position to seek a license from the State Basketball League (SBL) but was unwilling to assume the SDBA debt as part of their license (in excess of $40,000). The Swan City Mustangs SBL club and the Association ceased to operate following the 2003 season. [2]

In 2006, ERBA was disbanded and KDBA introduced the Kalamunda Eastern Suns. The following year, KDBA were granted an SBL license for the 2008 season. [2]

SBL / NBL1 West

In 2008, the Suns debuted in the SBL with men's and women's teams. The inaugural men's coach was Joe Mackay, while Craig Mansfield and Rob Butt coached the women's team. [1] While the men's team finished in ninth place with a 12–14 record, the women's earned a finals berth with a sixth-place finish and a 13–11 record. [3] They went on to sweep the third-seeded Cockburn Cougars in the quarter-finals, [4] [5] before losing to the Perry Lakes Hawks in the semi-finals. [6] [7] [8]

In 2013, the women's team made their way through to their first WSBL Grand Final behind coach Craig Mansfield and captain Chelsea Armstrong, as well as Ajay Jones, Jennie Rintala and Melissa Moyle. [9] They finished the regular season in fifth place with a 12–10 record and advanced through the first two rounds of the finals undefeated, beating the Lakeside Lightning in the quarter-finals and the South West Slammers in the semi-finals. [10] In the championship decider at the WA Basketball Centre on 30 August, the Suns were defeated 72–47 by the Wanneroo Wolves. [11] Rintala top-scored for Kalamunda finishing with 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots. [12] Between 2008 and 2015, the women's team only missed the finals once. [13] [14]

In 2021, the SBL was rebranded as NBL1 West. [15] [16]

Accolades

Women

Men

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